A "why there is no fic" post

[ratherastory]

*sheepish wave*

Hi all!

So, um, for a fanfic journal, it's been depressingly void of new fanfic in here, recently. I apologize. The short version of the story is, well, pretty much everything I've written since March is pure and utter shit, and I haven't been able to finish a single damned story.

I'm only marginally optimistic I'll be able to get my exchange fic done in time this week, and I'm probably going to end up dropping out of the couple of challenges I'm still in.

Woe is me, etc. *shrug*

Anyway, in case you were wondering what the hell happened, well, there it is. :)

Comments

[dante-s-hell.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear about your writing woes. I know how that can be. Maybe you should find a movie or show you want to watch and just enjoy it. Take a step back and just breathe a little.

Yeah, I guess the exchange fic needs to be done, but then you can relax, right? Don't force it if it's not working for you at the moment.

I'm here if you want to chat about it.

Take care and good luck with the exchange fic. Hope your writing mojo returns soon.

*Hugs*

[cordelia-gray.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

We're not *just* here for the fanfic, you know, much as we love it :) I have written exactly one thing thing this year - Springfling! 2500 words! My entire creative output for 2012 :(

I hear a lot about people who write to relieve stress, to get themselves through hard times, and so on. But it doesn't work that way for me: I can't write when I'm stressed or unhappy or worried about mundane crap. I'm with Virginia Wolf, here - in order to write, one needs money and a room of one's own. Which includes, I think, not spending all one's mental energy on worrying about how one is going to get or keep those things, which I know I've spent way too much time worrying about this year, and I suspect you may be in a similar boat.

Anyway, whatever you do, don't beat yourself up for not writing, because that will make sure you never do it. Go on a vacation if you can, even if that amounts to going to a picnic lunch in a park you never go to, or something shiny and distracting in an air-conditioned movie theatre.

Hugs again. I wish somehow magically I could fold spacetime so that you and I and de_nugis could all go out for a drink this weekend, I think we could all use it.

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN EXCELLENT IDEA. Where's the Doctor when you need him? (I'm partial to Nine, myself.)

[cherry916.livejournal.com]

I can totally understand that. My will to write has been dying pretty much. Hopefully I can finish up my spn_gen_bigbang and finally I'll be done with the omg gotta finish this challenge stuff and freehand it till I'm 100% sure I can go through with a challenge.

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

It's so tough for a creative soul to be muse-less, but sometimes we need a break. We need something New or sometimes, just dead air. We need to simply be in order to discover what we want to say (or paint or sing.)

It will come to you when it does. It isn't your paycheck, so you have that luxury! And then it'll be all that much sweeter.

And to be perfectly honest? Your "pure and utter shit" is probably better than some people's prolific spew. You're being waaaaaay to hard on yourself. I find, for me, these things are cyclical and you just need to soldier through them. I'm with Cordelia; it's a shame we can't just blip into the same city and have a drink or five together.

Ah, well! You are still a valued member of the fold! Always and forever...

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

Right there with you. But you don't have to pay your way into the community with fic! I hope the writing and other blahs will end soon for all of us, but there's no reason not to keep each other company in the meantime.

[maypoles.livejournal.com]

♥♥♥

[yasminke.livejournal.com]

Didn't we have this conversation on Twitter?

Don't make me use my Mom voice.

[reapertownusa.livejournal.com]

Sometimes those quiet muse times just come, but they also leave, too. As the other wise gals here have said, don't worry about forcing it. Muses are prima donnas and get pouty when you ignore them, pretty soon she'll be coming back begging for your attention and you'll be writing again before you know it.

[judith-88-g.livejournal.com]

I know how frustrating it can sometimes get, I really hope your muse will start cooperating soon.

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry to hear your news. But as all the above comments, I think that sometimes you need to take a step back from it all, take a break and recharge your batteries.

But I know how you feel and you have my sympathies. I've been struggling recently with a fic of mine, weeks can go by and I write nothing and then when I do, it's rubbish.

I'm sure it's not half as bad as you fear and remember that we're all here to vent to. Do you have a beta? Perhaps they can help you sort it out and offer some moral support. Take care, :)