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greenerteacups · 9 months ago

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Hey GT! Do you hope to be a published author someday? What would you write?

No, I don't! Writing is a beloved hobby for me, but I don't aspire to publish. Fanfic scratches the writerly itch without putting too much pressure on the output, not least because I'm not asking people to pay for my work. It also means I don't have deadlines or expectations of output except those that are self-imposed. It's a nice middle-ground between locking up my projects in a secret folder on my desktop, never to be glimpsed by human eyes, and pitching my naked heart like a fastball in the general direction of the English-speaking universe.

If I ever had an idea for an original novel that I liked enough to finish it, I might try my hand at getting it published, but I see a bit of a difference between that and wanting to be a published writer. Like, if it happens, great; if it doesn't, I'll be just as happy.

#if I had to write a published novel it would probably be... I dunno. gothic thriller? or—#speculative fiction with intense atmosphere. southern gothic or southwest USA. the dream would be to do something like the handmaid's tale #or possibly urban fantasy if I'm going more genre fic. something pulpy and fun like TMI #high fantasy is too much for me I get exhausted by having to fire up that much worldbuilding #at the same time as doing the plot and the characters #my two or three attempts at writing a high fantasy novel all spluttered out in the first few chapters because it felt too slow #I love reading high fantasy and high sci-fi it's a complete party. But I am happiest as a spectator in that ballgame

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