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       2023-07-13T11:40:43Z
       
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       The year was 1999. A gullible college student still without a clear objective in their life, and without even having explored their gender identity.At the time, like a good nerd, I was still discovering science fiction and fantasy, and cable TV Anime was in full force.There was this show, Saber Marionette J, which still had its quirks and started as a rather stereotypical harem with a guy and three beautiful android girls.But the character Lime was fascinating. Her innocence when discovering facts of life was moving (just watch the squirrel episode, I dare you not to cry, I double dare you!).Before I knew it I was hooked. At the same time, the sequel, Saber Marionette J to X, was also airing in the same channel.It happened that I watched both endings on the same day. 😭 I was crying so much!I kept watching the repeats. Every single episode. (For some reason I was much more interested in the girls' POV rather than the main protagonist - that should have been a big clue about myself 🤔🏳️‍⚧️ )I began looking for the manga. I began reading fan fiction. I got the soundtrack and all character songs. I was obsessed with these three girls and their relentless quest for happiness in a world that did not care about androids (maybe this is why I love android stories so much? 🤔 )Like the guys in the Nozaki-kun show who decided to pull a doujin all-nighter to to give "Tomoda" (a minor character) the ending he deserved, I decided one day that the marionette girls deserved a much better ending than what the anime and manga gave them.And so I opened my notepad and started writing. One short fanfiction became another fanfiction. And another, and another, and another.The critics were ruthless. "Your writing is too sloppy." "He said, she said, he said. Fix that." "Too, many, damned, commas." "You drag the beginning too much." "Fix your pacing, it sucks." "Get a thesaurus." "Watch your grammar!"As much as they hurt, I had no choice but to improve to please my readers; so I kept improving, rewriting and rewriting. But the critics were constant about one thing: The stories I wrote moved them. I was just so damn good at getting inside the characters and pour emotions all over the place.Then I began watching other shows, and started writing fanfics about them. I imagined I was writing anime episodes. I kept playing background music to fit the scenes I was writing. I was on a roll!Years passed and I gave up on fanfiction. I discovered something more interesting: Creative writing. I joined a reddit community called "Writing Prompts" where I would write a short story based on a prompt that "op" suggested. I wrote my stories and read other folks' stories. (One particular user, "Luna Lovewell", rose from nowhere and became the star of the community. I wonder what happened to her...)By year 2010, I started exploring the cyberpunk genre, and decided to write short stories located in a cyberpunk world. Sometimes I wrote them for the writing prompts, sometimes to satisfy my curiosity.Eventually I wrote an adult short story about a lesbian android girl (back to my roots) with amnesia, looking for love and a meaning in life. I loved her, her relationship with her master, and I started expanding on that universe. I wrote more characters' origin stories. I wrote a prequel. The world expanded and I wrote a prequel to the prequel.Before I knew it I had a fully fledged murder mystery involving a secret conspiracy, and lots of interesting characters.It was time to start my Magnum Opus.Unfortunately I was struck with an economic crisis, personal family problems and a DRM issue with the software I used to write (noooooo, my writing! 😭), so I got in a years-long hiatus. But now my situation is stable enough to resume my work. I also found a way to recover my lost work; the pieces are scattered and out of order, but the scene index is there and with a little effort I can recovera chapter in a couple of hours. During the rewrite of an early episode, something magic happened: Two characters that weren't supposed to interact suddenly began to talk, and they... they fell in love. Bethany, this girl that was a secondary character, began stealing the show and before I knew it she had taken the limelight away from my detective.Now I had to rewrite the entire thing because this new development is worth it. It's a long journey, but I won't give up until I finish my novel! 😤#WritingCommunity #amWriting #amWritingSF #WritingWonders #PandoraDownloaded