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9 years ago
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I've been thinking about expanding my body of works and getting some inspiration for writing about different themes, and given how I've started to feel like my writing is good enough to really be appreciated by people other than me, I've been thinking about opening myself up to requests or maybe even commissions.
I'm anxious about accepting commissions right off the bat, though, because once you add money into the equation, people tend to get a bit antsy, and the burden of having to produce material under that kind of regime--at least to start off--could easily make it difficult to complete a work to my satisfaction and that of my client. So I thought I would start off by accepting requests for short stories. Less fuss, less obligation, and no sense of being cheated if it takes me longer than anticipated to complete a work.
So my question to you is: does this sound like something you would be interested in? I know I have a lot of people watching me for the sake of the commissions I get of my characters, maybe not so much for my writing, but first and foremost I am a writer, and a good one. So my idea for this is: if you've read anything I've written, and you think you've got an interesting idea for a short story, leave me a comment.
Some caveats apply, though. I don't write fanfiction, though I might be able to do something loosely "inspired by" some particular setting if I am interested enough. I also prefer not to write fiction using other people's characters, and here is the reason: in order to really, accurately portray a character, you need to know everything about how they function. How they think, how they speak, what they like, what they dislike. Physical mannerisms, personal idiosyncracies. And unless it's a personal character, or a character that I can create out of whole cloth, there's no way I will be able to apprehend the nuances of another person's character deeply enough to accurately portray them. So I won't try.
Now, if you have a character concept that you have only painted in broad strokes, and don't mind me filling in the details--that's fine by me. In fact, that's sort of what I'm imagining: rather than writing short stories about specific characters in very specific scenarios, I'm imagining taking suggestions or requests in a broad form and then fleshing them out however my muse directs me. It's a bit of a wing-it for writing, if you want to think of it that way.
Of course, I have no idea if anyone will be interested in such a thing. But if you are, let me know, and give me some ideas that you might like to see represented. I suppose if there is sufficient interest, I'll draw up a more formal list of requirements, since there are some themes I'm not interested in writing in or which I don't feel that I would be able to do justice to. But I won't put the cart before the horse quite yet. Comment below!
I'm anxious about accepting commissions right off the bat, though, because once you add money into the equation, people tend to get a bit antsy, and the burden of having to produce material under that kind of regime--at least to start off--could easily make it difficult to complete a work to my satisfaction and that of my client. So I thought I would start off by accepting requests for short stories. Less fuss, less obligation, and no sense of being cheated if it takes me longer than anticipated to complete a work.
So my question to you is: does this sound like something you would be interested in? I know I have a lot of people watching me for the sake of the commissions I get of my characters, maybe not so much for my writing, but first and foremost I am a writer, and a good one. So my idea for this is: if you've read anything I've written, and you think you've got an interesting idea for a short story, leave me a comment.
Some caveats apply, though. I don't write fanfiction, though I might be able to do something loosely "inspired by" some particular setting if I am interested enough. I also prefer not to write fiction using other people's characters, and here is the reason: in order to really, accurately portray a character, you need to know everything about how they function. How they think, how they speak, what they like, what they dislike. Physical mannerisms, personal idiosyncracies. And unless it's a personal character, or a character that I can create out of whole cloth, there's no way I will be able to apprehend the nuances of another person's character deeply enough to accurately portray them. So I won't try.
Now, if you have a character concept that you have only painted in broad strokes, and don't mind me filling in the details--that's fine by me. In fact, that's sort of what I'm imagining: rather than writing short stories about specific characters in very specific scenarios, I'm imagining taking suggestions or requests in a broad form and then fleshing them out however my muse directs me. It's a bit of a wing-it for writing, if you want to think of it that way.
Of course, I have no idea if anyone will be interested in such a thing. But if you are, let me know, and give me some ideas that you might like to see represented. I suppose if there is sufficient interest, I'll draw up a more formal list of requirements, since there are some themes I'm not interested in writing in or which I don't feel that I would be able to do justice to. But I won't put the cart before the horse quite yet. Comment below!
