Progress report
May. 9th, 2011 07:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartI'm having great fun writing the Epic Merlin Fic (TM). The dratted thing has spawned countless subplots already, of course, even though I'm still only at Chapter 6 of Book One, but it's still fun. Potential readers - especially those only familiar with the BBC series and not with the legendary itself - probably won't enjoy reading it half as much as I enjoy writing it, but so far, reviews were positive.
I don't expect several hundred reviews on FF.Net or on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
hiddenrealms. I'm not active in any Merlin communities, plus, I think, my writing style only appeals to a handful of people: too detailed, too many hints only people thoroughly familiar with the source material would get, too many characters handled at the same time, too much world-building and background trivia. Too bad, really, I shamelessly enjoy being admired. ;)
I can't blame people, though. As Professor Tolkien said in the Prologue to LOTR, I'd probably find the stories most people prefer superficial, poorly written, not properly researched or plain childish and boring. In fact, I do. So I have no right to complain if the same people don't like my stuff, right? Even though a fanclub of my own would be really nice.
Well, at least I have fun. And I discovered that listening to medieval music on my computer when I'm typing up the hand-written stuff makes it even more enjoyable. I should have thought of that a lot earlier.
I don't expect several hundred reviews on FF.Net or on
hiddenrealms. I'm not active in any Merlin communities, plus, I think, my writing style only appeals to a handful of people: too detailed, too many hints only people thoroughly familiar with the source material would get, too many characters handled at the same time, too much world-building and background trivia. Too bad, really, I shamelessly enjoy being admired. ;)I can't blame people, though. As Professor Tolkien said in the Prologue to LOTR, I'd probably find the stories most people prefer superficial, poorly written, not properly researched or plain childish and boring. In fact, I do. So I have no right to complain if the same people don't like my stuff, right? Even though a fanclub of my own would be really nice.
Well, at least I have fun. And I discovered that listening to medieval music on my computer when I'm typing up the hand-written stuff makes it even more enjoyable. I should have thought of that a lot earlier.
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Date: 2011-05-09 08:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-10 03:50 pm (UTC)It's good to hear from you. I hope you're all right.
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Date: 2011-06-01 05:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-09 09:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-10 03:51 pm (UTC)When we're both having a less stressful week, we can discuss certain plot elements, if you'd like.
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Date: 2011-05-10 09:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-12 07:54 am (UTC)Anyway, I'll make a new entry here, soon, listing the achievements for the Epic Merlin Tale for further discussion... to which I'm looking forward very much. ;)
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Date: 2011-05-12 01:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-10 10:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-10 10:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-12 01:44 am (UTC)- glad you're having fun writing!
- sorry I'm clueless about the fandom and thus can't provide any useful input.
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Date: 2011-05-12 07:22 am (UTC)Too bad you don't know Merlin, I think you'd like it a lot. It's absolutely charming.