I have 7 stories in various stages - 2 are novel length original fiction (my unfinished 2004 Nano "Learning Curve" and a barely begun unnamed concept novel), 2 Buffy fanfic that are rapidly becoming novel length, two Buffy ficathon assignments, and a novel length X-Files fic I started in 2000. I also have various plot bunnies (some even outlined!) that I want to tackle.
I'll grant you, I haven't touched any of the above items in a long time. This is where the lazy comes in. Before Nano, I scoffed at people who talked about the "Muse". I wrote the first 7 chapters (60,000 words) of Death in 6 weeks. During and after Nano, I got seriously blocked. The pressure was really getting to me. I'm slowly getting back into it (weekly drabbling is helping), but I'm not anywhere near the output I expect of myself. Like weight loss, I keep saying this is for me, so if I don't meet my goals it's only myself I'm hurting!
Like everyone, I also let real life control my life to an unacceptable extent. I wrote a lot more when I worked from home. I was at my computer anyway, and if work got slow or I got bored (I got bored a lot!) I banged away at a story. It's not quite as easy when I'm in the office all day. When I do get home, I want to spend time with D. and the cats or my favourite member of the family, the TV. Coming home and going to the office feels really anti-social (Derek used to do it all the time, and I hated it).
2. It depends on what you want the world and your friends to know. I mostly use my journal as a journal - a record of the truly interesting events in my life. I don't keep track of all the tiny little details (my grandmother kept diaries from the time she was 8 until just before she died; each day was a weather report and what she ate, with occaisional longer entries during holiday or visits), but if something makes me laugh, if I do something fun with friends I write it here.
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Date: 2005-02-17 08:26 pm (UTC)I have 7 stories in various stages - 2 are novel length original fiction (my unfinished 2004 Nano "Learning Curve" and a barely begun unnamed concept novel), 2 Buffy fanfic that are rapidly becoming novel length, two Buffy ficathon assignments, and a novel length X-Files fic I started in 2000. I also have various plot bunnies (some even outlined!) that I want to tackle.
I'll grant you, I haven't touched any of the above items in a long time. This is where the lazy comes in. Before Nano, I scoffed at people who talked about the "Muse". I wrote the first 7 chapters (60,000 words) of Death in 6 weeks. During and after Nano, I got seriously blocked. The pressure was really getting to me. I'm slowly getting back into it (weekly drabbling is helping), but I'm not anywhere near the output I expect of myself. Like weight loss, I keep saying this is for me, so if I don't meet my goals it's only myself I'm hurting!
Like everyone, I also let real life control my life to an unacceptable extent. I wrote a lot more when I worked from home. I was at my computer anyway, and if work got slow or I got bored (I got bored a lot!) I banged away at a story. It's not quite as easy when I'm in the office all day. When I do get home, I want to spend time with D. and the cats or my favourite member of the family, the TV. Coming home and going to the office feels really anti-social (Derek used to do it all the time, and I hated it).
2. It depends on what you want the world and your friends to know. I mostly use my journal as a journal - a record of the truly interesting events in my life. I don't keep track of all the tiny little details (my grandmother kept diaries from the time she was 8 until just before she died; each day was a weather report and what she ate, with occaisional longer entries during holiday or visits), but if something makes me laugh, if I do something fun with friends I write it here.