Expanding one's horizons
Feb. 24th, 2008 12:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dahlia_moonI came across something interesting tonight. It made me think about what kind of writer I am. I generally do write in my comfort zone- as I'm sure most other people do.
Well, this interesting tidbit was about this person writing outside of their comfort zone. And I applaude that. I think it takes some serious guts to go and try to write something one doesn't necessarily write.
The thing with me is that I do not have those serious guts- about anything let alone trying to write things I normally don't. It's sort of ironic because I'll read almost anything (bar anything rated above PG-15, of course), but to actually sit down and write almost everything I read would be, well, quite impossible. And I don't think it's all nervousness that's stopping me either, of course that plays a large part, but it's also the having-no-plotbunny that hinders the writing as well.
But, I firmly believe that with practice, it'll be easier for me to write whatever comes and to not be so censored in what I try to write. Because if I did that, I'd think I'd be a fierce, prolific writer--it'd also probably help if I wasn't so lazy and faffing about the internet most of the time, instead working on my writing. But, eh....
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I was watching Naruto tonight (as I always do--major loyal fan) and I think I seriously squee'd over the interactions between Pakkun and Ton-Ton, and if you're not a fan of/familiar with Naruto, Ton-Ton is a pig, and Pakkun is a dog...
...yeah, but seriously, Ton-Ton is such a cute piggy with her white pearls around her neck, and her oink-oinks, and the two cute animals would be so cute together!~~ (Well, if Pakkun can talk...certainly a pig and a dog could be romantic together...)
Well, this interesting tidbit was about this person writing outside of their comfort zone. And I applaude that. I think it takes some serious guts to go and try to write something one doesn't necessarily write.
The thing with me is that I do not have those serious guts- about anything let alone trying to write things I normally don't. It's sort of ironic because I'll read almost anything (bar anything rated above PG-15, of course), but to actually sit down and write almost everything I read would be, well, quite impossible. And I don't think it's all nervousness that's stopping me either, of course that plays a large part, but it's also the having-no-plotbunny that hinders the writing as well.
But, I firmly believe that with practice, it'll be easier for me to write whatever comes and to not be so censored in what I try to write. Because if I did that, I'd think I'd be a fierce, prolific writer--it'd also probably help if I wasn't so lazy and faffing about the internet most of the time, instead working on my writing. But, eh....
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I was watching Naruto tonight (as I always do--major loyal fan) and I think I seriously squee'd over the interactions between Pakkun and Ton-Ton, and if you're not a fan of/familiar with Naruto, Ton-Ton is a pig, and Pakkun is a dog...
...yeah, but seriously, Ton-Ton is such a cute piggy with her white pearls around her neck, and her oink-oinks, and the two cute animals would be so cute together!~~ (Well, if Pakkun can talk...certainly a pig and a dog could be romantic together...)
