Fulfillment From Fanfic

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Does writing fanfiction make you happy?

Of course it does. That's why you do it. If that's not why you do it, don't tell me.

But what I want to know is, is it a happy that staves off boredom and is entertaining, rather than a happy that makes you want to jump up and down and run in circles and smile all the time because you're secretly thinking of what you're going to write next? Is it the kind of happy that makes it so you can't wait to sit down in front of your computer so you can see what happens next? Is it the kind of happy that every once in a while makes you bursty feeling?

I hope it is.

Comments

[lynnenne]

I find writing fiction incredibly difficult, and occassionally even painful. It's frustrating and tedious and makes me wanna tear out my hair. The fun part comes in those "AHA!" moments, when I think of something so brilliant that I can't believe I thought of it. It's like... I'm staring off into space, trying to think of the perfect word or the perfect metaphor, and my mind is just blank... and then suddenly I just *see* it there, floating in front of me, and I snatch it out of the air before it flies away. Those moments make me happy.

Also, getting positive feedback makes me happy. Getting pimped makes me happy. And most of all, having the damn thing finally *written* makes me positively giddy. That part is a high that lasts for days, compelling me read the whole thing over and over and over again. Yes, I am *that* vain. :P

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I feel that way when I write original fiction. And with some stuff, like that 5 Ways NFA Probably Didn't End fic. But that's Closet of Pain stuff. Like, it hurts so much it's good. And it's good when it stops, too, like you said--I totally get that wanting to read it over and over again. I do that when I finish, too. So we can be vain together.

But the longer fics I do, most of which I don't post because I never finish them, I just write whatever comes into my head, whatever, and sometimes when I like the idea I'm spouting off about, it's just so bleedin' euphoric. But then what I write in those instances isn't as...impressive, so I don't fawn over it so much. But I still reread it because hey, it still feels so fun.

[ros-fod.livejournal.com]

You and I are one.

[lynnenne]

Hee! We're like twins joined at the brain.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

That's how come you two should have babies!

I mean, you one. You could reproduce asexually.