Fanfic Ideas and the Creative Process... (was Quidditch!Ron)

[Kristin]

Parker Wrote:

> I carry notebooks around with me everywhere.  If I see something 
that intrigues me, or get an idea, I write it down.  Right then and 
there. (those memo thingys would work the same way--please don't 
write and drive!) That way, I don't forget ideas.  


I bought a micro cassette recorder that I carry in the car with me 
that way I can dictate any ideas that pop into my head.  It's much 
safer than writing and driving. <VBG>  Anyway I started doing that 
because I always had some really good ideas in my head driving to or 
from work but then couldn't remember them when I got home to write 
them down.

As for the creative process.  I hadn't done much writing in the last 
10 years or so until I discovered HP and the fanfiction relm. After 
discovering this wonderful world it got me back into writing and I'm 
currently writing a HP fic. I also signed up for a creative writing 
class over the summer.  Maybe someday I'll actually publish something 
in the real world. 

BTW Ebony I think that is so cool that you'll get to meet and discuss 
writing with people like Frank McCourt, I just loved Angela's Ashes 
and 'Tis.  I wish they had had classes like that when I was in school.


Cheers,

      Kristin