I would love to write original fiction, but here's the problem: I'm never inspired. I wrote The Thing With Feathers straight through, from start to finish, in ten days. Since then, there have been lots of little tweaks and polishes, but only a couple of scenes were majorly rewritten. I simply can't do that with original fiction. Even my webcomic (in its fourth year) is a fancomic. I wish I knew how I do it so that I could apply the knowledge to original characters and settings, but I have no idea.
The porn-without-plot has its place, and I respect that; but I don't enjoy it. I think I have an unusual advantage in the fact that I'm gay. I can't get distracted in the middle of a story with a sex scene (the kind that would work as a PWP, and that readers will love either way, but that doesn't serve the story) because I'm not writing for the sex. I'm writing for the characterization; without that, I would have no interest in the story. (Personality is what turns me on anyway. Even generic hot women don't do much for me; I need them to be interesting people.)
I'm immensely flattered by the way you've described my writing; thank you =)
I have a lot of thoughts on "Stephen" in me. Some of the comments on these entries (especially the chapter with the praying) have gotten incredibly long and detailed, and in the recent Open Thread on religion there's more. I've been saving all the stuff I type; I'll do something with it one of these days. (You're not the first person to say you would be interested, so I at least have a guaranteed audience ^_^)
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The meta has been ridiculously fun.
I would love to write original fiction, but here's the problem: I'm never inspired. I wrote The Thing With Feathers straight through, from start to finish, in ten days. Since then, there have been lots of little tweaks and polishes, but only a couple of scenes were majorly rewritten. I simply can't do that with original fiction. Even my webcomic (in its fourth year) is a fancomic. I wish I knew how I do it so that I could apply the knowledge to original characters and settings, but I have no idea.
The porn-without-plot has its place, and I respect that; but I don't enjoy it. I think I have an unusual advantage in the fact that I'm gay. I can't get distracted in the middle of a story with a sex scene (the kind that would work as a PWP, and that readers will love either way, but that doesn't serve the story) because I'm not writing for the sex. I'm writing for the characterization; without that, I would have no interest in the story. (Personality is what turns me on anyway. Even generic hot women don't do much for me; I need them to be interesting people.)
I'm immensely flattered by the way you've described my writing; thank you =)
I have a lot of thoughts on "Stephen" in me. Some of the comments on these entries (especially the chapter with the praying) have gotten incredibly long and detailed, and in the recent Open Thread on religion there's more. I've been saving all the stuff I type; I'll do something with it one of these days. (You're not the first person to say you would be interested, so I at least have a guaranteed audience ^_^)