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Anyone else write fanfiction?
I recently decided to get back into writing, and wanted to do something low stakes. I really only wrote technical documents, design or worldbuilding docs, and like 500 words of an original story that never went anywhere. I finished a short fanfic story (not lewd) the other day, and was able to keep a 1k words a day pace. Been a good chance to learn about how I write, and I'm starting to see where I have a lot to work on. Maybe it is the fact I like the original work a lot that it motivated me to actually complete it, but I do feel like I'm improving at how much I can write in a day. Unrelated, but org roam in Emacs has been a pretty good ecosystem to write in. I am a vim-strag so I have to use evil mode, but I like the built-in tooling and the nodes system that roam has.
Not having to worry about describing certain relationships or settings is nice. Especially when you aren't writing a whole series out of it, just a short scenario. Also, I definitely pulled punches on how I wrote the scenario because I want the characters to end up in a good place. If I had written something original, I'd have probably let my cynicism take over. It's a good opportunity if you just want to practice getting words on a page, especially if you are like me and can't even start writing because your worldbuilding or something is not absolutely perfect.
Bad part is you can't really share that shit with anyone you know to get feedback. I'm going to post it on AO3 at some point, once I do some edits.
Also, I've been reading a shit ton of fanfic for this fandom as a consequence. That shit is a rabbit-hole. It's all just pure slop, but there have been some gems here and there. I really had the impression that most fanfics were just excuses for smut, obviously that's a lot of it, but I was actually surprised how much were just pure romance. Female-dominated fandoms probably have way more lewd writing than the male spaces.
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I know I write like a strag
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/41324415/chapters/103618323
The prose is quite good. I really like the voice and it's quite well written. If it werent so well crafted it would be purple but you pull it off.
That being said, there is no narrative. The storytelling is poor. It's just visuals, monologues, metaphors. The opening would have made a good hook if something happened in the junkyard.
I understand the desire to set the pieces before the story but it's just frustrating when you are given too many loose ends. I feel it's a typical beginner's trap (not meaning this in a mean way) to eschew the traditional narrative structure for something more complex
Do you have something more cohesive? I would enjoy reading it.
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What's on that account is what you get tbqh; I haven't had much time for writing, and even then much of my writing is done when I'm in a bad way.
The longest, and by far most cohesive project is on there under the walking Dead category.
I mainly just write about things that yank my interests,and that's getting more rare
Warning it's not very good.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27410305/chapters/66996091
This is really good. It's a stand alone work and there is a narrative. Definitely good enough to leave the fanfic realm and my only gripes are stylistic
Write your own book, you can absolutely do it
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Thanks for the kind words. I'll slot the novel in between starting a career in engineering, starting a family and not dying of cancer. Lmfao
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It honestly doesn't take much, I write 1600-2k words a week now and it will take me about 2 years to finish
No reason not to, though
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Hmm does alcohol help the words flow?
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Nah
When I was a full time stoner getting stoned would help quite a bit, for a bit. Booze is honestly detrimental to writing because the peak is so short. Weed was okay, but the productivity follows the peak and after that you're burnt out. Lots more editing that way.
What helps most rn is really strong gong fu style pu erh tea. I can edit a chapter and churn out about 2k words with a tea session. No jitters either.
I storyboard throughout the week in my head though
!writecel whats ur process
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Cycle coffee
-> nic -> amphetamines -> alc -> weed -> coffee.
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I work on my main project first thing in the morning. I like to drink coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. It's easiest for me to focus if I haven't done anything else yet.
Secondary/side projects go in the evening before bed, occasionally with alcohol.
1k words a day if I'm only writing, 750 if I'm also editing something.
I write random snippets in my notes app throughout the day so I won't forget them.
On a nice day, I like writing freehand in the park. My prose is better when I'm not rotting in front of the computer
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Atleast finish your stories before moving to the next one
One must learn to finish one's business.
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Home dog I can't even finish a book before moving on, these days
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you should write anime fanfiction
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