Glitterchik wrote:
Hi, newbie here. I've been writing Labyrinth fanfics for almost ten years now (yikes!) and been reading for about thirteen, although not as often anymore (sort of staving off the burnout.) I'm Shadowlurker on ff.net, AO3, and 13hours.com. Actually, I'm working on my first crossover right now - just two chapters to go - with Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber series, and...well... things have been going a little odd lately. Maybe this post should go in one of the other 'writing issues' topics but I guess I'll try it here first. I just had a fight to the death between two secondary characters and it feels like one little part of me is torturing another little part of me and I just can't make the emotion resolve - I know it's not real, but it doesn't change how I feel and it's making me a little nutty. I tend to have a hard time separating myself out from my characters mentally and emotionally sometimes just due to how I create them - they don't do anything in my mind unless I act and emote for them, it seems like. They just don't come across as having any depth at all otherwise. Anybody else in this boat? I truly am scared of the idea of having to go to some random counselor out here who has no background in Aspergers (there are not good resources like that where I am). That and...I honestly don't know how to create otherwise; even they do manage the separation, I really think that would be it. Thoughts and advice definitely welcome. Hi.
-Glitterchik
Hi, thanks for posting.
Labyrinth the movie with David Bowie? I'm mostly stuck in a fanfic rut where I don't branch out to other fandoms, even if I know them vaguely. (But then there are times when there's something wonderful and I look for fanfic and it's essentially none existent — that is the worst.)
Perhaps you should try this in one of the other writing topics. I'm a casual writer myself, have never completed a multichap (though I swear one day I will); I'm just in a oneshot rut. I really do hope to change that. There are times I feel like I've given my characters (even ones that aren't actually mine) characteristics of mine. And I sometimes take on their characteristics just because I know them so well, I'm in their heads. But they do act for themselves — sometimes doing things that make me go
what on earth are you doing? You could always try looking online for any counselling help or advice? Maybe you could start your own topic here, even. Hope this helps in some way. Would you be up for chatting on ff.net? I'm MaxRide05, if you are.
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