Floating in a Limbo · 7:34pm Nov 6th, 2013
I've gotten stuck in sort of a writing limbo as of late. Not a writer's block exactly, just a strange in-between state where I have a lot of different stories I've started without giving any of them sufficient attention. Plus I think I've been trying to hard to make my stories something I think people will want to read instead of something I want to write. I'm losing the joy of writing in this limbo.
That being the case I am going to try setting aside these cares and continue writing. I think my mind has been too wrapped around other things lately, and more than just living I mean. I want to go back to when I started writing any sort of fanfiction, back when I just wrote for writing's sake. That way I might actually get something written to put up here.
For those who I work with occasionally (and those who actually read this) I'm still willing to help out where I can. I just can't bear to stare at this website until I get my unruly mind straightened out.
I know the feeling.
Well, I think you should stick with what you want to to write, not what other's want.
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Agreed, It's a trap of human nature, I fear, to want to be recognized and affirmed by other people. My initial plunge into fanfiction was one of pure enjoyment for the joy of writing, but as I continued, I realized that I got a sort of high from being liked by others. I can't lie, I still get that high, but beneath it somewhere is a writer who just wants to write because he loves to write. Somehow my brain contorts this joy to be gauged on "likes" or "favorites" or "views".
4117613 Fair enough
4117613 Fair enough