Oh, what a wonderful feeling!

[rosiespark]

I wrote a snippet of fic this evening, scribbled on a paper carrier bag because that was the only paper I had upstairs and if I don't write things down the instant they come to me, they tend to be gone for ever.

I don't know if it'll ever become anything, still less whether I'll ever post it anywhere, but for the record, it's Freddie and Bel from The Hour. And I'd forgotten what a high I get from writing dialogue when it flows almost effortlessly, when it feels like the characters are writing the lines and I'm just transcribing.

And now I want to stay up all night to see whether I can write more of it, and I can't. I have to be up at a reasonable time tomorrow morning to go and make mince pies with my mum. Why does inspiration strike at impossible moments?  I suspect it's part of the perversity of life.

PS Hello, flist! Am I back? I really wouldn't have a clue.

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Comments

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Hooray for the stirrings of fic! It's a good feeling, isn't it? Even if it doesn't come to anything, it's still worth capturing those voices in your head, just for the satisfaction, whether the story is ever completed or not. And inspiration does tend to come just when you least expect it - and often for unexpected things. Just enjoy the muse while it lasts is my usual mottot!

Why does inspiration strike at impossible moments? I suspect it's part of the perversity of life.
Oh, totally!

Nice to see you posting :)

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

"The stirrings of fic" is a good way of putting it. I'm curious now - what's the strangest or most inappropriate thing you've ever written fic on? Or the most inappropriate location or occasion?

Mine would be the official concluding meeting of an-EU funded project I was involved in a few years back. The meeting was in Ragusa, in Sicily, with various governmental bigwigs present, and it was just so damn boring! I looked as if I was diligently taking notes. In actual fact I was writing a missing scene from the Retribution episode of Hornblower - Archie having a panic attack and being force-fed laudanum by Dr Clive between the end of the trial and the next (and last!) time he sees Horatio. Cheerful stuff!

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeee! I've become desperate walking to and from work because there was a scene dancing in my head that I knew wouldn't last till I reached my destination, so I had to find a place to stop, delve in my bag for a scrap of paper and pencil stub, then scrawled out as much detail as I could fit on that scrap...and thereafter always made sure to have some kind of notepad in my bag at all times.

I so wish I could write fic in official meetings, but alas I am usually taking minutes in those so someone would probably notice if I wrote something else and then had no idea what had actually been said!

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

Sounds like we do similar things at work - University administration, right? I moved on from working on projects (the travel was fun but my boss was a selfish pig) to administration of an Institute that functions like a mini-Faculty. Institute Board meeting this week, and like you, I'll be concentrating on frantically taking notes - coherent and accurate minutes are my speciality!

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Yep, university admin.

coherent and accurate minutes are my speciality!
Me too! I wish they weren't, if I was bad at it maybe I wouldn't have to do it so often. From Health & Safety / Equality & Diverity Committees to Business Continuity and inter-directorate liaison meetings, I get to minute 'em all. It can be interesting, especially some of the more technical meetings, but even so...

My boss keeps getting me to write Board reports for her because I'm 'good with words'. So I suppose nigh on 15 years of writing fic and episode reviews has been good for something, then!