Look at you- you go away and come back with an awesome post about writing and reading...and a new chapter of 'Best Souvenir'...and and an invitation to ask questions. How in the hell am I expected to get anything done today? I'm just gonna play in your LJ.
-What fics have you written with imaginary audiences in mind? Why? Well, I do mostly write for me. Because I am a huge fic snob and when I can't find the story I want to satisfy a particular itch, I write it myself. That said, I am always thinking about what certain people might say when the fic is posted. This group isn't actually a shipper group because I think- mostly- B/A shippers don't particularly like my stuff. I have written certain stories for particular people. Waiting For The Sun was written for coppersinger because she wanted to know if I could write a non-fluffy but relatively happy ending B/A fic. I wrote Left Behind for germaine_pet. Writing for people whose work I admire makes me work harder.
What's a group that's been your imaginary audience? Well, I guess I sorta started to answer this. I write for other writers more than I write for readers...but I guess that's part of the curse (or benefit, you pick) of LJ. Lots of times you have readers, but they never tell you they've read. So more often than not, you hear from other writers.
-Who's a person who's been your imaginary audience? There are probably 10 people whose comments I look for. Sometimes they're going to beta and I depend on them to kick my ass and they do. starlet2367 has taught me SO much about writing and did it in a way that was kind and constructive. germaine_pet is an equally diligent editor. She doesn't let me get away with laziness. So, when I am writing- I often think about how the finished product will be received by the first people to see it. Of course, I don't beta every story. Because I am lazy.
In the beginning my audience was *always* B/A shippers. But you know what...I had some negative experiences with that. And I found that I was trying too hard to please people and not thinking about the craft and what I wanted to write. So I don't do it anymore.
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-What fics have you written with imaginary audiences in mind? Why?
Well, I do mostly write for me. Because I am a huge fic snob and when I can't find the story I want to satisfy a particular itch, I write it myself. That said, I am always thinking about what certain people might say when the fic is posted. This group isn't actually a shipper group because I think- mostly- B/A shippers don't particularly like my stuff.
I have written certain stories for particular people. Waiting For The Sun was written for
What's a group that's been your imaginary audience?
Well, I guess I sorta started to answer this. I write for other writers more than I write for readers...but I guess that's part of the curse (or benefit, you pick) of LJ. Lots of times you have readers, but they never tell you they've read. So more often than not, you hear from other writers.
-Who's a person who's been your imaginary audience?
There are probably 10 people whose comments I look for. Sometimes they're going to beta and I depend on them to kick my ass and they do.
In the beginning my audience was *always* B/A shippers. But you know what...I had some negative experiences with that. And I found that I was trying too hard to please people and not thinking about the craft and what I wanted to write. So I don't do it anymore.
TBC...