No need to be impressed, really! There aren't many words to each of them, when it comes down to it, and so it doesn't amount to much by way of actual writing.
I actually go about getting ideas in different ways. One story I wrote (Do Not Cease, I think it was) was based on me house-sitting. Or, really, Ianto's apartment was based on the house at which I was house-sitting. A lot of stories are like that, one line or a set piece that comes from real life and everything else gets built around it. Other ideas, though, come from conversations in my head. That...sounds weird, I'm sure, but. Yes. lol
The problem with the fic I write is that I make very obscure literary references (by which I mean not even references to other bits of literature, but...you know, using various literary devices) and often times no one sees it. Which is fine, really, but it means that one someone does - well, they've clearly been actually taking the time to look at my work.
So I get what you mean, definitely, about having people notice things in your work.
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Date: 2011-09-17 11:43 pm (UTC)I actually go about getting ideas in different ways. One story I wrote (Do Not Cease, I think it was) was based on me house-sitting. Or, really, Ianto's apartment was based on the house at which I was house-sitting. A lot of stories are like that, one line or a set piece that comes from real life and everything else gets built around it. Other ideas, though, come from conversations in my head. That...sounds weird, I'm sure, but. Yes. lol
The problem with the fic I write is that I make very obscure literary references (by which I mean not even references to other bits of literature, but...you know, using various literary devices) and often times no one sees it. Which is fine, really, but it means that one someone does - well, they've clearly been actually taking the time to look at my work.
So I get what you mean, definitely, about having people notice things in your work.
Fandom is, perhaps, the best instructor. :D