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[blythechild]

So.

I've reached Crisis #27 in my writing life (this number may seem sorta high or unbelievably low depending on your own relationship with the critical weasels in your head).

I'm a fanfic writer. I've been doing it since 2007 (holy shit, right?). Almost all of my fandoms are dead (V for Vendetta, La Femme Nikita (TV), Person of Interest, White

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You Got This

[dionne_2k]

I’m still reading your Criminal Minds stuff. And I haven’t come up with any prompts since the pandemic, but you probably have years’ worth of prompts from me anyway. Unfortunately, I haven’t watched any of the shows in your other fandoms, so I can’t say anything about them.

A friend had been struggling similarly, and then she found a new fandom and has been going pretty strong. It’s not a fandom I’m in, so I haven’t been reading any of her new work and that makes me sad.

Hopefully both of you will find a new fandom I also get into and we can all be our happy selves. In the meantime, I’m sure you’ll figure out that OFIC situation and everything will work out there, too.

Re: You Got This

[blythechild]

Thanks for the encouragement! Honestly, I still have a handful of CM stories that are half-finished that I *probably* will end up posting at some point. I'm not completely out just yet. And I will always be proud of some of the fics I wrote for this fandom (Faces, Morally Indefensible, Return To Sender, The Mirror Man, A Brief Specific History of One To Another...).

[brumeier]

I feel your struggle on this one, friend. It's scary to think one of the things we're really good at might not be working for us anymore. ::hugs::

It may just be that you need to refill your well. I had a period of almost ten years where I wasn't writing anything at all until I found fanfic. I thought I was done.

So hang in there! Take a guilt-free break from writing, absorb some other media, and see how things go. Trying to writing some orig fic could be a great way to explore your writing in a different way. Just don't put pressure on yourself. Just see what comes.

I believe in you!

[blythechild]

Thanks, Bru ;) You're always a great cheerleader ♥

[brumeier]

We writing types need to stick together! ::grins::