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zwei_hexen) wrote2019-10-02 11:57 pm
zwei_hexen) wrote2019-10-02 11:57 pm
Write every day! October 2019 - Day 2
Lovely to see so many joining us again, and welcoeme to all the new (at least to me ;o) ) faces!
I've also a question for you, as I've just experienced this again myself: do you find your ability to write or your writing creativity in any way influenced or compromised when reading a lot of fic, and particularly well-written, long, intense or so fic?
I find I do. I've observed that the intensity and output of my writing is inversely proportional to the amount of transformative fic I'm reading, and vice versa. I don't read much and mostly only slowly when I'm on a good writing streak, and more so when working towards a deadline; and when I find myself immersed in some intense or just really good fic my writing creativity and output is singificantly less. I know this happens to others as well, but I'm wondering if we're the exceptions or if this is more common.
Tally:
Welcome post
Day 1:alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, china_shop, cornerofmadness, fadedwings, falkner, iferion, mergatrude, sanguinity, silveradept, schneefink, sylvanwitch, yasaman, ysilme (15/15)
Day 2:china_shop, schneefink
Let us know if we missed you or if you didn't check in for a while, so we can add you. Of course joining the fun is possible at any point.
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ysilme here: no tally yet for me again; this is going to be another late writing night.
sylvanwitch here: One of the many perks of moderating a student writing club at my school is the opportunity to write while at work. We typically do a writing exercise at each meeting, and sometimes I get something cool out of it. Today's is just the beginning of a story, 293 words, and it may not go anywhere, but I like what I have so far, so I think I'll file it for the next time I'm stuck on something else.
I've also a question for you, as I've just experienced this again myself: do you find your ability to write or your writing creativity in any way influenced or compromised when reading a lot of fic, and particularly well-written, long, intense or so fic?
I find I do. I've observed that the intensity and output of my writing is inversely proportional to the amount of transformative fic I'm reading, and vice versa. I don't read much and mostly only slowly when I'm on a good writing streak, and more so when working towards a deadline; and when I find myself immersed in some intense or just really good fic my writing creativity and output is singificantly less. I know this happens to others as well, but I'm wondering if we're the exceptions or if this is more common.
Tally:
Welcome post
Day 1:
alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, china_shop, cornerofmadness, fadedwings, falkner, iferion, mergatrude, sanguinity, silveradept, schneefink, sylvanwitch, yasaman, ysilme (15/15)
Day 2:
china_shop, schneefink
Let us know if we missed you or if you didn't check in for a while, so we can add you. Of course joining the fun is possible at any point.
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ysilme here: no tally yet for me again; this is going to be another late writing night.sylvanwitch here: One of the many perks of moderating a student writing club at my school is the opportunity to write while at work. We typically do a writing exercise at each meeting, and sometimes I get something cool out of it. Today's is just the beginning of a story, 293 words, and it may not go anywhere, but I like what I have so far, so I think I'll file it for the next time I'm stuck on something else.
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I'm also sometimes seeking out certain fics close to what I'm planning to write or working at for various reasons, but that'd always be in the planning or editing stage, not during the time when I'm doing the main storytelling.