Heyyyyyy.
I haven't posted in ages. I guess I've just been doing all the typical things: school, homework, writing. First term ended on the 13th. I'm taking off Winter term to learn to drive and get a steady job, so I think this break from school will mean more writing.
Anyway, I feel good and bad at once to announce that I've put off all other stories, and have been focusing intimately on He's There. It's kind of like when I wrote my first huge story, Serial Experiments Lain Sequel. And unlike I thought I would be if I worked on only one project, I've actually been very interested and entertained. I realize this isn't following the rules of my "3 stories per season" plan, and I in no way am suddenly abandoning that idea... but I figured: I have all this inspiration and motivation to write this. I can't let that go because it isn't the plan. Writing isn't about planning. You have to snatch those moments when something good is coming out the tip of your pencil and stop waiting for whatever you expected.
What I'm most happy about working on this is that for a long time it lost its point. I didn't know when or how I would ever get into it again, and felt like it might have just remained a dead-end concept I made up as a sophomore.
But, even as a Phantom phan that has slowly gained a bit of skepticism for the quality of the musical, and (I'm not going to lie), lost that same feeling of magic as when I first discovered the story, I think I'm gradually bringing myself back into that magic. I reviewed the roleplay livejournal community I started when I was 15, and it's just so odd. I think sooner or later, I'll have to watch all the movie versions I own. But this story is really starting to come to life, and I feel like I've got a group of characters that I know a lot better. The older version I wrote of it was extremely empty and not so realistic. This feels like something that is entirely capable of happening, with the exciting rarity that is the cornerstone of my writing. My ultimate goal is to give people an escape but not present anything impossible.
Anyway, I've also been really thrilled at the amount of attention it's recieved at Fanfiction.net, despite the fact that it's actually original fiction, having to do with a copyright story. Even within the story, people treat Phantom of the Opera as a story. But we all know Fanfiction.net gets more attention than Fictionpress. Well! Ok, the point is... I hate to have a B*S moment here, and keep track of my asspats, but He's There has recieved more favorites and alerts than all of my other stories, and while it doesn't have as many reviews as the Kagome cannibalism story, it's slowly getting there. I have a group that review every update, and because of their sincere interest, I've felt inspired to keep on going. I update it every sunday, so it's about 6-7 pages a week. There've been a few times when I didn't think I could make the deadline, but each time, I found a way. That's why fans are important. They make us feel like we're writing it for them, and for many, it means more to give than recieve.
But....it also pressures us, maybe in a good way, to do a good job, as not to let anyone down. I really don't want anyone to feel dissapointed. :/
Well, I decided on a goal, which could probably happen by New Years because of the speed I've been doing this. Get to 75 pages. Here is one of those cute little status bars that I love so much:
60 / 75 words. 80% done!
G O A L S F O R L A T E R :
By spring, if I'm not too wrapped up in He's There, and feel like it would be O.K. to take a little break, I promise myself and whoever reads this to begin that work on the elements of Crystal Palace. I truly do look forward to it, despite putting it off for four years.
I also really do have the ideas for the rest of The Staircase, and I can imagine how great it will be once I start the editing process, the same way I totally reworked Wooden Light.
I don't know when or if ever I will get back with TAOAAJ, because it had so much to do with the world I was living in back then, as a sophomore/junior. Even though I still love Paper Mario to peices, and it was a great amusing project, it seems too trivial to find time for now that I'm in college, trying to start my life as an author/director. Besides, Akira and most of the gang are already in a couple other stories of mine, so it's not like I'm saying goodbye to him or anything. X3 But this is my logical side sorting it out. By no means am I saying "I don't want to work on TAOAAJ". That isn't, true. I do. But at this point, it's inconvenient.
But Huggle the Puppet is a comic I feel a little easier about completing, due to the fact that it has almost no limitations and it's easy and fun. I hope to at least make a few pages here and there. I think what keeps me from working on my comics is the fact that comic art is not my main passion. Much of the time, I don't feel like making one, despite still loving the concept of the story within it and, well...drawing. If this equation makes any sense.
Well, I've talked long enough.
