Commentfic

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Link from abysinnia4077: Pornucopia! It's a commentfic-fest, with a variety of prompts to choose from, both SG-1 and Atlantis. Since it's open to gen and non-smut as well as porn, I decided to put in a showing from the gen side of things. It's kinda fun to write something just for fun, without a plot or purpose. (And yes, I appear to be procrastinating on my NaNo novel, which does not bode well for the rest of the month. *g*)

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Funny thing is, I actually do better with deadlines. I don't necessarily produce my best work, but as far as just getting something out there, that I can edit and beat into shape later -- that's how I work best, actually! Otherwise, it's too easy to just say, "Oh, I don't feel like writing right now" and sit there surfing the net while I wait for inspiration to come along. This is one of the reasons why I like to post my long stories as WIPs; otherwise, I don't seem to finish them. Sometimes the only way to make myself finish something is to give myself an artificial deadline.

I think the only time I really run into trouble is when I'm working on something I don't want to because I *have* to. Some of the ficathon stories I've signed up for have ended up that way; I end up doing massive amounts of procrastinating and ignoring the project, because the idea that the person requested isn't one that really excites me to write about. Ultimately I've been pretty happy with the results, but it's an uphill battle to get myself engaged with writing about a topic or characters that don't kick my "muse" into high gear.

It really IS fun to just sit down and write snippets without having a goal in mind. I don't do it very often, but I probably ought to do it more.