I'm staying up way too late, I think...
May. 27th, 2003 02:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularI turn on the laptop to check my mail before collapsing, and someone pings me with an IM, saying "I notice you don't do Buffy fanfic anymore."
Me: "What?"
Them: "Buffy Fanfiction."
Me (while pondering whether to give this person a subscription to the news-magazine Duh): "That part I understood. What I didn't understand was the 'not writing' part."
Turns out this person noticed that my last fic was Firefly and apparently assumed I was through with the Buffy fandom. Well, I'm not. Done with the fandom, that is. But for cryin' out loud, am I a machine? People want to see me write a particular something, why don't they pick up a pen and paper, or boot up the word processor and start typing what they want me to write, you know, actually do the creative thing?
Aagh. *pounding head against copy of The Hitchhiker's Quartet*
It's gratifying to see feedback. It's wonderful to know people read and like one's work. But I don't write to satisfy my adoring fans.
< insert snarky comment about how BK doesn't have any adoring fans >
It's one thing to be pressured to write something for a class assignment, or for work. It's another to be pressured to write fanfic. Writers of fanfic have responsibilities if they publish on the 'Net: grammar, intelligent writing, quality of work. They do not have the responsibility to be prolific.
*grinding teeth*
It's two AM and time for me to close up shop for the night. Sorry about the rant.
Close entry.
Me: "What?"
Them: "Buffy Fanfiction."
Me (while pondering whether to give this person a subscription to the news-magazine Duh): "That part I understood. What I didn't understand was the 'not writing' part."
Turns out this person noticed that my last fic was Firefly and apparently assumed I was through with the Buffy fandom. Well, I'm not. Done with the fandom, that is. But for cryin' out loud, am I a machine? People want to see me write a particular something, why don't they pick up a pen and paper, or boot up the word processor and start typing what they want me to write, you know, actually do the creative thing?
Aagh. *pounding head against copy of The Hitchhiker's Quartet*
It's gratifying to see feedback. It's wonderful to know people read and like one's work. But I don't write to satisfy my adoring fans.
< insert snarky comment about how BK doesn't have any adoring fans >
It's one thing to be pressured to write something for a class assignment, or for work. It's another to be pressured to write fanfic. Writers of fanfic have responsibilities if they publish on the 'Net: grammar, intelligent writing, quality of work. They do not have the responsibility to be prolific.
*grinding teeth*
It's two AM and time for me to close up shop for the night. Sorry about the rant.
Close entry.
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Date: 2003-05-26 11:05 pm (UTC)Poor baby!
I lurve your fic no matter what. *nods firmly*
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Date: 2003-05-26 11:13 pm (UTC)Oh, and did you ever turn off your IM blocking? :)
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Date: 2003-05-26 11:16 pm (UTC)*tries to look virtuous*
ha.
oops!
Date: 2003-05-26 11:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-27 05:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-27 05:48 am (UTC){{hugs}} We love you for writing what the muse inspires. And we love you when you're NOT cranking out fic. So there. ;-)
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Date: 2003-05-27 01:00 pm (UTC)Yup and yup!
{{hugs}} We love you for writing what the muse inspires. And we love you when you're NOT cranking out fic. So there. ;-)
^
What she said! ;)
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Date: 2003-05-27 02:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-27 10:20 pm (UTC)You're very welcome. And yeah, I'd definitely class that as an improvement ;)