About Writing

[la_samtyr]

Because all of the cool kids are doing it ;)

Ask me a question about one of my fics or series. It can be absolutely anything in any project and I will tell you the honest-to-goodness answer (even on the progress/plans for next chapters of current series).

Don’t hold back. Whatever you ask, I’ll answer as truthfully and as completely as possible. You can also ask about my writing as a whole, if you like.

Comments

[spiced-wine.livejournal.com]

What is the most challenging piece you are working on at the moment?

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

Actually, all of them are right now. This is due to a serious case of writer's block which started mid-December '13 and continued on until the last few days of January '14. That's roughly 6+ weeks when I was stalled on writing because everything was hidden on my hd and I had no clue how to get around it. (It wasn't until the tech guy made a house call that he finally "saw" what I had been trying to explain to him from the beginning.)

And since I am a Very Special Snowflake, it doesn't take much to put me off under the best of circumstances; six weeks was more than enough to make me lose a lot of heart on doing anything. Other than the lotr_sesa exchange (and luckily I had sent myself notes on that so I was able to write it on my laptop), I have only managed a little over 500 words for the Fandom Snowflake in January (again on my laptop.)

It's not that I don't have ideas and plots; I've opened up various docs of things I have in progress and I think "yes, this would work", "that needs done" -- and then I feel all "meh" and close the doc without doing anything.

[spiced-wine.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! I hope your enthusiasm returns soon!

I was stalled on writing because everything was hidden on my hd and I had no clue how to get around it

That is why I save onto a Proboard message board, which has always been reliable since I started using them in 2002. They are very quick to solve any problems, and I know my stuff is saved not only on my HD.

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

I hope I get my enthusiasm back too. It's hard to feel much of anything right now though.

I had intended to use Dropbox, which would automatically save what I was working on. But I read the TOA and I had a funny feeling about their view(s) of *fic*, so I decided to leave it alone.

Usually I send the doc to myself and cc it to another e-addy as well. Well, I try to anyway.

[spiced-wine.livejournal.com]

It's hard to feel much of anything right now though.

Oh, dear! Why?

I use Dropbox, but that's like the third and last thing I use.

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

I don't know why exactly. It's just that I had specifically made time so I could get a lot done in Dec/Jan -- and then I couldn't. That 'lost' six weeks created a major block.

[spiced-wine.livejournal.com]

That 'lost' six weeks created a major block.

Well, I hope it fades; all writers get that sometimes, but usually there is something that will start the urge again.