On Sun, 11 May 1997, Tempest wrote:

	So my question is this:

		What do you do to get in the mood for Fanfic Writing?

Hmmm.... Rather hard, that one.  Thinking back on it, I *don't* "get in 
the mood".  If the mood isn't there, it's best not to write.  At least, 
that's what I found.  Generally, I get an idea (just a single, solitary 
idea) and sit down and write the story from that.

My short stories generally stem from a single line I liked and were 
written to uncompass it (for example, "Ascencion" was written around the 
line "I am Veritech, hear me soar") or a challenge to a preconceived idea 
("Of Dragons and Tea" was written when I realised there was a *third* 
interpretation to the line "I want you over for dinner")

My novel-sized stories are generally written in Episodic format (I wrote 
the first one for publication in a local fanzine and the 'serialisation' 
stuck), with a basic idea of where my characters start and a fair idea of 
how I want the story to end... and from then on, it's every character for 
themselves.  I seem to have trouble keeping my characters in line.  ^_^;


Basically, my stance would be:  Don't force yourself to write - you 
probably will not be producing anything "good" compared to what you would 
write when you felt like it.



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