Retcon and denial

[beccaelizabeth]

My brain is just an endless tired loop of things I've wanted to fix in fiction for in some cases over twenty years
and this does not lead to getting a whole hell of a lot done.

It's weird though, the ones that stay with you.
There were stories that mattered so much to me I'm still thinking about them half my life later
and they screwed up so badly I wouldn't watch That Part if you paid me.

... well, if you paid me impractical money, obviously, no fiction hurts enough to turn down life changer amounts
but otherwise
nope.


How could they be that good and that bad at once?
Writers dont know what we're there for or have very different ideas of what to do with us.




I am also stuck lately because I want to tell stories where I do things. Not me with a character coat on, because characters in stories never do what I woyld and I'd have to drag them out of character. Just me.

But fanfiction teaches me that this is a big Nope.

So I just think the stories again in my head
as I have been doing for, in some cases, decades.




Well at least I'm consistent.

Comments

[beccaelizabeth]

And I do know this is for the same reason that I haven't read the news today.
Just... tired.

[kickair8p]

My opinion: write the stuff you're not supposed to write. They've been stuck in there for years? Write 'em out! Maybe not today, you're tired, but the next time you've got the urge? Write! Write the forbidden fruit, write what you're inspired to write no matter what.

A while back Gryphonrhi wrote something 'bout the negative effects of the fandom stance against self-insert fiction. I can't find it now, but I'm pretty sure what you're experiencing was one of 'em.

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