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| Wow, it's pretty bad when I've got writer's block for my blog. Over the past few days I've thought of many brilliant things to write, but now that I actually sit down to write, I can't recall any of them, and the ones that I can remember don't seem have as cool as they did last night at 1:30. I hate it when I know I've got stuff to say, but the ideas won't come out of my head, or if the ideas are there, the words to explain them and make them make sense aren't. It has recently come to my attention that some people just don't write well. It's so hard for me to comprehend that. Writing has never been difficult for me. I might not have any ideas sometimes, or I might be doing a crappy job because I'm forced to write an essay on something that I don't really care about, but just stringing together the words into easy to read and comprehend sentences has never been a problem, and so it's difficult for me to realize that other people can't just sit down at their computer and whip off whatever they want to talk about. I was reading a fanfiction today, and it made me sad because the author had an interesting plot idea and an interesting format in writing, but the writing itself was so bad it was painful. It was ridden with cliches and typos and plain bad grammar. I wanted to shake the author and tell her/him to please get a beta, or take a basic writing class. I don't know if this happens to everyone, but for me, it's very hard to comprehend that some people struggle with things that come naturally to me, and that some things I struggle with and just don't like are easy and even enjoyable to others. I know that's something I need to work on, to become a kinder and in general better person, but it will take a lot of effort. I think I've finally discovered the kind of fanfiction that is right for me. I tried to write long wonderful epics before, but I lost my motivation right around chapter three. I tried to write poetry, but my poetry in general isn't great. I wish I could write poetry, I like it, but I just have trouble with it. I tried songfics, but, well, Ithinksongficsareincrediblelylame. There, I said it. I hate reading them, even when it's an author I like filking a song I like. But last night I was perusing the world of LJ and I came upon a drabble community. Drabbles are simply fics with exactly 100 words. 100 words is easy, and the shortness and exactness of the form, along with everything that has to be implied because of word count woes, makes it feel like poetry in prose form. It great and loads of fun, as well as an effective way to strengthen my writing in general. With such an exact word count, I need to really think about every single word and decide which is most effective. Squee for drabbles! Hmmm, looks like I effectively got rid of my blogger's block =D I'm listening to: Ordinary, by Train ~me~ at 4:10 PM Comment if you...
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