Title: Writer's Block Sucks!
Author: Sam Mallory
Spoilers: Sometime in Season 4
Summary: Buffy is beginning to regret taking a creative writing class. Slightly B/G.
Rating: *sigh* G
Author's Notes: In my little world, Buffy dumped Riley around the time of "A New Man." It's not my fault if Joss didn't go along with that idea.
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Why did I let Willow convince me to take a creative writing course? I didn't want to spend too much Slayer-time reading texts, books, or even articles, so why did I think it would be a cool idea to write instead?
Okay, so I wouldn't be this annoyed if it weren't for the fact that I can't seem to climb over this industrial sized writer's block. I'm supposed to be writing some fiction that's due tomorrow morning, but I don't even know where to begin. I'm so far from the starting point that I can't see it with a telescope. And I can't talk to Willow because she pulled a Marcie and disappeared on me.
I need to think of this a different way. If I were going to write fiction, what kind of fiction would I write? Maybe coming up with the genre will help me decide on a plot.
What about a fairy tale? Everyone likes a 'happily ever after.' Even me, although I'll probably never have one. Okay, Buff, not thinking about that right now.
I'll write a story about a beautiful princess, trapped in the highest tower of a castle by an evil knight who expects her to be this perfect being that she just can't be. I'll call him Sir Riley. Boy, am I glad I dumped him.
To make things a little different, I'll have this blonde princess (who is so *ahem* not me) be rescued by a wizard. This wizard will be good and kind, older than the princess by a bit, always willing to forgive her for her mistakes, and have calm green eyes.
Whoa. Where'd that come from? It's almost like I described Giles. (Not like I occasionally daydream about him or anything. *ahem*)
That's not such a great story idea. I could write something science fiction. It could be set in the future about be about this woman who uses her psychic powers to find out that her mentor is in love with her, which is okay because she loves him back. Nope, not going there.
How about a brave warrior woman who goes back in time to the seventies to fix a wrong and meets a young thug named.Ripper. Could I be anymore obvious?
I wish Will would come back from wherever she is. I'd really like to talk to her right now, so she could get my mind out of this one track that it's happily stuck in. Or help me come up with ideas on how to seduce Giles. No! Bad Buffy!
Well, my instructor has said that we should write what we know. So, my short story should be about a Slayer. It's not like anyone would believe that it was true. She could have her friends, and her Watcher who is madly in love with her. And they could get married and have little Slayer/Watcher babies.
Okay, brain. I give up. I admit that I'm in love with Giles and have been for awhile. I'll even go and tell him. Tomorrow. Right now, I have a story to write. Happily ever after can wait till later. Writer's block sucks.
Author: Sam Mallory
Spoilers: Sometime in Season 4
Summary: Buffy is beginning to regret taking a creative writing class. Slightly B/G.
Rating: *sigh* G
Author's Notes: In my little world, Buffy dumped Riley around the time of "A New Man." It's not my fault if Joss didn't go along with that idea.
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Why did I let Willow convince me to take a creative writing course? I didn't want to spend too much Slayer-time reading texts, books, or even articles, so why did I think it would be a cool idea to write instead?
Okay, so I wouldn't be this annoyed if it weren't for the fact that I can't seem to climb over this industrial sized writer's block. I'm supposed to be writing some fiction that's due tomorrow morning, but I don't even know where to begin. I'm so far from the starting point that I can't see it with a telescope. And I can't talk to Willow because she pulled a Marcie and disappeared on me.
I need to think of this a different way. If I were going to write fiction, what kind of fiction would I write? Maybe coming up with the genre will help me decide on a plot.
What about a fairy tale? Everyone likes a 'happily ever after.' Even me, although I'll probably never have one. Okay, Buff, not thinking about that right now.
I'll write a story about a beautiful princess, trapped in the highest tower of a castle by an evil knight who expects her to be this perfect being that she just can't be. I'll call him Sir Riley. Boy, am I glad I dumped him.
To make things a little different, I'll have this blonde princess (who is so *ahem* not me) be rescued by a wizard. This wizard will be good and kind, older than the princess by a bit, always willing to forgive her for her mistakes, and have calm green eyes.
Whoa. Where'd that come from? It's almost like I described Giles. (Not like I occasionally daydream about him or anything. *ahem*)
That's not such a great story idea. I could write something science fiction. It could be set in the future about be about this woman who uses her psychic powers to find out that her mentor is in love with her, which is okay because she loves him back. Nope, not going there.
How about a brave warrior woman who goes back in time to the seventies to fix a wrong and meets a young thug named.Ripper. Could I be anymore obvious?
I wish Will would come back from wherever she is. I'd really like to talk to her right now, so she could get my mind out of this one track that it's happily stuck in. Or help me come up with ideas on how to seduce Giles. No! Bad Buffy!
Well, my instructor has said that we should write what we know. So, my short story should be about a Slayer. It's not like anyone would believe that it was true. She could have her friends, and her Watcher who is madly in love with her. And they could get married and have little Slayer/Watcher babies.
Okay, brain. I give up. I admit that I'm in love with Giles and have been for awhile. I'll even go and tell him. Tomorrow. Right now, I have a story to write. Happily ever after can wait till later. Writer's block sucks.