Poll-yah!

[leethet]

Note: I was reviewing some old posts about the craft and remembered that I had had some really fun ones in another fandom so I went over there and collected some, and will post a few here. Those who know me know this, but for those who don't: You can say anything in my LJ. If it's offensive you won't get a pass on it, but I censor no one, I ban no one, and I'm not afraid of being corrected or disagreed with. This is unlikely to come up in regard to these writing questions; just makin' the point.

Here's the thing. I re-read my own stuff and I like it, but I don't love it. I wouldn't place me in a list of my favorite writers, or more accurately, in a list of the best fandom writers. So ...

[Poll #1974441]

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Comments

[elmey.livejournal.com]

I answered #3, though it's not exactly the perfect answer. I don't normally re-read what I wrote, but sometimes I'll stumble across it for one reason or another and re-read. I can't say that I read it with unadulterated pleasure, because I can see what's wrong with it and where I could have done better. At the same time, I don't truly dislike any of it and will finish reading. And I do like my characterizations and the kind of subject matter I tackle. So yes, if someone else had written those stories, they'd be right up my alley :) Maybe I'd be less critical of the faults? I don't know for sure, I'm a pretty critical reader.

My reading habits are definitely broader than my writing habits though, I enjoy a wider range of stories than I'm able to write.

What's interesting on re-reading is that invariably I've forgotten that I've put such and such into the story. It's very odd.

[leethet.livejournal.com]

Your answer and Francis' are closest to how I look at it. I lack the element of surprise someone else's story provides, and I'm still too able to see the nuts and bolts of my own writing to get swept up in it as I might in someone else's story. I'm also a harsh critic; I don't write as well as I require a writer to write before I call that writer "good." :-) That's OK, though, because it gives me something to shoot for and it's nice to hit those moments in my own stuff where I go "Ooh. That was pretty cool."