That's it. I've gotta write a fanfic.

Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:07 PM

Two weeks and one day into being a Firefly fan, and I'm now at the end of my rope.

The DVD set is over, the movie's gone (from my city anyway), and I'm still painfully obsessed with the show. At least I'm not alone. Almost everyone I see around here seems to be a tortured new fan like me. It's wonderful and cathartic to talk to everyone here about it... but I've still got this show screaming through my veins and just can't get it out.

I think the only way I'm going to get any peace from it is to deface it with a fanfic and express what's haunting me. The story that needs to be told is already taking shape in my head, unfortunately.

What I used to do when writing a fic was just put the characters in the scene and let them tell it, with me just sort of pointing them in the right direction. But this Verse is so intricate with the Chinese and the unusual slang, I don't know that I can trust myself to do that with a Firefly fic. Not once so far have I casually thrown out the word "shiny" in a post. And not only am I still finding my footing on that level, I haven't written a fic of any kind in almost five years. This could get ugly.

I don't really feel like I have a choice, though. I've gotta do it. Sorry.

If you're reading this and are curious about my writing style (and a little masochistic), you can read a Faith-centric Buffy fic I wrote between seasons 4 and 5 (summer 2000) here:

http://theimprov.obsessedmuch.net/i2/awake.html

And if you've read any really inspiring Firefly fics lately or know of some good resources, please share. It's a big Verse, and I'm just basically picking a star and flying.

Anyway, thanks for the shoulder guys. This place has been a Godsend.

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