tag:dreamwidth.org,2015-12-10:2470303time devours even the gods themselvessaunatonttusaunatonttu2015-12-11T12:16:19Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2015-12-10:2470303:820late-night conversation with a friend2015-12-11T12:16:19Z2015-12-11T12:16:19Zthankfulpublic0 Because I, for some reason, stayed up long into the small hours of early morning, I also had a chance to whine about my writing to a friend that began as us wondering why people see me as a Slytherin when he sees me more as Huffleclaw. (Pottermore always sorts me into Hufflepuff, too.) After some time, we ended up talking about my writing and this creative writing course I took this semester. I told him I've gotten some real nice feedback from my group there, and it's true: at least one of them said I'm ready to be published. I took and still take that comment with a grain of salt, despite it meaning the world to me.<br /><br />The course and the feedback helped me to see how my writing has developed, to be honest. I used to be awful at writing humor, but the text I worked on this course has made people laugh. There are the technical issues that come with writing in a language that's not my mother tongue, but no one's perfect, and I'm mostly working without a beta. Another thing that I have started to appreciate more? Definitely my imagination. I have thought about so many cliched scenarios that somewhere in-between I started coming up with pretty nice ideas as well. Whether I can match those ideas with the writing they deserve is another question, but that too is just a matter of diligent working and just writing. <br /><br />This post doesn't really have a point, but the conversation made me think about things and like my friend said, I shouldn't be ashamed of what makes my writing mine, be it overdramatic angst (it has toned down into a more reasonable level, though that depends on the series I write for) or silly fluff that doesn't serve a point other than to show off domestic cuteness. <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saunatonttu&ditemid=820" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2015-12-10:2470303:262the end rush for 20152015-12-10T11:24:08Z2015-12-10T11:24:08Zamusedpublic4 This year's been crazy for me when it comes to writing in all the best ways, but there's still a lot to do even though the year's close to the end:<ul><li>hqhols assignment! I really need to get on track with that, fuck.</li><li>merfolk au!!!!!!!! this is less urgent, because I want to make it perfect, and rushing has never helped with that.</li><li>that one huge ass AU for One Piece....... I was supposed to finish it IN SEPTEMBER!!! it's at 17k words!!!! THERE'S A LOT OF WORLD-BUILDING!</li><li>ski jumping AU for KHR... I started it LAST JANUARY. </li><li>color blind soulmate AU for 10069 and again KHR. I haven't started it yet, and I want to twist the "soulmate" aspect of it into a less typical direction, but I don't know how to do that yet. </li><li>oh boy what else is there... all the gift fics for Momo! (DaiSuga blowjob fic, D51 "slept with a kindergarten teacher, now I FEEL BAD" AU, and some UshiOi as well) </li><li>Kay's sin (that I have saved in at least two places just in case) </li><li>continue my fantasy lesbian pirates </li><li>continue my "buying traits" fantasy story as well </li><li>WRITE THE GODDAMN SUPERHERO THING FOR THE WRITING COMPETITION</li></ul>The first one is the most urgent, obviously, but just look at this. This isn't even everything I have made some plans for. I love torturing myself.<br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saunatonttu&ditemid=262" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments