Melina, the bad, bad fan girl

[melwil]

I realised earlier today that I've been a really bad fan girl. Except for drabbles (for tww100 the West Wing Drabble community - go join, go write, go read. It really rocks. Here ends fannish plugging), I have been involved in no fannish activity in the last week.

I haven't written a word of Tearstains, or a word in any of the other fandoms I'm involved in (besides those drabbles). I haven't read much, haven't feedbacked anything. I haven't posted on Zendom in eons, and I haven't gone all meta . . . I can't remember the last time I went meta.

Why? Why have I restricted activity to drabbling and reading through my friends list? I mean, I know I've been busy with work, but nothing like concert time or exam period when I usually managed to thump out a few stories.

I feel terribly short on stimuli. When I was at uni I spent most of the boring lectures coming up with story ideas. And then the train trips writing them. I was surrounded with new academic ideas, some of which (like translating Plato's Apologia turned themselves into story ideas.) But now I'm terribly busy at work, with not a lot of time for thinking; I spend the half hour walks to and from work reading (I've almost finished The Corrections) and I sort of die when I get home.

Hmm. Need a long, long break somewhere exotic *g*

Is anyone else feeling, well not fandom burn out, but fandom tiredness?

Comments

*fannedom-tired person raises hand*

[bookaholicgirl.livejournal.com]

Fandom tiredness? Yeah, I hear you.

For over two years, I was heavily involved in the L. M. Montgomery fannedom...wrote a 30 chapter-plus-epilogue sequel to Rilla of Ingleside, was always working on other ideas in my head, and was, in short, somewhat of a BNF in the fannedom. (I suppose it's rather gauche to admit that. But it was true...still is, perhaps.)

And then I finished my story and lost much of my interest in writing fanfic. I have ideas...lots of 'em. And I'm working on another story. But I don't have the drive to just sit down and write and write like I did. I think RL just ended up being more important. I'm not burned out by fannedom, but I don't have as much interest in it any more. So no, it's not just you.

Re: *fannedom-tired person raises hand*

[melwil.livejournal.com]

Maybe we need to work as a group to get writing again *g*