i took some time off from writing/fandom in general (for the most part, at least) when some other stuff came up on my life, and for several months i just didn't.
and then, recently, i wanted to start again. but i was like, "oh noes! i'm all disconnected from the characters now! i cannot channel them! i don't remember every single factoid and facial expression! i don't remember the details from every episode! clearly, I CANNOT WRITE."
but i have been. and it feels...still shaky, but. i tell myself i'm lucky to have an really amazing beta who always catches my shortcomings. and i can craft good fic. because the things that hung on, the characteristics and circumstances that managed to stick even when i sort of shook off fandom like water off a dog, those must be the important things. at least to me. those are what i should be writing about, because they resonated that much with me.
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i took some time off from writing/fandom in general (for the most part, at least) when some other stuff came up on my life, and for several months i just didn't.
and then, recently, i wanted to start again. but i was like, "oh noes! i'm all disconnected from the characters now! i cannot channel them! i don't remember every single factoid and facial expression! i don't remember the details from every episode! clearly, I CANNOT WRITE."
but i have been. and it feels...still shaky, but. i tell myself i'm lucky to have an really amazing beta who always catches my shortcomings. and i can craft good fic. because the things that hung on, the characteristics and circumstances that managed to stick even when i sort of shook off fandom like water off a dog, those must be the important things. at least to me. those are what i should be writing about, because they resonated that much with me.
so maybe i'm recovering?
SSS. genius.
p.s. i'm excited to read new btvs/ats fic by you.