With me I seem to get the most positive feedback on the fics that I don't like, and don't think were well written. The ones I spent real time over are often given nice "Well done", or "enjoyed" feedback, but little in the way of specifics or obvious enthusiasm.
With mine I think some of it may come down to how my lesser fics are done with a slightly greater air of fun, the prose may be a bit jerky in places and it might not make any deep insights, but it's quick and easy to read and not at all demanding on the reader.
The ones I struggle and believe I've gotten, more or less, right, don't always seem to be understood the way I intended. I love the idea of reader-response and how everyone reads everything differently, but it does sometimes worry me when no-one even vaguely seems to get what I was going for in the first case. I makes me wonder just exactly how bad and obscure this fic, that I thought decent enough, really is.
Other than that it's the most dramatic, sexual, and over-the-top stuff that gets the good reviews, not the quiet, contemplative interludes.
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With mine I think some of it may come down to how my lesser fics are done with a slightly greater air of fun, the prose may be a bit jerky in places and it might not make any deep insights, but it's quick and easy to read and not at all demanding on the reader.
The ones I struggle and believe I've gotten, more or less, right, don't always seem to be understood the way I intended. I love the idea of reader-response and how everyone reads everything differently, but it does sometimes worry me when no-one even vaguely seems to get what I was going for in the first case. I makes me wonder just exactly how bad and obscure this fic, that I thought decent enough, really is.
Other than that it's the most dramatic, sexual, and over-the-top stuff that gets the good reviews, not the quiet, contemplative interludes.