*wince* Yeah, I knew I was going to run into this about five seconds after I posted.
I was speaking from personal experience there and then I generalized (which all my English classes taught me to never, never do. Sigh. Six months out of school and it all vanishes). I've tried both and I find fanfic a lot easier in terms of ideas, plots, etc. In the actual act of writing -- putting together sentences, trying to find the right word, trying not to feel like you only have the vocabulary of a five year old ... they're both difficult because writing is so often like trying (for me) gymnastics.
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Date: 2004-10-20 12:28 pm (UTC)I was speaking from personal experience there and then I generalized (which all my English classes taught me to never, never do. Sigh. Six months out of school and it all vanishes). I've tried both and I find fanfic a lot easier in terms of ideas, plots, etc. In the actual act of writing -- putting together sentences, trying to find the right word, trying not to feel like you only have the vocabulary of a five year old ... they're both difficult because writing is so often like trying (for me) gymnastics.