Rumours of my demise have been somewhat exaggerated

[icarus]

As I was telling melpemone, I'm not done writing HP. I'm just in a burned out phase, and it feels like a deeper sort of burn out then the last three. (Or four?) The stories coming to mind don't have a lot of meat to them. I don't wanna write crap just to keep writing HP.

I mean, I don't have to write well, that's something for the 10th draft, but there has to be something compelling at the core of each story. It's not there right now, not in HP stories.

It could be I'm just tired, or it could be that I need more canon to chew. But that 'core' feeling, like I have something to say, it's there in SG-1.

Perhaps I'll need to do the occasional HP story, but wait for new HP canon. Or maybe I just need to give myself time to recover, read a while.

Or perhaps something will grab me next week, I dunno. But right now, it's not there. It's not writer's block - that's different. There you feel the story, but it's constipated, stuck. This more like I'm... dry.

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[ladyflowdi.livejournal.com]

Oh hell yeah. I just got into the fandom myself a few weeks ago. My dad has the Season 1 DVD's, and I recently had a lot of free time so I watched...well...the whole damn season. Guh! Holy! Talk about fire! Jack and Daniel have huge amounts of chemistry. It doesn't hurt that the producers use it at every opportunity, either, instead of blatantly denying its existance (::cough:: Smallville, I'm looking at you). Yada, friendship, blah, whatever. Screw Sam, Jack and Daniel are doing the horizontal polka.

And though I love writing in the HP fandom, I've got to say, it feels so good not to have to worry about Britishisms or accents. Just for a while, anyway :)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I did! Addictive, isn't it? Especially when you have the entire season, right there. You have to see season two. That is just -ungh. The chemistry goes off the scale, you have a big argument between them, you have Jack helping Daniel through an addiction... slashers heaven.

Heh. I enjoy Ameri-picking the Brits stories in Stargate SG-1. It's so obvious when a Brit writes a Stargate story. Hah! Take that, yon Brit-pickers. You do it, too.

Icarus

[ladyflowdi.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I did! Addictive, isn't it? Especially when you have the entire season, right there.

Oh, God yes. I was like, "Oh, that was so good, I'll watch just *one* more episode..." and an hour later, "Okay, this is really the last one" and before I knew it, it was 2 in the morning. ::grins:: My favorite has to be "Fire and Water". I loved Daniel playing with the sea monster, and no, it isn't because Daniel spends most of the episode wet. ::cough::

You have to see season two. That is just -ungh. The chemistry goes off the scale, you have a big argument between them, you have Jack helping Daniel through an addiction... slashers heaven.

Yes! Being the good little fangirl that I am, I went looking for transcript and screen cap sites and read all of season 2 and 3 ::hangs head in shame:: I can't help that I'm obsessed. I'm treating myself to the DVD's for Christmas though. ::squirms, can't wait::

(by the way, Stargate transcripts (http://www.moon-catchin.net/transcripts.htm) and JackslashDaniel.com (http://jackslashdaniel.com/) for excellent screen caps)

Heh. I enjoy Ameri-picking the Brits stories in Stargate SG-1. It's so obvious when a Brit writes a Stargate story. Hah! Take that, yon Brit-pickers. You do it, too.

LOL! "Jack wouldn't say 'bollocks'."
"Are you sure?"
"Pretty sure."
"What about taking his hamburger with chips?"
"As long as you mean Doritos"
"And jumper?"
"What little girls do on the playground with rope."

Hee!

::hugs all British people::