Fanfic writing, and all that kind of thing...

[raven]

Lalalalaorangepipsandredroseslalalalala....

In other words, I am greatly bored and expect to remain so. I am so bored, I've been looking around ff.net, last resort of the disheartened fanfic writer before she commits suicide...

It's just as bad as ever. Awful, in fact. Beyond awful. Beyond beyond awful. You have to dig deep to find the cubic zirconias. You only ever find a diamond if you know it's there.
And then there's the other problem...
I tend to write very short, simple stories, with a simple plot, usually with a twist, or else I try to capture a moment in time, a brief snapshot. I'd like to have people believe I once made a conscious choice to do this, but the truth is I'm not good with plots. I can't come up with long/complex/good plots. I just like writing - I don't like plots.
And then I go to fanfiction.net and I see these stories with wonderful plots or ideas, really good ones at times, and utterly abysmal writing. I think to myself that I could do better if you'll just give me that plot!
And I try to stop myself from plagiarising, or whatever the word is for re-writing someone else's plot (covering it, perhaps?) and I succeed for a while, but not forever, truth will out and all that.
So yes. I don't know why I go on the site at all.

And then there's yet another problem I seem to have acquired... when I left Stargate fandom, I thought I could now drop all fannish writing for a while, and try to write something original for a change.

And now there's M*A*S*H.
Dammit.
Dammitdammitdammit.

I like fanfic writing, I do. I just don't know why it seems to be a part of my fate.