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writethisfanficWe're almost to the end of this month's challenge! How is the penultimate day going?
For discussion: This post talks about how the "like" culture (embodied by Facebook or retweeting things on Twitter or even just analyzing your site stats) can maybe make people focus too much on what other people want, instead of what they want to write/create.
Some people swear up & down that they don't care if they ever get a single comment on their fic, they're just writing for themselves. Other people say that they'd like to write something specific (different from their usual stuff) but their readers wouldn't like it -- & therefore they won't write it. I think most of us are somewhere in the middle -- what's your relationship with feedback on your fic like?
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How's the fic going today?
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Fantastic!
2 (14.3%)
All right
3 (21.4%)
It's... there
5 (35.7%)
Not very well
2 (14.3%)
DON'T EVEN ASK
2 (14.3%)
& what have you done?
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Wrote
7 (50.0%)
Edited
5 (35.7%)
Posted
2 (14.3%)
Sent to beta
2 (14.3%)
Researched
3 (21.4%)
Refreshed canon
0 (0.0%)
Took a break
4 (28.6%)
For discussion: This post talks about how the "like" culture (embodied by Facebook or retweeting things on Twitter or even just analyzing your site stats) can maybe make people focus too much on what other people want, instead of what they want to write/create.
Some people swear up & down that they don't care if they ever get a single comment on their fic, they're just writing for themselves. Other people say that they'd like to write something specific (different from their usual stuff) but their readers wouldn't like it -- & therefore they won't write it. I think most of us are somewhere in the middle -- what's your relationship with feedback on your fic like?
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Date: Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 18:23 (UTC)Yeah, totally -- especially b/c the writers are all on tenterhooks wondering if their recipient liked it! Two thank yous are no bad thing. :D
BNF = Big Name Fan (tl;dr about it here, though I have to say I've seen it used more myself just as a descriptor, less as a specifically pejorative one).
& oh, I didn't think you were telling people not to care about their reception! I think it's a balance, definitely -- it's when we start getting so obsessed w/the reception that we don't listen to what our own writerly voices are trying to get us to say that I think it's a problem.
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Date: Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 18:37 (UTC)Yes, definitely, obsessing over things isn't fun or healthy!