[ SECRET POST #257 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #257 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 074 secrets from Secret Submission Post #037.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [ 1 2 ] repeats.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Thursday, September 20th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: 16

[(Anonymous)]

Then again, if very few are commenting on your work, you might not be the best judge of your own product.

Well, no, this goes without saying. But the secret was double-edged: 98% of fic online is plainly bad, so it's not particularly difficult to be "too deep" for fandom. I think I write decent fic most of the time, but I'm not saying I'm Tolstoy; I'm merely saying that fandom really likes the good (repetitive, safe, lightly entertaining) kind of bad.

Then again, there are writers who consider their work to be subtle and deep when it's actually poorly constructed and convoluted.

Again, I agree very much.

Re: 16

[bewsbud.livejournal.com]

Frankly, I don't have a problem with "the good (repetitive, safe, lightly entertaining) kind of bad."
It has its place
Entertainment isn't required to be deep to be a entertaining.
The type of bad fanfic you mentioned, over the last two years, has provided me with some much needed escapism when I've been too sick to give a lot of thought to anything.

That said, nothing beats a well crafted plot with well thought out characterizations.
If that's what you strive for, I hope you write in a fandom I follow, and that I've had the pleasure of reading your work.