Intro Post - Alassenya
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onedeadplotbunnyHi I'm Alassenya, member since February 2014. I've written since childhood but only started writing fanfic in 2003. I have several active fandoms at the moment but writing output has been slow. I'm retiring shortly so I hope to get a lot more written this year and in the years to come.
I tend to write long, character-driven, novel-length fics so every single plot bunny that hits me is like a huge landmine rather than a bullet. However, after only one year here I've had the courage to re-classify nearly half my bunnies as "abandoned" -- not deleted (never deleted!), but shifted to another place in the computer where I don't have to see their beady little eyes glaring at me every time I log in.
ODPB has also given me the excuse (not that I really needed one) to develop a whole new spreadsheet system complete with pretty colours. Spreadsheets are my kryptonite -- I will happily spend hours adding bits to the timeline or the character sheets or calculating words per hour rather than actually setting words down in the story -- but a spreadsheet that requires me to record my words written and work status does give me a little more incentive to write.
I'm also posting a meme over thirty weeks this year which requires me to review and discuss my own work -- it has proven to be very helpful in identifying some themes and traits that I had not previously noted, and at least makes me write something every week.
I tend to write long, character-driven, novel-length fics so every single plot bunny that hits me is like a huge landmine rather than a bullet. However, after only one year here I've had the courage to re-classify nearly half my bunnies as "abandoned" -- not deleted (never deleted!), but shifted to another place in the computer where I don't have to see their beady little eyes glaring at me every time I log in.
ODPB has also given me the excuse (not that I really needed one) to develop a whole new spreadsheet system complete with pretty colours. Spreadsheets are my kryptonite -- I will happily spend hours adding bits to the timeline or the character sheets or calculating words per hour rather than actually setting words down in the story -- but a spreadsheet that requires me to record my words written and work status does give me a little more incentive to write.
I'm also posting a meme over thirty weeks this year which requires me to review and discuss my own work -- it has proven to be very helpful in identifying some themes and traits that I had not previously noted, and at least makes me write something every week.
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Date: 2015-02-08 10:47 pm (UTC)I expect it could be soloed at this point by some classes.
Also - when you get some time I'd say hit up YouTube and watch the WC3 "movies" -- all the cut scenes, and all the delicious voice acting. (I played WC3, but the movies are handy for checking exact dialog. And I don't give a fig that they're not considered non-canon; imo for the most part they have much better characterization.)