Affirmation

I was surprised at how instantaneous many of the “likes” and reviews for my current fanfic came after I published it.  I know people think that fanfic is garbage (it can be…) and I now use writing fanfiction as a means to divert my attention off being heavily P.O.ed at my works in progress when they don’t play nice. The cocky side of me wants to brush my shoulders off and stick my chest out. But, least be real, the readers did not have to read it.

A few of the comments that really got was that people were happy to see that the two teen characters were real. In my mind, I did not want to heavily sexualized two seventeen-year-olds nor make it a piece so fluff-ridden, you would get a toothache.

I’m finding myself wanting to tackle the tangled notions of intimacy, romance, love and sex. All together, one’s love life is fulfilling. Fragmented, it’s hell IMO. In my fanfic, the male lead grapples with feelings the hots for his female best friend after seeing her naked. Is it lust? It’s it love?

I loved that I managed to attract readers without making it a bodice ripper or sterile. Teens do deal with the nitty gritty and we should NOT hide it, but we should NOT glorify it then punish them for indulging in such feelings/emotions.

I do know what I’m doing.

I just got show everyone else that. (First, by being focused)

Writing: I can do this.

If you dare to read it:

Fanfic, good for the soul