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[mhalachai]

Why is it whenever I'm writing the action sections of my stories my brain freezes up and I get convinced that I suck totally?

I think this is why I haven't finished Any Given Tuesday. Performance anxiety.

Comments

[iamabee-buzz.livejournal.com]

I've never noticed any of your actions scenes being anything less than great, if it helps at all. :)

And while I'm here I might as well just let you know that it's entirely your fault that I'm hooked on Dawn-centric fics now. I used to hate Dawn. Now I'm obsessed.

Encouragement list

[waterfall8484]

1) You don't suck.
2) Write the scene anyway. Then get someone to read it and give you advice and/or praise.
3) Write random action scenes.
4) You don't suck.

Hope that helps! ;~)

Re: Encouragement list

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

It does. Thanks very much.

After I posted my whiny message, I pulled the internet cable out of my computer and just made myself write it. And somehow, it doens't suck. I'ts not very long, (six pages in word) but I got to a logical stopping point. It should be up in a few hours, after I give it one last review.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

It does help. Thanks.

I didn't used to like Dawn fics much either, tell you the truth, before I started Any Given Tuesday. But then I started it, and rewatching season five Buffy, and suddenly I was a huge Dawn fan. So weird. Which, I guess, is why she's now my number-one Buffy fics-I-write character.

Re: Encouragement list

[waterfall8484]

That's great! When I get Incubus Dreams, I'll read it, too.