A celebration of HP International
Firstly, the wonderful fenoire, who usually writes under the name of Fenice, has translated my most recent* fic, "A Cup of Kindness", into FRENCH!!
The result - "Les Amis du Temps Passé" - is quite amazing. Even with "Les Sentiments d'un Jouet" (the French version of "To Serve a Purpose" (R)) to compete against, fenoire has quite outdone herself. fenoire has been so ( Read more... )
The result - "Les Amis du Temps Passé" - is quite amazing. Even with "Les Sentiments d'un Jouet" (the French version of "To Serve a Purpose" (R)) to compete against, fenoire has quite outdone herself. fenoire has been so ( Read more... )
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Tell me about it. I haven't written anything apart from drabbles since... hmmm... October? November? That does seem a long time ago now.
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There are two sorts of Not-Writing though, aren't there? And only one is bad, the one where you want to and are half-inspired to, just never end up getting anything done. The other one is just being to busy and having your thoughts somewhere else, which I find much easier to bear (as I have to be really, really focussed when I write - I can't just squeeze ten minutes of writing into an otherwise hectic enough day. I hope it's been the second rather than the first kind for you, too.
*hug*, just because.
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It's more the first, and I think is somewhat drug-induced, though to be honest I find both kinds pretty frustrating. The 'never get round to it' is annoying because it's easy to bash myself for not doing so when I obviously have had time, but when I feel I need to write and just haven't had the time, I can withstand it for only a few days before I start getting really moody.
I can't write for 10 mins, either. I have to think I have a couple of hours at least to do any serious writing (as opposed to plot outlining), and often (well, not often at all, these days), write continously for 8-12 hours. Not that there's too much to show for it - I envy these people who can toss off a chapter in an evening!
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I definitely envy those that toss off a chapter in an evening and still maintain a high level of quality. I see no point in feeling inferior to someone just because they're more productive - productivity is, IMHO, mostly a result of the RL circumstances a writer finds himself in. But I admire it when they get things written all the time and it's good writing every single time! But then, admiring is OK, but there's no reason to get stressed comparing yourself to them... it'll only make you unhappy.
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I’m glad you liked it!
and I undrestand fully that Dark_Twin is a *really* *really* good writer... :)
And fenoire is a *really* *really* good translator. It feels like she’s inside my head when she translates my fics - she’s particularly great with getting the mood right (something that easily gets lost in translations).
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Maybe the shorter answer I could make is I am translating the texts I am not able to write....
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Good point... I'm like that with art, I can't ever come up with anything of my own, or at least I can't put anything on paper. But I'm fairly good at copying, if it's not too complex stuff. And I've learned to be content with that. :)
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