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October, Writing and Fandoms
Oct. 6th, 2019 11:44 amHello,
Its been quite some time since I was last active on this website. I'd dare to say at least a year. Its been a productive and useful time for me in many ways, there's a lot I have accomplished from graduating to finding employment to projects completed around the house, but, I don't know... Lately I'm left with a feeling I can't quite put into words.
I haven't written in almost as long, perhaps longer since I was last active on this site, and I dare to say I'm still not there again yet. I have, almost the urge to attempt to write something, but every document I open goes untouched save maybe one grammatical change to a WIP from years ago. What's more, there seems to be less and less of the communities that I used to enjoy so for many large fandoms and it leaves me in something of a funk.
I believe the fall season embodies a lot of Harry Potter spirit for a lot of folks, myself included, and it has me wishing I could participate in it more or perhaps read how others are participating in it, but it seems a lot of groups on many sites are not doing any celebrating (or are even active). Is this something that will continue come Holiday season as well? I know there is a natural ebb and flow of interest in fandoms, and its natural for a fandom that is no longer actively being published to see a decrease in fans, but I am still left longing for a lot of the activity that seems to be alive in the HP!Fandom just a year or two ago. I know I was one of the people who stopped being active in the fandom due to a lack of ablity to write and an opressive amount of responsiblity in my personal life, and I'm sure many others had their reasons, but I feeling perhaps I am longing for something that is apprently already a bygone part of a fandom's history. It is entirely possible I am wrong, and am looking in the wrong places, but I don't know.
If I can't bring myself to write again, then I feel there is little point in me feeling this funk because I am not actively participating as a member of the fandom, not bringing new content to the front. But at the same time, I am still left yerning for.... I don't know, perhaps a sense of community. Perhaps I am just failing to reengage in the way I once did. I still love many of the same things I once did, as far as I can tell, and yet I am floundering to productively enjoy pursuing those things in the same many as I once did.
Anyhow, there is work to be done now, and I've spent long enough contemplating for the moment. If someone happens to read this I would love any feedback or thoughts you might have one the matter. I don't know if my own thoughts are rationale or even make any sense, but I just needed to put them out into the world and have them written down somewhere so that I might have some chance of untangling the mess untangable feelings inside my head.
Katie_Flint
Its been quite some time since I was last active on this website. I'd dare to say at least a year. Its been a productive and useful time for me in many ways, there's a lot I have accomplished from graduating to finding employment to projects completed around the house, but, I don't know... Lately I'm left with a feeling I can't quite put into words.
I haven't written in almost as long, perhaps longer since I was last active on this site, and I dare to say I'm still not there again yet. I have, almost the urge to attempt to write something, but every document I open goes untouched save maybe one grammatical change to a WIP from years ago. What's more, there seems to be less and less of the communities that I used to enjoy so for many large fandoms and it leaves me in something of a funk.
I believe the fall season embodies a lot of Harry Potter spirit for a lot of folks, myself included, and it has me wishing I could participate in it more or perhaps read how others are participating in it, but it seems a lot of groups on many sites are not doing any celebrating (or are even active). Is this something that will continue come Holiday season as well? I know there is a natural ebb and flow of interest in fandoms, and its natural for a fandom that is no longer actively being published to see a decrease in fans, but I am still left longing for a lot of the activity that seems to be alive in the HP!Fandom just a year or two ago. I know I was one of the people who stopped being active in the fandom due to a lack of ablity to write and an opressive amount of responsiblity in my personal life, and I'm sure many others had their reasons, but I feeling perhaps I am longing for something that is apprently already a bygone part of a fandom's history. It is entirely possible I am wrong, and am looking in the wrong places, but I don't know.
If I can't bring myself to write again, then I feel there is little point in me feeling this funk because I am not actively participating as a member of the fandom, not bringing new content to the front. But at the same time, I am still left yerning for.... I don't know, perhaps a sense of community. Perhaps I am just failing to reengage in the way I once did. I still love many of the same things I once did, as far as I can tell, and yet I am floundering to productively enjoy pursuing those things in the same many as I once did.
Anyhow, there is work to be done now, and I've spent long enough contemplating for the moment. If someone happens to read this I would love any feedback or thoughts you might have one the matter. I don't know if my own thoughts are rationale or even make any sense, but I just needed to put them out into the world and have them written down somewhere so that I might have some chance of untangling the mess untangable feelings inside my head.
Katie_Flint
