I'm Not Sure If I'm Fit To Write For Fandom Anymore
Ooooooooh, holy freaking deity! I just got my Sherlock plotbunny that seems vaguely realistic. I'm debating on whether to keep it or banish it, but dialogue is running through my head and I don't think I can remember it all and WHY DON'T I OWN A TAPE RECORDER?????
edit: Looks like I'll be passing on this one. Once I'm trying to write anything but the dialogue, I'm seriously floundering. I must read more on the accepted characterizations in fandom, re-watch all episodes from season 1, and then stop treating these two wonderfully complex characters like sexual objects. Also, I should probably read as much as I can about London because the location in so important in fandom. Only after that can I even think of trying to write anything for Sherlock.
I'm really worried that my writing style has not matured over the past few years while I've been pursuing math and my worthless job and totally neglecting fandom, and I don't know if I've grown up enough to treat these characters with the subtlety they deserve. Over the past few years, I've come to believe in the notion that if you're going to do something, you might as well do it right, and I can't see myself as being at the level necessary to accomplish what I'd like to do in the right way.
Some people on my flist might remember the kinds of fics I used to write. I'd like to get away from those types of story lines and controversial plots. I got burned pretty badly by one of my idols in Stargate fandom a loooooong, long time ago, and I still don't know if I ever want to put out anything that will produce that kind of community response ever again. It was a fairly mild rebuke, considering what kind of horrible stuff *could* have happened, but I learned my lesson. Hard and fast. And I think I needed to be taught it, honestly.
I don't believe those types of stories represent who I have become, and I want to trend towards happier things.
edit: Looks like I'll be passing on this one. Once I'm trying to write anything but the dialogue, I'm seriously floundering. I must read more on the accepted characterizations in fandom, re-watch all episodes from season 1, and then stop treating these two wonderfully complex characters like sexual objects. Also, I should probably read as much as I can about London because the location in so important in fandom. Only after that can I even think of trying to write anything for Sherlock.
I'm really worried that my writing style has not matured over the past few years while I've been pursuing math and my worthless job and totally neglecting fandom, and I don't know if I've grown up enough to treat these characters with the subtlety they deserve. Over the past few years, I've come to believe in the notion that if you're going to do something, you might as well do it right, and I can't see myself as being at the level necessary to accomplish what I'd like to do in the right way.
Some people on my flist might remember the kinds of fics I used to write. I'd like to get away from those types of story lines and controversial plots. I got burned pretty badly by one of my idols in Stargate fandom a loooooong, long time ago, and I still don't know if I ever want to put out anything that will produce that kind of community response ever again. It was a fairly mild rebuke, considering what kind of horrible stuff *could* have happened, but I learned my lesson. Hard and fast. And I think I needed to be taught it, honestly.
I don't believe those types of stories represent who I have become, and I want to trend towards happier things.