http://whiskyinmind.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] whiskyinmind 2008-01-25 11:36 am (UTC)

I love crossovers, but I don't write many of them because I start to think about all the canonical problems between verses. Like... how exactly could one write a BtVS/Firefly crossover? And yet I've seen it not only done, but done incredibly well (both [livejournal.com profile] bastardsnow and [livejournal.com profile] emeraldswan on my flist are currently writing on-going BtVS/FF crossovers which blow me away with each chapter).

I think basically my problem with this is that I lack the confidence in my own writing to believe that my shorthand is understood by the reader in the way that I, as the writer, meant it.

If I write for myself (which both of the fics I used as an example started off as) then I'm fine, it's when I start to think about other people reading it and what their expectations are that I start to flail and add in things that to me are self-evident.

Yes. Sleep is indeed awesome. *nods*

of course, the fact that I've now had to edit this twice for bad spelling should potentially make me wonder whether I should be writing at all...

Post a comment in response:

This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting