Stagnation

[dragonjournal]

Having just had a very interesting conversation with someone, I thought I'd write my thoughts here.

Over on Livejournal, I've written something for an RP that, because of the fandom characters involved is wrong and just horrible. On some level I know this.

She asked me why when I said I had to write it. There are many reasons that I have to.

However they all boil down to one thing: To see if I can. Writing has a bad tendency to stagnate if you don't stretch it every once in a while. So, I want to write this, to see if I can keep the characterisation real, and make it make sense.

I want to stretch my writing wings, and see if I can make people believe that these are the characters I say they are.

The fact that it's also fun messing with character's heads is completely secondary.

Comments

[etcetera_cat]

You make me feel guilty about my writing :O Because, y'know, I only occasionally seem to dust it off these days, and that's generally for the purposes of throwing things at Teva (although, sidebar: J went and wrote a Teva scene! With bees! *dies of awesome*) or, um, well... throwing things at Teva.

I have ideas still, but they just kinda sit in my head and decompose or develop verdigris and/or patina because I utterly fail at the actual writing part of claiming to be a writer.

Also: because I want to is a perfectly valid reason for writing things. It might make someone else's brain melt, but that's why Rule 34 exists.

[dragonjournal]

I <3 Rule 34 so much! It makes everything easier. Seriously. But, this will be a deep pull on my writing abilities. Porn, I can write. But this will be completely changing part of the psyche of the pair of characters, and make them into something every human has the potential to become, but generally doesn't because of the patina of society.

... Okay, I'm rambling now.

[etcetera_cat]

You're several up from me, what with the porn and the originality and stuff! :D

(is this the Jubilee thing you were talking about with Fuzzy that you mentioned?)

[dragonjournal]

That'd be the one, yep yep. I can't wait to get into it, but Teh Fuzzy One is sleeping. Le sigh.

Instead, I'm sitting here, waiting on the kids, and writing porn.

[etcetera_cat]

I am not sleeping when i should be because I have work tomorrow (boo, hiss)