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fandomsecrets2012-03-11 03:28 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-03-11 03:28 pm
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(Anonymous) 2012-03-12 08:26 am (UTC)(link)But how will you know that you don't like it until after you've read it? I can understand having a distaste for non-con or rape!fic, reading it, and then bitching about it. If it came with warnings, then, yeah, you really should have known better. But what if someone posts something with a pairing you like and the summary for it seems to be something up your alley and you read it but the writing and the handling of the characters was awful? And I do mean AWFUL. Like, eye-cringingly awful. How does "don't like, don't read" apply then?
And while I see what you're trying to say about having people who don't know what they're talking about shell out advice to you, I do think there's something to be said about receiving critique from people who aren't writers themselves, but just normal readers. I mean, that's why stuff like focus groups exist. I mean, if they're just going to say stuff like, "I don't like this pairing," or, "I don't like slash and that's that," then yeah, you can discard that sort of criticism because it's not really helping you tackle the aspects of your writing that could use some improvement, but if they say something like, "The dialogue between these two seems a bit OOC." And maybe you did mean for it to be OOC, just not in the way you were criticized for, which probably means your delivery was off and now you know. Also, while practice does make perfect, you also need a fresh pair of eyes. Which is what your readers and betas are. You don't have to take their advice but it's worth noting.
Yeah, you're right, this isn't a job, it's a hobby, but you should take pride in what you do and make sure you put out the best you can put out. For the original creator, for fandom, and for yourself. Ya know?
TLDR: "Don't like, don't read" makes sense but not really, take pride in your hobby, and no man is an island.
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I'll backarrow out after a paragraph, or 3/4ths of the way through. As soon as I get to the point where I start feeling "meh". I don't even have to examine why I feel meh. It's not my problem -- unless I choose to make it.
You can take pride in what you write, sure! But taking pride in reading someone else's fic makes me raise my brow. And taking pride at being irritated that a particular fic didn't entertain you as much as you hoped just seems ridiculous.