June 9th. On this day back in 2010 I posted the first chapter of a little
story called ‘What was she doing?’ My first attempt at writing fanfiction and
the start of my obsession with putting the characters Paul and Bella from
Twilight, together. It is little, too - just under 30,000 words. At least
compared to some things I write now.
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The title is actually the first
line of the story. I am utterly hopeless at thinking of fic titles. If you save
a document in Microsoft Word it defaults to name it whatever the first line is.
That was the rough draft name and it just stayed, then it spawned a whole set
of W stories after that. It is on the favourite list of 999 people at fanfic. That
puts it at fourth in that list. Not bad for such a little story.
Some days I look at it and think
it begs to be rewritten, but if I started doing that with my old stories I would
never write anything new. I’d be trapped in an endless cycle of rewrites. And
in a way, it is a view of me back then; my style, my mistakes and things that I
would write differently if I wrote them now. It’s historic MTR. I still get
reviews from people who love it and take the time to tell me that, and I really
appreciate that.
So I will pour myself a glass of
wine tonight, toast that story and all the people who read it, and remember how
it started my continuing obsession with writing.
Thank you all.
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