elfs | Writer's block? What writer's block?

Well, I went out to lunch and proceeded to write out a story. Forty-five minutes later I had to stop, but I had 2265 words to show for my effort. And y'know what? It's pretty damned good stuff. Eshi wanted me to write her another tale, and I did.

I hope she's pleased with the trouble she's caused. And there's a happy ending.

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Mostly actually by writing about it. The Journal Entries started out as a combination of Mary Sueism and an "I can write better than that bozo" attitude when I read something really bad on alt.sex.

I'm one of those people other writers hate because when I write I write a lot. Like, thousands of words in a sitting. Most of it is crap, and I know it. You just kinda have to be willing to make stuff up and know that you're going to throw a lot of it out. Just tell yourself you can fix it in revision.

And in some cases, I blatantly steal. For example, the characters in my current series came out of a Japenese comic book that, at the time, I couldn't read. I just wrote down their descriptions, put the book aside, gave them names and tried to figured out what they would do if they were put in this other situation I stole from a pair of old French SF films.

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Ah, but that's synthesis. If you take something from one thing and the story from another, you're putting your own mark on it, and that's when it becomes yours. :)

Yeah, I can't seem to write anywhere near that fast, but I suspect it has more to do with my fingers and general typing speed than my internal editor.

What's Mary Sueism?

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Mary Sueism is writing one's self into a story in some way, usually for ego gratification. In the Geek Heirarchy (http://www.brunching.com/geekhierarchy.html), you'll find it somewhere near the bottom. I love the very bottom. I qualify for every level, which I find freaking hilarious.