[ SECRET POST #2399 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2399 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 079 secrets from Secret Submission Post #343.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - ships it ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

The question is whether your readers love your fics.

(I've gotten a few really positive responses to my stories, so I'm at least not a terrible writer, but the story I was most proud of turned out to be almost completely incomprehensible. One reader compared it to 2001: A Space Odyssey, and not in a good way.)

[(Anonymous)]

I don't see that it matters if readers like it or not since it's fanfic. It depends on what the writer wants to get out of it, I suppose. I have a friend who everyone loves their fanfic but they wrote it as practice to become a professional writer. But when they tried to go pro, they were told they were basically shit. And the shit stuff was all things her betas had always told her were issues if she was trying to become a professional writer and she always ignored. Her writing is great for fanfic and this wouldn't be a problem at all if she didn't want to be a professional writer.

[(Anonymous)]

At least that means your friend had good betas.

But I have a friend who wrote fanfic and is now a professional writer. I think wh

[(Anonymous)]

*highfives your friend* I've made the jump myself, and it's scary and awesome at the same time. Scary because in fandom writing you have that built-in audience and with original fiction you're shooting in the dark hoping to hit the right editor in the right mood on the right day. Awesome because if you manage to do that, the acceptance letter and then getting paid are their own thrills.

[(Anonymous)]

Crap you can't delete an anon comment, my finger ripped and sent the reply incomplete. Here it is :

At least that means your friend had good betas.

But I have a friend who wrote fanfic and is now a professional writer. I think her published books have more of what I considered as issues in her fics. Like repetitive tropes, heavy style etc.
It didn't detract her from getting publishing and having a faithful followship. I think her readers are mostly fic readers, from the reviews I saw.

So I'd think your friend sent her texts to publishers that are too high-brow. And haven't yet picked up on the fact that a lot of readers aren't picky.