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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Comments

[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?