Kill Winter! (also known as a CHEERLEADING post!)

[scifishipper]

Hello writerly friends! Several of us, including me, have been feeling a little uninspired and down about writing and other life things. I would love for us to rally around and give each other support

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[scifishipper]

Other than general malaise which extends well beyond this group, I have been very anxious about writing for my new fandom. I am totally lost in Star Trek (Chris Pine movies) and have read half a million words of fic just in the last week. Ahem (send rescue??). I have written one small story as practice, but haven't published it on AO3 yet because THE FANDOM IS ENORMOUS. So far, it's also very kind but if you make a mistake, you have to hear about it. *sigh*

And completist that I am, I know I probably will have to watch the entire original series and the movies to feel remotely prepared. Gah. It's wonderful and exciting, but also terribly intimidating.

What I need is some cheerleading, some good words about my writing, maybe a bit of bravery-bolstering, and some encouragement. Yes, all of that which is probably all the same thing.

Thank you!

[kdbleu]

some good words about my writing

I was thinking about this the day because it's easy to forget that you're a very talented writer. You tell a good story... trust that, trust that more than you trust your knowledge or place in a fandom, more than your knowledge or place in canon... because the quality of your work will always show through. just don't sell yourself or your writing short. :)

[scifishipper]

Thank you, my dear. Your confidence in me really helps. You know I've been writing for so many fandoms and I would not be brave enough by half without your support and beta. ((HUGS)) <3

[millari]

I second this absolutely. And you are a good writer. I've seen proof. :)

I know how you feel, though. I got into the Marvel movie universe fandom for a while and was totally intimidated to write in it because getting things right (including the endless comics!verse) seemed overwhelming and the fandom was big.

Good luck! I'd be happy to look at anything you write in ST, btw, even just to cheer you on. I just won't know any fiddly details either. ;) I loved the JJ Abrams movies though.

[kdbleu]

I've actually been having a really, really rough time of it in real life lately and writing has been my salvation. I've been editing which I do enjoy but I must admit that where I am in editing is also a bit nerve wracking in that I finished my murder mystery and gave it over to cold readers and now I'm 'fixing' it. But I'm not always sure that I'm making it better at all. :/ Even worse, I know I'm improving elements but consumed with worry that I'm destroying others. Kinda not fun

[plaid_slytherin]

That's a wonderful realization, though - if it's important, you need to make it important. I admire your sticking to your guns like that!

[kdbleu]

It was a wonderful realization because it was so simple when I got down to it. And not just because I have a plot point that involves the couple being on a date. Although that was part of my initial rationalization. ;)

[plaid_slytherin]

I have seasonal mailaise too, but I'm also getting bored and dissatisfied with my big bang. It is SO close to being done, but I just want to get it over with and move on to the next thing. Part of it is that the idea is so big, I'm sure I've not done it justice, and the other part is just a desire to be done with it and go to something new. I also don't like that I haven't posted in a long time as I crave that kind of encouragement. My next project is lawyer!Bill and that will definitely be going up chapter by chapter. I'm so looking forward to the possibilities of that universe and I could use some squee/encouragement to get me there. I just want to feel that someone finds what I'm doing interesting.

[kdbleu]

Sometimes you have to be distracted. You know, give into it a little bit. Maybe write some of the idea that's competing for your attention. The release can be good both for your sanity and your current project!

[plaid_slytherin]

I think I will. Part of it is ten-days-from-posting panic, but I think I'm going to give myself at least tonight off and play with lawyer!Bill. Just now in the car, I got a very strong image of young!soldier Saul and student!Bill having a missed connection in a bar and I think that has to be my prologue. (They won't meet properly until the canon timeline but I like the idea of the almost.)

[lanalucy]

I like the almost, too.

Focus, focus, focus...

[spikesgirl58]

Mostly I just need someone to give me a swift kick in my creative as... pect. The weather has been lovely and it's hard to sit still.

I've been encouraging my friends with their writing and betaing for them.

I've been writing, but it feels as like I'm going through the motions. I started working on my children's book and nothing after an initial burst of energy.

Re: Focus, focus, focus...

[plaid_slytherin]

So jealous of your lovely weather! I know what you mean about going through the motions, though. That's why I feel like I want to follow whatever project has captured my imagination. It might not be the "right" thing to do but it'll make me feel better!

Re: Focus, focus, focus...

[spikesgirl58]

It's really too nice for words and that's been hard. It's way early this year and it's cut into my writing time.

I wish I had something to capture my imagination, but even the Easter Egg challenge isn't doing it this year. Of course it doesn't help that every time I sit down at the computer, our gray cat comes to sleep on the keyboard.

[kakodaimon]

I feel like the time you spend playing in newly nice weather is never lost, anyway, from a writing perspective as well. Sometimes life needs to grow into you before you can send it back out, and being an organic process, it takes an age - so worth it, though, when those imaginary buds finally unravel in your conscious mind.

[sevanatwonights]

I am one of those, "Oh it's good enough to post" but a week later I'll go take it down because no one has bothered to review. I mean my stories seem to get read a lot but there is NO feedback from anyone outside. And if I do get feedback it's all technical bs that this ONE particular reviewer likes to pin on me.

So I'm stuck writing, posting, and then deleting. It's even happening in my original fiction. I write some and then I think, 'you know this is crap,' and either I lose interest because of my little acceptance psychosis I seem to be suffering from or I'm tired of thinking about it!

I just want to get my 'Circles' story (a story about crop circles and well how the one character realizes he's in love.

[beesandbrews]

Comments of any stripe seem rather few and far between compared to a few years ago. Unless you manage to strike your fandom's collective id exactly right, then it's the sound of crickets. I wouldn't pull your work down, that makes readers skittish. They might unconsciously lump you in with writers who hold their work hostage for kudos.

[sevanatwonights]

Thanks for the advice and your right. I plenty peeved when a writer pulls everything they had written but for some reason I never thought of myself of being stingy. I was also thinking about putting my works on my own site and be damned with the popularity contest until I finish it completely and then make it available for popular consumption. What do you think about that?

[beesandbrews]

I think that's a good idea. Sometimes you just need to get work off your desktop. The important thing though is tell the stories that make you happy and don't worry overmuch about other people's feedback because that's the road to discontent.