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posted by [identity profile] dbassassin.livejournal.com at 12:05am on 12/03/2011
I feel that if I ever want to move on and really be able to feel free to write, I need to finish Drow.

Why?

Is it because you don't like leaving something unfinished? Do you feel somehow "obligated" to fandom to finish it? Do you feel that you need to write to be "truly" part of the fandom? Do you feel the need to "fix" it because it doesn't meet the standards that you now set for your work? Or is it because you find the story still compelling in some sort of way?

The last reason would be the only one I'd be responsive to. I know it's hard to let go of unfinished business but I think you need to give yourself permission to let it go unless you still find the story itself truly compelling and really want to continue telling it. Don't feel that you need to bow to fandom's expectations or the entitlement issues of strangers.

Just my 1.3 pence's worth. :)
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posted by [identity profile] drusillas-rain.livejournal.com at 03:24pm on 12/03/2011
It's all of the above. I do feel an obligation - I wouldn't have started it otherwise. But I also need to finish it for myself.

You're right though that I haven't really felt part of fandom since I had to stop posting and had to take a hiatus. I've even been to cons since then, but have still felt like an outsider (beyond the personal relationships I had developed).

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posted by [identity profile] dbassassin.livejournal.com at 02:33am on 14/03/2011
Hmmm... Well, you're still part of fandom because you still have an emotional connection to the fandom and some of the people in it. It's those personal relationships that make you part of fandom, even if you're not writing in it.

But as to the fic, if you feel you need to finish the story, I'd recommend finishing it off rather than going back and editing what you've already posted. If you edit the old stuff first, you run the risk of getting tired of it or feeling overwhelmed. At least, I would if I was in your position. I'm not re-editing any of the old parts of the Fic o'Doom as I'm going back to it. I'd be ecstatic to just get a first draft of the bloody thing completed. :D
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