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superhero_muses2018-06-01 09:10 am
mithen) wrote in superhero_muses2018-06-01 09:10 am
Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
--Do you try more to be original or to deliver to readers what they want?
This question on the list made me laugh and I couldn't resist putting it here, because I have zero interest in being original! But at the same time I don't particularly worry about giving readers what they want? The big advantage of fanfic for me is that I don't have to focus on either of those things, I can write whatever cliched trope I enjoy. For me the challenge is seeing if I can execute a cliche in a way that's fun to write and also fun to read.
And I'm having a lot of fun with vampire fic right now, and also with the nonfiction! The nonfiction is an interesting case because I'm writing up a history of my two favorite wrestlers (and have been for more than a year now) and it's clear that fanfic has really been excellent preparation for it? A lot of the (non-slash, of course) ideas and emotions I explored in fic about them have slipped into the history at some level and made it a lot stronger, I think. I only have one more essay to go in it and I am suffering horrible separation anxiety, I have to confess! It's been such a fun project, my faves have gotten a lot of pleasure from it, and I am not sure what I'm going to do with myself when it's done.
This question on the list made me laugh and I couldn't resist putting it here, because I have zero interest in being original! But at the same time I don't particularly worry about giving readers what they want? The big advantage of fanfic for me is that I don't have to focus on either of those things, I can write whatever cliched trope I enjoy. For me the challenge is seeing if I can execute a cliche in a way that's fun to write and also fun to read.
And I'm having a lot of fun with vampire fic right now, and also with the nonfiction! The nonfiction is an interesting case because I'm writing up a history of my two favorite wrestlers (and have been for more than a year now) and it's clear that fanfic has really been excellent preparation for it? A lot of the (non-slash, of course) ideas and emotions I explored in fic about them have slipped into the history at some level and made it a lot stronger, I think. I only have one more essay to go in it and I am suffering horrible separation anxiety, I have to confess! It's been such a fun project, my faves have gotten a lot of pleasure from it, and I am not sure what I'm going to do with myself when it's done.
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I think I flop around on this issue quite a lot. On the one hand, I want to be original, but on the other, I want for people to enjoy what I've written. I'm starting to learn to write more for myself and less for an audience though, since I've dug myself a nice little hole in some old dead fandoms and rarepairs. I want to write what I want to write!
Taking over the DCU Bang has taken over quite a bit of my time recently, so I haven't written much for all of June! (Not really, I'm using DCU Bang as an excuse for my lack of motivation, but hey, at least I've kept on top of DCU Bang stuff. XD)
It's really bitter sweet to finish something you've been working hard on for a long time! On the one hand, it's finished, but on the other hand oh no it's finished. I hope it's not hit you too hard, having to say goodbye to such a long project!
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Right?? It's sometimes a hard lesson to learn, but it's got to be done, and being in a smaller fandom or rarepair can be kind of freeing that way!
I hope it's not hit you too hard, having to say goodbye to such a long project!
It was kind of hard, but also nice to have more free time! I kept to a really strict bi-weekly schedule and after that I was more able to set my own pace...