About Beautiful Beast

[Cold Shadow]

Most of you are aware of this, but I've lost my muse something fierce in recent times. I haven't put pen to paper (figuratively speaking, since these days all of my writing is digitally handled) in about six months. When I do try to write, I often sit there and stare at the screen for long periods of time without actually writing anything. Or I'll write a few lines and then delete them and keep revising and re-writing them until I frustrate myself and stop altogether.

Beautiful Beast is just to stretch and flex my creative muscles, so to speak. The concept was something that sprang into my mind and I acted upon it before I allowed the modest spark to flicker out completely. I don't feel that it's up to par with the usual standards I adhere to, but it's at least a start. Hopefully short stories like this will act as a gateway for me to return to greater projects, such as my novel, Nimus Horizons, Which Dreams of Nimus, etc. Here's hoping!

[Sunshine]

Whoa! More Dream League fics?! Christmas came early this year, guys! ;D Seriously, how freakin' cool is this?

I loved this short story. Unfortunately, I can't really critique it because of spoilers (this is the info thread after all). But rest assured I loved reading it. I'll give you a more in-depth response privately, sexy boy.

And, yeah, writing short stories definitely helps, people! The next time you have muse problems write something short.

[Doctor Delbert Doppler]

Very good work, Collin. I'm actually a bit disappointed that Beautiful Beast is a short story, because I wanna find out the identity of Sunshine mysterious new "friend" and what his whole deal is. As someone who has a fondness for friendship fics, I also liked the whole exploration of what strength really is.

So yeah, in short I liked it lots.

[Dreamchild]

Sorry to troll you, Nic, but I know who he is. >8) Mwahaha.

[Cold Shadow]

May 14, 2013 15:29:02 GMT -8 Doctor Delbert Doppler said:

Very good work, Collin. I'm actually a bit disappointed that Beautiful Beast is a short story, because I wanna find out the identity of Sunshine mysterious new "friend" and what his whole deal is. As someone who has a fondness for friendship fics, I also liked the whole exploration of what strength really is.

So yeah, in short I liked it lots.

Thank you, Nicole! Even though it was just an exercise, I'm glad you two got some enjoyment out of it. I'll try to keep doing similar things in short bursts from time to time and hopefully get my lost momentum back. As for the identity of the Adonis Fighter...

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[Dreamchild]

Sorry to sound arrogant, but, Collin? I think you and I should agree May has been a very good month in terms of Dream League fics. We should celebrate sometime... with POKER!

[Cold Shadow]

And it's not over yet! Ayuck!