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rionaleonhart) wrote2006-11-23 12:09 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2006-11-23 12:09 pm
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Go. Fly. Soar. Up. Ascend. Elevate.
Everyone seems to be writing the fascinating and hilarious little informative capsules of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kadrin’s invention on their original universes, and it looks rather like fun but I cannot join in on account of not having any original universes of my own, alas. I am just not an innovative person, which is sad. It’s why I don’t write original fiction and why I like those ‘prompt me to write’ memes and playing the ‘Go On, Write The Crackfic, You Know You Want To’ game: I can write once I’ve got an idea, but I cannot come up with ideas myself. My 2004 NaNo was original fiction, and I quickly discovered that I was completely incapable of creating a world that made the least amount of sense: I blatantly ripped off Silent Hill, stuck features wherever I needed them regardless of whether it was remotely logical (‘A TROPICAL RAINFOREST IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AREA OF PERPETUAL SNOW AND COLDNESS? WHY NOT?’*) and was so engrossed in making the characters yell at each other that I failed to notice that I had inadvertently made them complete idiots by having them walk to their destination instead of taking the already-established train.
My point is that ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO CAN CREATE HUGE AND DETAILED AND FASCINATING FICTIONAL UNIVERSES SUCK, and that all those of you who are interested in huge and detailed and fascinating fictional universes should definitely check outkadrin’s notes on Avarr, the awesome awesome awesome original universe about which I never tire of finding out more and for which I envy him hugely. And look! Here is his fiction set in it, although I am sure that there has got to be more of it somewhere, and basically the entire point of this post is that kadrin is amazing.
And now I must apologise to him for being ever-so-slightly creepy and fangirlish. Sorry,kadrin.
* not an actual example.
kadrin’s invention on their original universes, and it looks rather like fun but I cannot join in on account of not having any original universes of my own, alas. I am just not an innovative person, which is sad. It’s why I don’t write original fiction and why I like those ‘prompt me to write’ memes and playing the ‘Go On, Write The Crackfic, You Know You Want To’ game: I can write once I’ve got an idea, but I cannot come up with ideas myself. My 2004 NaNo was original fiction, and I quickly discovered that I was completely incapable of creating a world that made the least amount of sense: I blatantly ripped off Silent Hill, stuck features wherever I needed them regardless of whether it was remotely logical (‘A TROPICAL RAINFOREST IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AREA OF PERPETUAL SNOW AND COLDNESS? WHY NOT?’*) and was so engrossed in making the characters yell at each other that I failed to notice that I had inadvertently made them complete idiots by having them walk to their destination instead of taking the already-established train.My point is that ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO CAN CREATE HUGE AND DETAILED AND FASCINATING FICTIONAL UNIVERSES SUCK, and that all those of you who are interested in huge and detailed and fascinating fictional universes should definitely check out
kadrin’s notes on Avarr, the awesome awesome awesome original universe about which I never tire of finding out more and for which I envy him hugely. And look! Here is his fiction set in it, although I am sure that there has got to be more of it somewhere, and basically the entire point of this post is that kadrin is amazing.And now I must apologise to him for being ever-so-slightly creepy and fangirlish. Sorry,
kadrin.* not an actual example.