Third post on the subject. (Check out AWAHD, and DORDWD for the corresponding posts. They go in order from: Ranting/pitiful on AWAHD, to indifferent on DORWD, and redeeming here.) Let's dive in, shall we?
I've been reading through my first ever Ranger's Apprentice fic, and discovering it's full of failed attempts on Halt's character, an OC that is really strange, and lots and lots of cheese.
But you know what?
I tried.
I spent close to three months on that story, and I had fun with it. So that's the whole point right there, isn't it? Not that it's perfect, not that it's brilliant, it's not that it's long and involved and clever; it's that it's mine and it's that I tried. I took my time with that story, poured myself into it, stayed up late writing it, and lovingly picked the fonts for the chapter headings. I wrote it to fix something I didn't think was right in the series, and what's it turned into? I've got six songfics and more on the way. I love this pairing. I really do. I'm mastering not only my OC MC, the one who had been really odd, but the charrie I pulled from the series in order to fix what I thought should've -and could've - been better. I'm trying, and I keep working at them, no matter how cheesy they may seem after, I write them from the heart. And that's all I can do.
Stay awesome
Don't forget about your dragons
And always ask where Perry went
~Cecilie
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