[ SECRET POST #3324 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3324 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Dishonored]


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04. [tb #3]
[One Piece]


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[Kung Fu Panda]


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[Music video: Poets of the Fall, "Daze" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di7NMssrqsE)]


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[Digimon Tri]


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(Pokémon)


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Comments

[fscom]

12. http://i.imgur.com/ikrxJtM.png

[(Anonymous)]

I get it, OP. It's nice to be popular and get praise for what you write, and few people wouldn't enjoy that.

[(Anonymous)]

It's true in original fiction, too. If you can write good enough, and fast enough, you'll get more of an audience and make more money by pleasing them with steady releases than you will if you're a slow and (subjectively) amazing writer.

The truth is, though, you can become faster. It takes practice, like running or any other kind of exercise. If it matters to you, work on increasing your speed. There are a lot of books out there on the subject.

[(Anonymous)]

very true.

it also lets you be more topical, s. writers like Terry Pratchett and Stephen King. you can be interested in one topic for five month, but if you want to really polish the writing, most people get bored with a topic that isn't like, their big ID interest.

it's pretty obvious in some of their books that they're practically thinking out loud through their writing instead of plotting it first. at the same time it's easy to read these books, because you get used to their writing and tropes. and they really do get better while they practice.

[a_potato]

I want to thank you for this comment. I'm a very, very slow writer, and the simple notion that it's possible to practice at being fast gives me motivation to try.

[kallanda_lee]

I dunno - I'm a slow writer, too, and I've been doing it for a lot of years, and I don't think my speed changed much.

[(Anonymous)]

If it's important to you to increase your speed there are methods you can learn. It doesn't have to be something you strive for, though.

[herpymcderp]

Eh. I see where you're coming from but I don't really feel it. I'd rather my writing was an exercise in improving my craft than shitting out a quick fic for ...what? The same fans who will jump ship immediately to the next big fandom as soon as it comes out?

Nah. I get the most enjoyment from the comments I get years after the furor has died and someone writes to tell me how much I made their day for writing a rare pair for something that is now tiny or dead.

[(Anonymous)]

That's understandable.

[mrs_don_draper]

I'm with you. Writing for myself is fine, but I'll be honest and say I do it for the reviews in equal measure.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel you. Sometimes writing is like pulling teeth for me, so I envy people that can just crank stuff out. :/ I do get good reviews and kudos and such, but it just takes a while for me to produce something.

[(Anonymous)]

re: "you should write for you" dogma

I don't think that means that you can never want reviews or try to write something people will like.

IMO it comes down to not letting other people rules your writing, to the point where you're dependent on the approval of other people and cannot write something if you feel people won't like it.

[(Anonymous)]

not the OP but I agree. It's that that usually when a topic like authors who want to get reviews come up, they're frequently chastised for not having a pure enough motive for writing, i.e. writing because you love to write, or writing as some sort of fandom community service. There are some (really unreasonable, IMO) people out there who react negatively to any other reason for writing.

[(Anonymous)]

Ahhhh

Well in the context I get the hatred for it completely. It's not bad to want reviews and stuff.

Sort of like people who accuse singers of "selling out" a lot. Doing it for the art and love of it is a nice idea, but it won't put money on the table.

[(Anonymous)]

"it comes down to not letting other people rules your writing"

Pretty much this.

Write what you want to write for your own reasons, not because other people say you have to write (or not) this or that because of whatever reasons.

[dancingmouse]

I feel you, OP. This is especially hard if you want to gain a reputation as a "good" fic writer.