wabbitseason.livejournal.com ([identity profile] wabbitseason.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] persephone_kore 2004-01-06 09:13 pm (UTC)

I write in multiple fandoms. Some of them love giving detailed feedback and others are like pulling teeth. I want to be a better writer, period, whether fanfic or original stuff. I write what I want to write. If someone reads it, great. If someone comments or writes a review, even better. I read them all. Sometimes I disagree with the assessment or wonder if they read the same story. I had one piece where everyone expected the sappy happy ending and I didn't give it to them, because that wasn't the point.

I enjoy seeing general "I loved this" type feedback, because "Yay, someone read my story!" But the feedback also frustrates me no end, especially for the longer pieces. For drabbles, I can see why the feedback might be somewhat limited, but for a 1000-3000 word piece to get only "Gee, that's great!" is a little disheartening for the effort I put in. Maybe that's where my selfishness might play in. I took all this time and effort to write and rewrite a story. It takes a lot less time to toss off a comment.

I don't get the whole obligation or contribution to fandom thing. Maybe I feel too much of a disconnect to the larger fandom as a whole to understand it all.

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