~BOW <3
I haven't posted in ages. I guess I've just been doing all the typical things: school, homework, writing. First term ended on the 13th. I'm taking off Winter term to learn to drive and get a steady job, so I think this break from school will mean more writing.
Anyway, I feel good and bad at once to announce that I've put off all other stories, and have been focusing intimately on He's There. It's kind of like when I wrote my first huge story, Serial Experiments Lain Sequel. And unlike I thought I would be if I worked on only one project, I've actually been very interested and entertained. I realize this isn't following the rules of my "3 stories per season" plan, and I in no way am suddenly abandoning that idea... but I figured: I have all this inspiration and motivation to write this. I can't let that go because it isn't the plan. Writing isn't about planning. You have to snatch those moments when something good is coming out the tip of your pencil and stop waiting for whatever you expected.
What I'm most happy about working on this is that for a long time it lost its point. I didn't know when or how I would ever get into it again, and felt like it might have just remained a dead-end concept I made up as a sophomore.
But, even as a Phantom phan that has slowly gained a bit of skepticism for the quality of the musical, and (I'm not going to lie), lost that same feeling of magic as when I first discovered the story, I think I'm gradually bringing myself back into that magic. I reviewed the roleplay livejournal community I started when I was 15, and it's just so odd. I think sooner or later, I'll have to watch all the movie versions I own. But this story is really starting to come to life, and I feel like I've got a group of characters that I know a lot better. The older version I wrote of it was extremely empty and not so realistic. This feels like something that is entirely capable of happening, with the exciting rarity that is the cornerstone of my writing. My ultimate goal is to give people an escape but not present anything impossible.
Anyway, I've also been really thrilled at the amount of attention it's recieved at Fanfiction.net, despite the fact that it's actually original fiction, having to do with a copyright story. Even within the story, people treat Phantom of the Opera as a story. But we all know Fanfiction.net gets more attention than Fictionpress. Well! Ok, the point is... I hate to have a B*S moment here, and keep track of my asspats, but He's There has recieved more favorites and alerts than all of my other stories, and while it doesn't have as many reviews as the Kagome cannibalism story, it's slowly getting there. I have a group that review every update, and because of their sincere interest, I've felt inspired to keep on going. I update it every sunday, so it's about 6-7 pages a week. There've been a few times when I didn't think I could make the deadline, but each time, I found a way. That's why fans are important. They make us feel like we're writing it for them, and for many, it means more to give than recieve.
But....it also pressures us, maybe in a good way, to do a good job, as not to let anyone down. I really don't want anyone to feel dissapointed. :/
Well, I decided on a goal, which could probably happen by New Years because of the speed I've been doing this. Get to 75 pages. Here is one of those cute little status bars that I love so much:
G O A L S F O R L A T E R :
By spring, if I'm not too wrapped up in He's There, and feel like it would be O.K. to take a little break, I promise myself and whoever reads this to begin that work on the elements of Crystal Palace. I truly do look forward to it, despite putting it off for four years.
I also really do have the ideas for the rest of The Staircase, and I can imagine how great it will be once I start the editing process, the same way I totally reworked Wooden Light.
I don't know when or if ever I will get back with TAOAAJ, because it had so much to do with the world I was living in back then, as a sophomore/junior. Even though I still love Paper Mario to peices, and it was a great amusing project, it seems too trivial to find time for now that I'm in college, trying to start my life as an author/director. Besides, Akira and most of the gang are already in a couple other stories of mine, so it's not like I'm saying goodbye to him or anything. X3 But this is my logical side sorting it out. By no means am I saying "I don't want to work on TAOAAJ". That isn't, true. I do. But at this point, it's inconvenient.
But Huggle the Puppet is a comic I feel a little easier about completing, due to the fact that it has almost no limitations and it's easy and fun. I hope to at least make a few pages here and there. I think what keeps me from working on my comics is the fact that comic art is not my main passion. Much of the time, I don't feel like making one, despite still loving the concept of the story within it and, well...drawing. If this equation makes any sense.
Well, I've talked long enough.
~BOW <3
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