Post on Writing

[rispacooper]

From Pir8fancier's LJ, which is nice advice for anyone who is feeling lazy or untalented or just confused in their fanfic or original writings. Or if you're, say, annoyed that a character has since stopped acting like a Raskolnikov from Hell and has instead turned into a Knight Templar. How in the hell did that happen? I have no idea. Whatever. He can stay a Templar for now, I am hungry.

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[rispacooper.livejournal.com]

ah ah. i want but i hate WIPs. (yes, i recognize that i am guilty of it too) i went to look at the fic you recc'd and remembered it. i did not rec it because...the ending made me soooo sad. (which is a reason to rec, i know, but at the time i was traumatized). "pretty gallows bird"

*sniff*

[pir8fancier.livejournal.com]

She's sort of started a sequel to this, an absolutely gut-wrenching piece where James goes into a bar and sees a Jack look alike. It's a stunning piece of work, and naturally she's taking a hiatus from LJ to try to work this into some real historical gay fiction. Sound like anyone else we know?

ending made me soooo sad

Does this mean we have a somewhat happy ending for Rene and James? At least in Rene's fucked up concept of what happiness might mean.

::Scratches head::

Rene happy? Disconnect.

Okay. James is happy enough for the both of them.

::Puts hands together in prayer::

Somehow fitting, don't ya think?

[rispacooper.livejournal.com]

well you should know about me...even when i recognize the need for and brilliance of sad and/or tragic endings...i hate them. not detest...i mean HATE. as i take everything far too personally and absorb it into me and there is no catharsis. oh no. i keep that tragedy inside for daaaays.

as for james and ne ne...according to pooky, james has just turned into horatio hornblower. apparently in a good way, as it made her squeal. i'm not sure what that means, myself

[pir8fancier.livejournal.com]

Yeah, am a happy ending person, too. If I want death, murder, and mayhem I can read the newspaper. Nothing enrages me more than reading a piece of fiction and finding out it's a death fic.

I also think that in terms of your story, an unhappy ending would somehow be a travesty. A mockery of everything that James stands for, really. It's interesting that it's Rene who is almost Calvinistic in this tale with his relentless harsh take on life, and James almost positively Catholic with his belief in prayer and salvation!

I've started re-reading IofS from the beginning and not like I haven't read it a million time already, but even now I'm finding tidbits, relishing description, discoering hints and foreshawoing, ah-ha! moments. So fucking good. Tips my hat to you.

And if pooky is squealing, it's good enough for me.

Although I thought they were going Russian on you?