Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

--Does writing energize or exhaust you?

Oh, neither, I think! I find it very soothing; when it goes well I would actually compare it to meditation, just being in the moment and letting the words flow through me. And I've been writing more again and am very happy about that! It's very indulgent, trope-y vampire fic, and I'd feel guilty about that except that life is a huge stress factor right now and anything that gives me a chance to just rest and write about erotically-charged bloodplay is a good thing. :P

How about you? Is writing exhausting or energizing you right now, and why?

Comments

[me_ya_ri]

I think it depends on the story and how stressed I am. Also how late at night get to my writing. Most of the time I find it energizing but if I'm super stressed or I leave writing to the last thing each night (which I have been lately due to being far too busy) I end up exhausted. A satisfied sort of exhausted but still exhausted.

Good on your for tropey vampire fic with bloodplay! Sometimes you just gotta play with your favorite toys. :D

Hope you get plenty of time for writing and playing with your fic!

[mithen]

"A satisfied sort of exhausted" is a good way of putting it. As long as I can wrangle the words correctly it never feels bad, although looking up and realizing I haven't gotten into the flow and stalled out at a few sentences is... not so good.

I hope your writing has continued to go well!

[ecto_gammat]

Congrats on the writing! Sometimes tropey fics are pretty delicious =)

Personally, I find writing exhausting. I get really frustrated with my inability to actually write words. I have a missing scene that I've been working on (and stuck on) for months now that's still in bits and pieces.

I'm contemplating joining a mini bang but I'm terrified of not making it, not doing it justice, and not doing well. I can't get past the mental blocks and it's just... exhausting lol

[mithen]

Ugh, I hope you were able to get past those blocks! I ended up finding the vampire fic fairly exhausting as well, sadly. It was a multipart fic and I simply don't have the time or energy for more than oneshots at this point in my life, I think! Just too much commitment otherwise...

[pastelrobot]

I don't think I've ever found writing to be energizing. And the only time I ever found it exhausting is when I force myself to write.

I've been taking it easy with writing these past two weeks. I made my word goal for Camp NaNo. I wrote just over 20,000 words (which was most of my novella). I'm going to let that sit for a bit and then finish it up in June.

I'm a couple of weeks ahead for The Museum of Other Worlds ficlets. And I've re-started my (still) untitled short horror story. My goal for the short story is to have a decent first draft done by the beginning of July. Hopefully I'll come up with a decent title by then, too.

[bradygirl_12]

I'd say more often energizing than exhausting, though writing can wear you out!

I'm glad you're finding time to write something fun. :)

I'm currently working on Infinity War projects and a longish Battlestar: Galactica story that kind of took over. :)

Nice to see the marvel_bang and dcu_bang up and running again this year.

[mithen]

I'd say more often energizing than exhausting, though writing can wear you out!

It can definitely be awful when the words won't come! I've struggled a bit with that lately--I never would have thought nonfiction would become easier than fiction, but it seems to be true for this time in my life.

I hope Endgame is inspiring in good ways!

[luciferxdamien]

Erotically-charged bloodplay you say~ That's very much up my alley. X3

Writing can either really energize me or drain me, it just depends. Usually, when I'm really into a scene and can write it pretty fast without breaking, I'll feel 'done' or satisfied at the end, like after a workout, I guess is one way to put it, sort of like I've 'exhausted' that scene from myself. XD It's actually a very nice and peaceful feeling, and if I still feel like writing, I can freely jump to another project without feeling guilty for abandoning the other one. =D

Other times, it's like pulling teeth to get something moving and just really, really hard on me, especially for connecting scenes I purposefully skipped over the first time cause I didn't know what I wanted to do with it. However, I have found I've gotten better at moving those scenes along! Which is a massive relief for me, since I don't have to fret and cry and get stuck as often as I used to.

Life has been really exhausting lately. I'm feeling productive with taking over the DCU Bang, and pretty proud of myself that I got things up and running like 4 or 5 days. (That was a lot of work!) I've just been kind of maintaining things and looking into more fannish things, rather than actually writing, but I'm starting to feel like writing again, so here's hoping!!! And I'm glad you've been able to get some more writing in! =D Nothing worse than wanting to write and not having and damn time for it.

[mithen]

Usually, when I'm really into a scene and can write it pretty fast without breaking, I'll feel 'done' or satisfied at the end, like after a workout, I guess is one way to put it, sort of like I've 'exhausted' that scene from myself

Yeah, that's a great way to describe it!

Other times, it's like pulling teeth to get something moving and just really, really hard on me, especially for connecting scenes I purposefully skipped over the first time cause I didn't know what I wanted to do with it

This is why I never skip over connecting scenes! Though I have a feeling it all actually works out the same in the end, because it just means I suffer when I come to them...

And I'm glad you've been able to get some more writing in! =D Nothing worse than wanting to write and not having and damn time for it.

Oh, I think it's better than having time to write and not being able to, honestly! At least this way I can always tell myself it WOULD be brilliant if only I had the time... :)