Many of you won't know this, but I write a lot. Not just blog posts either (although this is my newest and most exciting idea). In high school I wrote a lot of poetry - mostly dark, angsty poems full of sadness and unrequited love and the violence I never could express otherwise. Then I moved on to writing other things - articles for an online fanzine I set up dedicated to Hanson, and occasionally I embarked on more ambitious projects. In my young and ardent ambition, I began to write novella-length stories about my favourite band, including myself and my friends in them as characters.
I had no idea that fanfiction was even a thing back then. It was 1998 and I was just finding my voice. Back then it included a serious Mary Sue complex, no idea what on earth the term lemons meant, but some idea in how to string a story together. I still have those early stories. I can't bear to part with them, they are sentimental.
These days, as well as the more mainstream blog posts and poems I continue to write, I still write fanfiction. I write Harry Potter fanfiction currently as I am a massive Potterhead. I publish my work on a popular fanfiction site and enjoy the dynamic of having my work critiqued by a large range of people. I was inspired to start writing HP fanfiction as a result of reading the original series and also finding out that a friend of mine wrote fanfiction too. And then I discovered the ship that would kickstart my return to the fanfiction world - Dramione.
If you've no idea what it means, it refers to the pairing of two seemingly opposite characters; Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger. If you are not into HP please feel free to skip the rest of this paragraph. I won't be offended. For those who are still with me, I love this ship. I think it makes so much damn sense. They are on opposite sides but they are so similar in so many important ways that I really think it would have been an exciting match. I won't go into a long description of all my reasons for that - just know that I really, really believe it would have worked.
But back to the story at hand. I began writing a multi chaptered Dramione story, and uploaded ten chapters before I took a very long hiatus. I wouldn't like to guess how long I was away, but it was certainly a few months. This was because I was going through a lot of personal issues - losing my job, suffering with some health issues and also the stress and chaos that came with my impending nuptials. I married the man who I love more than anything, the wedding was wonderful and soon my life calmed down again. But I'd lost my mojo at that point - my muse had disappeared.
I began reading fanfiction again about a month ago, and to my delight it has sparked my creativity again. I wrote a 3,500 word chapter today and after some editing, uploaded it to the site. It's live now and I feel energised. I know this is one story I will finish as I have it planned out (in skeleton form, but I know what the ending will be).
If you're interested, please take a look at my work. You can review as a guest if you wish or alternatively if you are a member of the site already, feel free to leave me a review. All feedback is welcomed.
Thank you for reading this post, and I'll be back on Friday with my next one. See you then!
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