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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-09-27 03:39 pm

[ SECRET POST #3189 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3189 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2015-09-28 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Bringing fic to a writing group is inappropriate because that's not what most writing groups are for. They're meant for workshopping original writing, generally with an eye towards publication - the purpose is more craft than hobby. Most members of most writing groups would be annoyed if you brought in your fanfic for workshopping, because you'd be wasting their time. (And yours - critique that works for an original short story often won't work for fanfic, because fanfic has its own conventions and culture and relies on a lot of shortcuts that won't fly in original works.)

There are fandom-centric and fandom-friendly writing groups out there, but they advertise themselves as such. If you want to polish your fic, find one, or find a beta - don't go into a standard writing group and expect them to be happy to beta for you, any more than you'd go into a con panel on horror movies and start discussing Sailor Moon.