I'm a simple girl re: my writing. If I like the idea (and have time!), then I'll do it. See my first point in the last post: I write because *I* want to see something written.
I've never actually sat down and thought 'This will help me improve my writing skills', mainly because I don't consider myself *really* a writer but more a storyteller.
Some people have told me that my writing has improved, though. I'm happy and dance when I hear it. But my point is to make the story readable, hopefully enjoyable. But, frankly, I write until *I* enjoy the results. Selfish? Really? I don't think anyone can enjoy anything if its author doesn't really like it first.
If I ever consider that a particular piece will be 'a masterwork' (read: one of my favourites), not really. There are ideas I've loved but haven't grown into good fics. And then there are ideas I thought were common and in the end I *really* liked the stories (ex: Shades of Jealousy, Flour-Streaked. I was surprised at how well those turned out.)
Regarding betas. Heh. That's maybe where you'll see that I work mostly for my own fun. I send to beta only the stories I love. The stories where you'll see 'Betaed by...' or 'non-betaed' are those I think are my best. Or at least those I think have the potential to be my best.
And then there's the contradiction that is me: I LOVE writing for other people. It's challenging. I LOVE challenges - at least when I'm in the mood for them. I'm sloooooooooooow with requests, though. *hides* And about the comms, you'll see that my favourites are where I only get a prompt: open_on_sunday, fanfic100, and the newest obsession: letter_love
And about Best Souvenir. I'm so tempted to forget my no-WIPs rule and dive into it. *pouts*
Why I am a very 'me!me!ME!' author.
I've never actually sat down and thought 'This will help me improve my writing skills', mainly because I don't consider myself *really* a writer but more a storyteller.
Some people have told me that my writing has improved, though. I'm happy and dance when I hear it. But my point is to make the story readable, hopefully enjoyable. But, frankly, I write until *I* enjoy the results. Selfish? Really? I don't think anyone can enjoy anything if its author doesn't really like it first.
If I ever consider that a particular piece will be 'a masterwork' (read: one of my favourites), not really. There are ideas I've loved but haven't grown into good fics. And then there are ideas I thought were common and in the end I *really* liked the stories (ex: Shades of Jealousy, Flour-Streaked. I was surprised at how well those turned out.)
Regarding betas. Heh. That's maybe where you'll see that I work mostly for my own fun. I send to beta only the stories I love. The stories where you'll see 'Betaed by...' or 'non-betaed' are those I think are my best. Or at least those I think have the potential to be my best.
And then there's the contradiction that is me: I LOVE writing for other people. It's challenging. I LOVE challenges - at least when I'm in the mood for them. I'm sloooooooooooow with requests, though. *hides* And about the comms, you'll see that my favourites are where I only get a prompt:
And about Best Souvenir. I'm so tempted to forget my no-WIPs rule and dive into it. *pouts*