tea break post 7

[corvidology]

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SORRY that I've been absent but RL has been having its way with me.

I've caught up with the fandom tagging and thought it time to open another Tea Break post.



Post now open for having a cuppa and chatting with your fellow writers about anything even vaguely fandom related.


If you'd like to share you card, talk about how it's going, here's your chance.


It absolutely doesn't have to be 100fandoms serious business.


Feel free to look for writers who share your fandoms, etc.



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Comments

[senmut]

Hi all! I'm rather curious what other people are using to determine which fandoms they write? I've alternated between looking at my book/dvd shelves with 'hmm what came out in x-year'.

[luthienberen]

Hi senmut! I'm approaching it from the angle of being able to write for older books (e.g. Biggles), tv shows (e.g. Colditz) and films (e.g. To Be or Not To Be 1942). Write the fic I've always wanted to see sort of thing :D.

As well as more popular media.

I have also looked at my book/dvd shelves and jotting down fandoms to cover.

[senmut]

That's a great way to approach it!

Pretty certain I've got something Doris Day and something Tim Conway to write this week....

[luthienberen]

:-)

Ooo I will keep an eye open for your Doris Day fic! So sad to hear of her passing.

By the way your icon is lovely!

[senmut]

Thank you!

Just have to decide which of her movies to capture...

[luthienberen]

Good luck with choosing! There is such a big selection...

[corvidology]

I don't think I've developed a method so much as I see or read something and then think "is there something here I want to write about?"

Organized chaos, is my instinctive choice. :D

[senmut]

I like this take on things!

[corvidology]

I think there are a lot of things you see/read that don't spark a new fandom love but do leave you with a few questions you'd like answered.

[samuraiter]

And this is why I tip my hat to my old job as a bookseller for making me alphabetize everything that goes on a shelf, DVDs included.

[luthienberen]

I"ve fallen behind due to real life stressors, but aim to pick up in June and increase from 5 fills lol.

Thank you for the tea break, it helps to focus the mind and chat with my fellow writers :-)

I hope life calms down for you! How is it going with your fills?

[senmut]

Real life does have a way of catching at us, yes?

Best of luck with finding your rhythm.

[luthienberen]

Thank you! Real life does sneak up on us yes. Catching my breath now & feeling my creativity return which is nice. ^=^

[corvidology]

My sympathies on the RL stressors and I hope it calms down for both of us.

I think a cuppa and a chat is good for whatever ails you and writing is such a solitary pastime it's good to remember there are other people out there doing the same thing.

I lurched up to 41 thanks to the Be the First challenge but now I'm looking around again.

[luthienberen]

Thank you =^_^= I hope your RL stressors also calm down!

An excellent point re that writing is a solitary pastime. It is lovely these check ins as reminders we're not alone.

Congratulations! That is a nice amount. It must have been fun combinding with the Be the First Challenge :D Good luck finding new insipiration :)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I'm up to 45. The 'very easy reaches' are all exhausted and now I'm in the process of re-visiting books and films that I've enjoyed in the past. The time-consuming part for me is re-watch (or re-skim) the work. I don't consume a whole lot of media so it requires effort and setting aside time (and privacy) and being in the mood to do it. Then I look at the prompts for the various weekly prompt comms or challenges that are on and try to match one with the other.

Also, I keep a running list of possible fandoms on my phone and when I come across or remember a book or film, I jot it down.

Anyway, chugging along. It's a marathon, not a sprint.

[luthienberen]

Congratulations on reaching 45! I also find any rewatch or reread the most consuming part.

I like your method of mixing prompts together from various challenges, a useful and efficent approach - and fun I should imagine!

Ditto on this being a marathon, for me not a sprint =^_^=

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you! I am trying to find time to re-watch one of the Star Wars movies at the moment.

Of course, there are the prompts from the 100 table itself, the more of those I cross off, the more important they are. In the beginning, I could be assured of finding one that fit. Now, I have to be more careful.

Yes, I think this will be a multi-year thing for me.

[luthienberen]

Mau the Force be with you in that!

Oh yes, as the prompts narrow down it will become tougher. It keep us on our toes!

Same here, at least ot will keep us out of trouble...or allow us to create more trouble/fun ;)

[corvidology]

Combining it with other challenges is a great idea.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thanks! I'm glad you are over your block!

[lady_katana4544]

I've actually managed to fall behind a bit on my end, had the string of thought and then got distracted by other things. Hope to get myself back on the train string and finish this somehow lol.

[corvidology]

Well, as someone up there said, this is a marathon, not a sprint. :D

[luthienberen]

Good luck with getting back into it!