Oh, excellent post. I salute you, if I did that kind of thing. I shall raise my left eyebrow in appreciation instead.
Now, lets talk about me (haha)! Erm, I'm kind of stradling the divide between being a reader and a writer and by golly am I glad that I decided to wear pants. This was the first time that I picked up a keyboard and tried my hand at writing, and by golly do I suck. Of that I don't care too much, I know that there's room for improvement, I know that there's bits I'm getting the hang off even if there's still bits that are out of my slippery grasp, I know that if I really want to write something that's good that it's going to take a lot more practice, time, and effort on my part that I'm putting in. You have to do the work to get the rewards. Damn it, I'll never be a writer.
So I'm firmly in category 2, mainly because I just haven't built up enough writing skills yet, even though I think I've got a pretty good grasp of the source material and I definitely warn people before the story, not as a 'Oh my god, I'm so modest though completely wonderful' because I'm not 12 and I know what I'm good at and what I'm not. Most writers are going to be the average schmucks because otherwise how would you be able to differentiate between them and the fantabulous ones. Plus I'm a lazy bastard. But at least I know that I'm a category 2/crack!fic writer, because correct categories are important. Excuse me while I go and put my newspapers dating back to 1983 in order. Haha!
Oh, and I get why more feedback than my stuff deserves. But I pay complete strangers to leave comments, so it's all good.
Did I even get close to answering your question?? Where am I?
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Now, lets talk about me (haha)! Erm, I'm kind of stradling the divide between being a reader and a writer and by golly am I glad that I decided to wear pants. This was the first time that I picked up a keyboard and tried my hand at writing, and by golly do I suck. Of that I don't care too much, I know that there's room for improvement, I know that there's bits I'm getting the hang off even if there's still bits that are out of my slippery grasp, I know that if I really want to write something that's good that it's going to take a lot more practice, time, and effort on my part that I'm putting in. You have to do the work to get the rewards. Damn it, I'll never be a writer.
So I'm firmly in category 2, mainly because I just haven't built up enough writing skills yet, even though I think I've got a pretty good grasp of the source material and I definitely warn people before the story, not as a 'Oh my god, I'm so modest though completely wonderful' because I'm not 12 and I know what I'm good at and what I'm not. Most writers are going to be the average schmucks because otherwise how would you be able to differentiate between them and the fantabulous ones. Plus I'm a lazy bastard. But at least I know that I'm a category 2/crack!fic writer, because correct categories are important. Excuse me while I go and put my newspapers dating back to 1983 in order. Haha!
Oh, and I get why more feedback than my stuff deserves. But I pay complete strangers to leave comments, so it's all good.
Did I even get close to answering your question?? Where am I?