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picowrimo has arrived to mid-term, and I still haven't finished either the story I wanted to finish during pico, or the Torchwood AU that simply demanded to be written. I'm so close with both, but there is a lot of transition stuff that needs to be written to reach the actual goal... *sighs*
Of course, the heat weave and the resulting commplete exhaustion isn't helping. The wave itself broke yesterday, but I still haven't recovered and am basically useless, despite the fact that by the current temperatures I can at least sleep during the night.
I've come to realize that pico is basically the only forum that appreciates quality writing. That's probably because we're a bunch of struggling writers over there, trying to make our respective projects work. So we can really enjoy each other's excerpts, the work that's being put into a story, the little touches that make it more enjoyable... that sort of stuff.
Everywhere else I have very little chance to gain readers. People either want to read short, superficially written stuff bashing their least favourite character with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, or repetitive sex scenes featuring their OTP. I find the first of those way beneath my niveau and the second one simply boring.
That doesn't mean I won't envy the hundreds of gushing comments such drivel usually gets. I do. God only knows how much I do. I'm only human, after all.
picowrimo has arrived to mid-term, and I still haven't finished either the story I wanted to finish during pico, or the Torchwood AU that simply demanded to be written. I'm so close with both, but there is a lot of transition stuff that needs to be written to reach the actual goal... *sighs*Of course, the heat weave and the resulting commplete exhaustion isn't helping. The wave itself broke yesterday, but I still haven't recovered and am basically useless, despite the fact that by the current temperatures I can at least sleep during the night.
I've come to realize that pico is basically the only forum that appreciates quality writing. That's probably because we're a bunch of struggling writers over there, trying to make our respective projects work. So we can really enjoy each other's excerpts, the work that's being put into a story, the little touches that make it more enjoyable... that sort of stuff.
Everywhere else I have very little chance to gain readers. People either want to read short, superficially written stuff bashing their least favourite character with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, or repetitive sex scenes featuring their OTP. I find the first of those way beneath my niveau and the second one simply boring.
That doesn't mean I won't envy the hundreds of gushing comments such drivel usually gets. I do. God only knows how much I do. I'm only human, after all.
