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New questions to ponder
RokofAges75:
Do any of you do any other kind of writing in your life outside of fanfic, either for work or fun?
KeepThisSecret:
I WISH that I had the time to do more "fun" writing. Sadly, fanfic is my only source of writing for enjoyment and/or entertainment purposes. I do; however, do quite a bit of report writing for my job. Most of the people that I work with hate the fact that we have to produce so many reports, but I actually don't mind. I'm quite fast at writing them ... maybe because I spend so much of my time outside of work writing for fun.
RokofAges75:
Same here with wishing I had more time to write for fun. Sometimes I'm jealous of people who write for a living... but at the same time, I don't know that I would like the pressure of feeling like I HAD to write in order to make a living, plus all the other headaches that go along with being a published author, like meeting deadlines, doing required revisions, and so on. In my ideal world, I would just marry a rich husband so I could quit my job and write purely for fun without any of the pressure - but I'm not holding my breath for that to happen. LOL
KeepThisSecret:
Ha! In my ideal world, I would also have a rich hubby who wouldn't care if I sat around in the sun all day sipping cocktails and writing a best-selling novel. ;D Unfortunately, I kind of dropped the ball when it came to marrying a rich man!! LOL In all fairness, I'm sure my husband really wouldn't care if I sat around writing all day ... provided that I could somehow manage to go to work, clean, cook dinner, and take care of our little one all at the same time. :P
It has always been my dream to write for a living. I actually think the pressure of having a deadline would motivate me. I would just love to walk into a book store and see my name on the cover of a bestseller. *sigh* I guess I will just have to settle for seeing my name on the most recent page. HAHA
Have you ever thought about trying to turn one of your fanfics into a an original work? Someone suggested that to me once, but I haven't actually had the time to sit down and attempt it.
RokofAges75:
I think it would be so cool to see your name on a real book too. Ask Mare, she knows that feeling! Another writer from AC, Kelly Oram (honey), has also gone on to be quite the prolific published author, and at least one of her books was originally posted here as a fanfic.
I have thought about trying to turn one of my fanfics into an original novel and even attempted it once, but it is harder than it sounds! A few years ago, I had the idea to rewrite my story Broken as a YA novel; I planned out all the changes I would make to de-Backstreet-ize it and even started writing it (the first few chapters are on AC), but I could never get very far on it. I'm not sure why. I thought it would be so easy because the original story was a breeze to write; I was obsessed with it and never had writer's block. Re-writing has always been really tough for me, though; I lose interest in it quickly. I think it would be easier to write an AU or something that could be revised instead of totally rewritten. I attempted to do that with a different story, Secrets of the Heart, but I finished that one four years ago and haven't pursued trying to get it published. Maybe someday... It worked for the Fifty Shades writer, so why not us?
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