Ask Me Anything December #5
Dec. 11th, 2018 02:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mhalachaiFor the Ask Me Anything December meme - Day #5
Today's question is: Why do you write?
Two reasons: I have all these stories in my head and want to share them with everyone, also to get them solidified into one actual story instead of the multi-verse of tangents and off-shoots and AU storylines. I find that once I write something down and publish it, all other tangents crumble to dust and I’m set on a particular “canon” for my stories*. Sometimes it’s a relief.
Also I crave validation from others and want everyone to like me
* Over the years I’ve heard readers criticize authors for forgetting details of their own stories and yes this is why we should all have a story bible but I bring this up because I find it fascinating how I can have an encyclopedic knowledge of the tiniest details of the shows I watch and books/fics I read, and have forgotten almost all details about a story I wrote two years ago. So I get it, both sides.
tl;dr - can't not write. have tried. didn't take.
Today's question is: Why do you write?
Two reasons: I have all these stories in my head and want to share them with everyone, also to get them solidified into one actual story instead of the multi-verse of tangents and off-shoots and AU storylines. I find that once I write something down and publish it, all other tangents crumble to dust and I’m set on a particular “canon” for my stories*. Sometimes it’s a relief.
Also I crave validation from others and want everyone to like me
* Over the years I’ve heard readers criticize authors for forgetting details of their own stories and yes this is why we should all have a story bible but I bring this up because I find it fascinating how I can have an encyclopedic knowledge of the tiniest details of the shows I watch and books/fics I read, and have forgotten almost all details about a story I wrote two years ago. So I get it, both sides.
tl;dr - can't not write. have tried. didn't take.