Lissa's Ramblings

In my attempts to write more I keep finding myself writing in sentences that, while proper grammar, spelling, topic, etc, are difficult for people of more standard education (or even thinking patterns). It's really obvious when I try to work on older unfinished works - even I have to look thrice to comprehend them, and I am the cause!
I'm trying a new tactic. Write as much as I have the inspiration for, to get the story going (or adding to an unfinished one that already exists). Once my brain starts going "erm, there are things that need more planning and I can't make words for an incomplete idea" I'm stopping (past method was to try to force more - doesn't work) and going to some other story and reading it. I always find tons of writing that is the story, but is not in a manner that regular people find easy (or even comprehensible). I can focus on the language constructs without worrying of the story ideas since they are already there and rewrite them in structures that people who do regular words can make sense of.
Not that they can't with my first versions, just that it takes more work than most people are willing to put into reading unfinished stories by unknown authors. I don't blame them - when I see a poorly translated story from a non-English author I have to decide if I am willing to put effort into deciphering the translation or find something else to read. To avoid putting readers into that dilemma I am trying to write in ways that are more common and, thus, easier to parse.

Rereading this tells me I should do that same process here. Except it's 6:45 am and I have not napped in over eight hours, so it will have to wait until (if?) I have the energy to revisit this post and write in a less wordy, convoluted way.

This has been another post from the society of randomly babbling faeries, without authorization or approval. (We're faeries, we don't follow rules, we just babble at random and hope someone likes trying to figure out what we were trying to say.)

This is one of the stories I worked on to try to figure out what I was doing wrong. No erotica! (I know lots of people do not like that in stories, but, usually, it just happens - this time it didn't :) ).
It needs work, but I think I like it so far. I used a bit more description rather than just dialog and action. There are a few places that do have a bit of 'um, that sort of contradicts an earlier statement' that need cleanup. BUT! I feel like I am getting back to writing the stories I want to.

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It needs work on transitions between people and scenes, maybe a little more descriptions. I tried to introduce characters better - that might need some work, but it's better than recent works that I re-read and had to trash.

Anyway - I think I'm making progress on recovering my writing.

edit: contrary to statements made in last post, this story might actually continue, and will continue to not have erotica since it wouldn't fit

After a few days of keeping anxiety and depression at bay I can think better. Reading and rewriting - several times - the start of my current "story that wants to be written", I decided I am going about it wrong. Niamh should have the elf ears, eyes, and some other minor features, and smaller than normal for an adult, she SHOULDN'T have the odd proportions or childlike appearance of me. That goes a different direction from what I want to focus on. So, starting again :).

So. I decided a work with the story. Not "fix" what was, just use as a guide of where it has to go. In the process of thinking it I realized I didn't has a idea of the end result - where a boss guy realizes a nature of Niamh, and long term (kay, not really long) relationship that is needed. So - trying to avoid rewriting a start has come to know needs rewrite. Was thinking too much big picture and got too much minor detail that didn't actually lead there. I'm babbling, I know - just thinking through where is going.

Niamh is a fae but doesn't know it. Ciarán is not a fae but has had reason a learn of fae. Has made a 'feeling' that Niamh is, but, being a rational man in a computer field is not one to jump to conclusions (I know, unrealistic, but there are really people that don't jump to magic or religion as their first guess - really! They exist!). BUT - he does has a thinkings.

And then is the desk clerk. Was told she doesn't seem realistic cause front desk clerks don't act that bad even to odd peoples. Trust me - they do. I has been the "you look strange and talk strange so I can belittle you all I want and get out my inner whatever-shit on you because you can't tell anyone" victim lots. Boy is it fun seeing them get called out for it when someone that understands me appears. But that's a side track, since Niamh does speak. I suspect the bitchy desk clerks would treat a child-like biker with strange looks just as bad as they treat a mute with strange looks, so is thinking a keep it, just redone better. Maybe soften it so the desk clerk stays in a story as a minor pain-in-the-butt.

Writing this a tell myself what is going on since when I make a notes in the story I seem to ignore them but when I write them another place is better at remembering the issues I raised. (no one ever said I was rational, not even me).

The current temp title is "The Border" since the story is of a place where fae and regular world interconnect.

Is hard a write a story when already has the idea and it isn't just 'flowing'. Harder still without a editor what tells me of a mistakes fast.

Thank you for reading a random babblings. Not approved by the association of Random Babbling Faeries, what hasn't read it yet.

It has been a while since could write anything. Lots of brain weird stuff got in the way every time I tried.
Is back in Georgia (think I said that a while ago). Had fighting with depression, discomfort with things changing too much too often, etc. (Being autistic is not fun with a world that is constantly trying to change)

BUT - I have tried writing some more and updated "The Bard". Now I have to remember how to link it here.

Edit: I remembered.
"The Bard" - a naive teen discovering her talents as a bard (of the DnD variety).

Will see if I can keep doing it :).