I hear you about these anxieties, man. Really keeps me from doing something about that Horla fanfic thing I've got sitting here for months now, because I absolutely cannot grasp the tone of that era. The original is written in French; I only know a German translation, but wrote that thinggie in English. It's sure a disaster, haha.
Then there is my absolut favourite (childhood/youth) book, written in German and I read it in German. The tone is really, absolutely timeless but old-sounding, unique and I'd never dare to write fanfic about it in German, not happening. But I'm having a grand time writing for it in English, so that helps. :)
Lately I re-read some of my old Bible slash stories I wrote more than ten years ago, and I really disliked a lot of things. But I'm not above clicking the edit button over at AO3 and just do it better this time, and re-write these parts.
Looks like I have three strategies: a) write it but keep it, b) write in a different language, try an unusual POV, and c) re-write it.
Hopefully you'll work out your insecurities and yay for coming this far!!
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Date: 2023-09-10 07:48 pm (UTC)I hear you about these anxieties, man. Really keeps me from doing something about that Horla fanfic thing I've got sitting here for months now, because I absolutely cannot grasp the tone of that era. The original is written in French; I only know a German translation, but wrote that thinggie in English. It's sure a disaster, haha.
Then there is my absolut favourite (childhood/youth) book, written in German and I read it in German. The tone is really, absolutely timeless but old-sounding, unique and I'd never dare to write fanfic about it in German, not happening. But I'm having a grand time writing for it in English, so that helps. :)
Lately I re-read some of my old Bible slash stories I wrote more than ten years ago, and I really disliked a lot of things. But I'm not above clicking the edit button over at AO3 and just do it better this time, and re-write these parts.
Looks like I have three strategies: a) write it but keep it, b) write in a different language, try an unusual POV, and c) re-write it.
Hopefully you'll work out your insecurities and yay for coming this far!!