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It's Lion Turtles all the way down ([personal profile] lettered) wrote2006-09-17 09:35 pm
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Fulfillment From Fanfic

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.
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[identity profile] crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com 2006-09-19 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Fanfic writing for me is FUN when I'm being funny (to me), I'm amusing myself and there's no thought about what others will think. When I'm writing something I actually care about though (which I've done only rarely) it can be fun because the words are coming and oh, god, I have to get them out and then someone reads it and has an insightful comment and I think "Oh dear god they expect depth!" and then it's less fun because I become aware of what I'm doing.

I often overthink - I'm at my personal best when I wing it.

I would say that fanfic writing for me is fun when the creativity is flowing, when I get a feeling of accomplishment (like finishing SMCD - first multi-chaptered anything I've ever finished) and feedback is always fun. So I like feedback. And penis jokes.
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[identity profile] tkp.livejournal.com 2006-09-19 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that meta awareness. I'm trying to let loosen up, not try to be so concerned with being overly meaningful. It messes me up, and fanfic is supposed to be fun.

The thing I love about you, in terms of your fanfic, I mean, is reading your fic is fun. Sometimes, I forget it can be.

PENIS!

[identity profile] crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com 2006-09-19 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The thing I love about you, reading your fanfic that is, is that it's both fun and enlightening. You're quality edu-tainment!

Xander's Magic Cock!
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[identity profile] tkp.livejournal.com 2006-09-19 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
bahahaha, edu-tainment. thanks.

Fairy!Spike perched upon it!
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