Clever subject line here.

[southernmedicine]

A friend was saying last night how she thinks it's interesting that there isn't more overlap between fic writers and rpers, given that rp is essentially just taking turns writing fic, round-robin style. I see her point and I've got to agree, because after all, if you can do one, you can surely do the other, right? Only to a certain degree, though.

I do find rp easier, because I have a partner to bounce off of when ideas are thin on the ground, and I delight in the interaction and the bonding experience involved in creating something with another person. On the other hand, if you have a vision, solo writing is the only real way to see that through to your complete satisfaction without somebody else throwing a wrench in the works. You also get to work at your own pace, and heavily edit to your heart's content.

I've been thinking about the project I mentioned the other day, and I really think that if I can sit down and sort myself out, I'd like to try and host it. I've got a few ideas in the pipeline for my own selections.

It's so sad to me to keep finding comms that look good, only to notice that they haven't been active for months, or for years. I have had some pretty decent success in finding people to subscribe to (and who have mutually subscribed to me, hello!) though, and I'm immensely grateful for that. Now to get over myself enough to actually initiate conversation with people.

Comments

[runpunkrun]

Hello! I don't talk much about Star Trek on my journal--that mostly happens on Tumblr--but I love it a lot and it's wonderful to have Bones's scowling face on my reading list.

[southernmedicine]

Haha well, since all my icons are of him, get ready to see him on your reading list several times a week. Pleasure to be of service.

[runpunkrun]

That works out great for me because I often have trouble identifying new people, but I will always know who are. :D

[southernmedicine]

Good deal! I am the sort of person who gets everything the way they want it, and never touches it again. I still have my original tumblr url from when tumblr came into existence, and in all these years I have changed my layout once.

[runpunkrun]

I'm still using my original name on Tumblr, too, and I've still got my original layout on Dreamwidth, though I recently changed the color scheme from red to green. Because it was time for a change, but not too much of a change. :D

[mxcatmoon]

What kind of comms are you looking for? It can actually be hard to find them because for some reason they sometimes don't show up in searches.

fictional_fans is a place to share and ask questions about fandom topics. Maybe you could ask on there to see if anyone knows of any comms for the topics you're looking for.

fandom_on_dw is about promoting fandom activity on DW.

I've never done RP. Although it reminds me of how we neighborhood kids used to play Star Trek. We would take turns being Captain Kirk - and the person who was Kirk that day got to tell the others what to do! LOL. Needless to say, everyone wanted to be Kirk. ;) When it wasn't the boys' turn, they wanted to be Spock. When it wasn't the other girl's turn, she was Chapel. I chose McCoy or Rand.

[southernmedicine]

Hey, thanks! Giving them both a look-see.

And that is really cute, honestly! You made good choices, for sure. ;D

[dr_zook]

if you have a vision, solo writing is the only real way to see that through to your complete satisfaction without somebody else throwing a wrench in the works - I wholeheartedly agree! Just recently I tried my hands at some solo RPG, which probably doesn't really count, does it, haha? Anyway, I had loads of fun, but the last time I tried some role play ping-ponging the easy fun dried up halfway, sadly...

I'd be totally on board for that comm, btw. Thought about it the whole day, in fact! :D You could maybe take a look around fandomcalendar to see how other clever people dish out their fandom activity rules? :) *cheering you on from the sideline*