[ SECRET POST #2631 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2631 ⌋

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

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

You've told us that your fics are well researched and historically accurate, but you haven't mentioned a thing about the quality of your writing.

Is your writing emotionally engaging? Are your plots compelling? Your characters nuanced?

Also, you aren't sitting beside other writers as they write, so you don't *actually* know how much time or effort they put into their writing - even if you seem to think that HS AUs are inherently inferior.

[(Anonymous)]

This, OP.

It doesn't matter how flawlessly researched your fics are. If the story is poorly paced, or if your characters don't ring true, or your plots are bland then people aren't going to be interested.

[(Anonymous)]

Yep, this. Research and effort are great things to put into one's writing, but they don't guarantee quality.

And even well-written fic =/= fic people enjoy. People like fics (and books, and every other form of media) for a wide range of reasons that aren't solely about how well they're technically executed. That's why people enjoy The Avengers even though it isn't Citizen Kane. Sometimes a reader isn't looking for historically accurate fic where the author spent hours looking up clothing details, sometimes they're in the mood for crackfic highschool AU.

It's frustrating, but well, that's writing for you. You can't be all things to all people.

[(Anonymous)]

Same. That HS AU author might have spent ages nailing the tone of their fanfic. Research is all well and good, but there's something to be said for knowing how to write something enjoyable.

[(Anonymous)]

And that's not counting all the non-American fanfiction writers who want to write a HS AU and have no idea what an American HS is like - some of them will do some research as well (instead of just reproducing the same old movie stereotypes and stuff they read in other HS AUs).

[(Anonymous)]

I guess you have to do what you love?

I can relate to this secret for sure. I love doing research and I love attention. But I love research more. For me, getting the details right -- or the "feel" of a time and place, or hiding an easter egg that maybe two people will get -- is its own reward. That's how I do fandom -- giggling to myself in a big pile of books and obsessively looking up words to make sure they're period.

It's nice when people notice, but sometimes they don't. If it's worth it to you, it's worth it. If it isn't, you should probably do something you enjoy for its own sake.

[(Anonymous)]

IAWTC :)