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

[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."