I've been thinking about this a lot recently, and I've come to the conclusion that I'm not a good writer. And you know what? I'm okay with that.
I've been writing longer, more plotty, stories in the last year (or I should say, trying...) and I've been struggling. I realised that that just isn't me. I've had writer's block for months with no end in sight, right up until I had that revelation. I'm not a writer of long, plotty stories; I write short pieces of fluff or PWP. And I think I'm pretty good at those.
Once I sat back and stopped trying to write the 20k fics, my writer's block broke and I've managed to write my remix fic (which was making me ill, trying to finish) and god knows how many short ficlets.
I think if you're struggling with how you see yourself as a writer, you need to look at what you know you're good at and concentrate on that for a while. Maybe, in the future, I'll start on those WiPs that are languishing on lappy, but, for now, I'm happy writing what I'm good at :)
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Date: 2012-01-31 07:42 am (UTC)I've been writing longer, more plotty, stories in the last year (or I should say, trying...) and I've been struggling. I realised that that just isn't me. I've had writer's block for months with no end in sight, right up until I had that revelation. I'm not a writer of long, plotty stories; I write short pieces of fluff or PWP. And I think I'm pretty good at those.
Once I sat back and stopped trying to write the 20k fics, my writer's block broke and I've managed to write my remix fic (which was making me ill, trying to finish) and god knows how many short ficlets.
I think if you're struggling with how you see yourself as a writer, you need to look at what you know you're good at and concentrate on that for a while. Maybe, in the future, I'll start on those WiPs that are languishing on lappy, but, for now, I'm happy writing what I'm good at :)