Still sick, other news
Mar. 14th, 2013 04:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
write_my_dreamsWill leave this as public access for the writing part in case anyone's curious about fic plans and all. Now I'll go have some oranges and try to feel better...
I'd finally been starting to get rid of my cough and then it came back in full force a couple days ago. So today I cracked and finally decided to go to the doctor. For reasons I'd rather not go into I hate going to visit the doctor and will avoid going if at all possible. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. There was a wait of course but it wasn't ridiculous like it is back in the US. One of the program coordinators came with me and we were looking through travel magazines together while we were waiting to be called in to the doctor. I felt bad for Imai-san since she was hungry and kept dying whenever she saw pictures of food in magazines. She was telling me some good places to go travel and was happy that I get out a lot.
Then I was called in and for the most part I could understand him. I think I only needed Imai-san to interpet for me 3 or 4 times. It was a very quick checkup and I'm supposed to take medicine after every meal for a week and then I have to come back on Thursday for a follow up. After the appointment we went back to the waiting area to wait for my medicine. So I get to try my first pill tonight with dinner... I'm kind of anxious about them because the doctor was saying they could make my heart beat faster and make my hands shake. Wondering if I should skip a pill tomorrow... having shaky hands while taking a test sounds like a disaster in the making.
Side note - I've been jokingly referring to sick masks as "plague masks" and one of my friends was saying "Ugh I have the plague" now. My terminology is spreading!
But now I'm back and as I'm not ready to study just yet I decided to share what's been going on in my head in terms of writing. It's been a pretty creative week for me and I have two new ideas to work on.
First though - I've decided not to write Echoed Warnings anymore. When I wrote the first chapter I was really excited about it but then I got bored. Maybe it's because it was just L'Arc and I'm still not ready to go back into that after writing L'Arc for so long. It's probably the realism aspect that killed the fic for me. Whatever the reasons, that fic is now discontinued. I don't like having to discontinue something but it's either that or be bored with it.
The first idea I had is a prequel to the ghost story![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lunafair and I are in the middle of working on. Still figuring out who all is in there but it's AU (of course) and focused around Atsushi. There was a death at his apartment and, although Atsushi won't realize/admit this until later, he's extremely sensitive to ghosts. He keeps getting headaches and having nightmares if he stays in his apartment and that's dragging him down. So a mix of supernatural and psychological elements.
My second idea is for original work. So for the past year or so I've been mentioning that I have this idea of Hyde being forced to work as a prostitue. I decided to just scrap that entirely and turn it into an original idea. Now that I've decided to do that, my idea will be a lot better. The fanfic idea would have been too limiting for me and probably would have ceased to be enjoyable sometime during the story.
So that's how this week has been going for me. Sick, creative inspiration... I'm going on a field trip to Nara on Saturday so I'll probably end up wanting to write something historical after being there lol. I'm going to try to get more of my To Do List done before I allow myself to start working on either of my ideas but if the muses get demanding I might not have much of a choice.
I'd finally been starting to get rid of my cough and then it came back in full force a couple days ago. So today I cracked and finally decided to go to the doctor. For reasons I'd rather not go into I hate going to visit the doctor and will avoid going if at all possible. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. There was a wait of course but it wasn't ridiculous like it is back in the US. One of the program coordinators came with me and we were looking through travel magazines together while we were waiting to be called in to the doctor. I felt bad for Imai-san since she was hungry and kept dying whenever she saw pictures of food in magazines. She was telling me some good places to go travel and was happy that I get out a lot.
Then I was called in and for the most part I could understand him. I think I only needed Imai-san to interpet for me 3 or 4 times. It was a very quick checkup and I'm supposed to take medicine after every meal for a week and then I have to come back on Thursday for a follow up. After the appointment we went back to the waiting area to wait for my medicine. So I get to try my first pill tonight with dinner... I'm kind of anxious about them because the doctor was saying they could make my heart beat faster and make my hands shake. Wondering if I should skip a pill tomorrow... having shaky hands while taking a test sounds like a disaster in the making.
Side note - I've been jokingly referring to sick masks as "plague masks" and one of my friends was saying "Ugh I have the plague" now. My terminology is spreading!
But now I'm back and as I'm not ready to study just yet I decided to share what's been going on in my head in terms of writing. It's been a pretty creative week for me and I have two new ideas to work on.
First though - I've decided not to write Echoed Warnings anymore. When I wrote the first chapter I was really excited about it but then I got bored. Maybe it's because it was just L'Arc and I'm still not ready to go back into that after writing L'Arc for so long. It's probably the realism aspect that killed the fic for me. Whatever the reasons, that fic is now discontinued. I don't like having to discontinue something but it's either that or be bored with it.
The first idea I had is a prequel to the ghost story
lunafair and I are in the middle of working on. Still figuring out who all is in there but it's AU (of course) and focused around Atsushi. There was a death at his apartment and, although Atsushi won't realize/admit this until later, he's extremely sensitive to ghosts. He keeps getting headaches and having nightmares if he stays in his apartment and that's dragging him down. So a mix of supernatural and psychological elements. My second idea is for original work. So for the past year or so I've been mentioning that I have this idea of Hyde being forced to work as a prostitue. I decided to just scrap that entirely and turn it into an original idea. Now that I've decided to do that, my idea will be a lot better. The fanfic idea would have been too limiting for me and probably would have ceased to be enjoyable sometime during the story.
So that's how this week has been going for me. Sick, creative inspiration... I'm going on a field trip to Nara on Saturday so I'll probably end up wanting to write something historical after being there lol. I'm going to try to get more of my To Do List done before I allow myself to start working on either of my ideas but if the muses get demanding I might not have much of a choice.
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Date: 2013-03-14 10:07 pm (UTC)That's great you've had such a creative week! I love ghost stories and would love to read the Atsushi fics somewhen!
Yay more original works! I'd love to read that too when you write it :D
I know what you mean about discontinuing fics, I hate to do it too but if your hearts not in it anymore then its kinda difficult to continue.
I hope you have an epic time in Nara on Saturday - I look forward to hearing about it! :D
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Date: 2013-03-14 11:04 pm (UTC)It made studying yesterday very difficult though lol. I've gotten completely addicted to writing ghost stories and Atsushi tends to be my main victim. I have some little side stories from the one I'm writing with my friend drafted up that's him interacting with or being affected by ghosts. Once I start writing the prequel though I'll be posting it to LJ :) I have a tentative cast nailed down but need to brainstorm some more...
It'll be good to write :) I'll probably post that here too.
Exactly, it's not enjoyable to write so it probably isn't enjoyable to read
Thank you, I'll try! It's with a group though so that might make the experience more unpleasant... I hate travelling in groups lol
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Date: 2013-03-15 10:32 pm (UTC)Yay cool! I'll keep an eye out for it :D
Yeah totally! I always worry that with some of mine when I'm getting bored of them ^^;;
Me too, I prefer just going to places with a couple of people rather than a group.
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Date: 2013-03-16 11:35 am (UTC)Started the first chapter when I was on the bus to/from Nara. I need to outline more and figure out my cast/storyline before I post it but I at least got a start
Same here :/ So it's better to just discontinue the fic at that point
After this weekend I'm done with big group outings, thankfully.