Fic note

[zimena]

I just found the first fics I ever wrote. Two Harry Potter fics from 2001. I also posted an excerpt of what I think of as my "head story" (as in, story I've been telling myself in my head for years and years. Not really intended for writing down, though) around the same time, and I found that as well.

I thought these things had been lost in a dusty corner of the world wide web years ago, so it's strange to see them again. Maybe a little embarrassing, too.

I'm not gonna link you to these... but I'm going to add them to my writing archive.

It's so weird to see these fics again. I can't believe they're still there after so many years.

EDIT: What? Are you serious? I apparently posted them on a site that doesn't allow me to copy the text back out. Text marking has been disabled. Oh well, time to look at the HTML, then.

Comments

[jenni_blog]

There are some 10-year-old (or more) fics of mine around still that are horribly embarrassing! I've always kept my original scribblings, though, and used to print out paper copies of everything I wrote. (I haven't been doing that for a few years now because I thought it a waste of time and resources.) But I'm thinking it might have been a good idea because if I want to go back and rehash an old story to make it better and possibly post it again, then it would be simple enough to pull out the printed copy and re-type it (with changes).

Did looking at the HTML work for you?

[zimena]

Looking at the HTML worked fine, yes. At least I managed to copy the text back out. It needed a lot of reformatting, though, because there were a lot of HTML tags everywhere, indicating things like line breaks and bold text.

By the way, I'm working on fic again :) It's been over a year since I wrote anything, so this feels strange, but let's see how it'll turn out.

Somehow I cannot imagine anything you wrote being embarrassing. I guess we're our own worst critics sometimes, though - and 10 years is a long time, so it feels strange to see such old fics again, I'm sure.

[jenni_blog]

I'm so happy that you are working on fic again! It does feel strange after such a long time (I've been in the same situation) but it shouldn't make a difference re: the way you write or the quality. :)

Oh no, I used to have some very bad habits 10 years ago; for instance, I would use so many cliches! They were so cringe-worthy it makes it very difficult to sometimes read over my old fics!