Sick and writing

[rowyn]

The trouble with thinking that I'm better after I've been sick is that my baseline isn't so good any more. I wake up in the morning and I'm not dizzy or exhausted so I figure "Hey, this must be normal".

I don't think I'm quite all the way back to normal yet. Well, for one thing I've still got chipmunk cheeks. I can get my mouth most of the way open now, though. I even ate some food I had to sort of chew today.

And I did some writing. A bit over a thousand words.

It's funny how I did it. I just wrote it because I had to. I didn't spend a whole lot of time angsting over it or anything. Poked through the outline and some files and wrote until I had enough written. I'll do another, mm, 3700 words next week and I'll be done for the month. Last week of October I'll probably spend working on the outline. I need to fix some problems with it. Figure out just where I'm going, and how to get there.

Sometimes, I really do wonder what I'm thinking. It's hard to imagine anyone paying me for this. There's so much good writing out there, available for free. Not just on the web, but even at the local library. What does the world need one more storyteller for? It's not as though I have anything new to say, or like I even know what I'm talking about.

And yet, people do read what I write. And enjoy it. Amazing.

I guess that has to be enough.

I should write something else for Unfinished Tales. It's more fun than Prophecy.

I think I've taken all my medicines for today. Took one more pain pill to help get me through the night. I wish the swelling in my face would go down already. My mouth hurts.

Should be falling asleep soon. G'night, everyone.

Comments

[jordangreywolf.livejournal.com]

Well, hurrah for you! =) Glad to hear you got some writing done.

Yeah, I know what you mean about trying to earn money from writing. When I'm willing to write or draw or whatever for free ... am I possibly doing a disservice to someone out there who's trying to make a living doing it? =P I really hope that, for instance, any of the free fonts I put on my web site might possibly be considered a nice free supplement to what fonts might be purchased at Cumberland Games ... and not a free substitute. I don't want to shoot myself in the foot!

But I can't seriously imagine halting my output of doodles or words or whatever, just because I'm not making money off of it.

I want to create things, but I want to know that others are creating things too - and getting rewarded for it.

I've heard some people bring up these ideas that there should be no patents, no copyrights, and that all inventions of the mind should be considered public domain ... that the only possessions we be able to keep, I suppose, would be those that exist in material form. I hope that folks like that never win out: I like to think that a really, really good writer could make a living off of writing, and thus have time and incentive to be able to churn out more wonderful writings, than if he or she were having to juggle writing with a day job. ;)

And, really, I hope that somehow, your stories are a hit, that you make lots of money, and that you are such a success that you can (if you care to) write even more wonderful stuff!

And Prophecy might not be as much fun, but it really means something ... at least to me. I'm sure there have to be others for whom the message of Prophecy will really resonate with - the implications of living in a world dominated by fate and destiny, among other things. It's very thought-provoking, engaging and - perhaps most important of all - entertaining. ;)

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Certainly the world needs more storytellers, and certainly good writing is worth paying for-- I bought another book and another comic book just today. Free writing fills a half-way niche, it's a good way to get some exposure and to practice, but it's still a stepping stone to eventual professional writing where you get paid for it.

And hey, I donated to godkin too, so even writing published on the web for free can earn donations, yes?