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Re: Fic: my skin is not my own (rated PG-13 for implications of sexin') workerbee73 August 14 2012, 15:19:21 UTC
late response is late...

I think at the end of the day, you just have to write the characters in a way that feels authentic to you. And what that looks like and sounds like is going to be different from everyone, which is why there never is (nor should there be) one definite fanon take on how to write anything. And likewise, readers will tend to gravitate to portrayals that ring true to them. We all bring something different to the table, and we're all looking for different things, the things that resonate the most to us as readers and as writers.

A very good friend of mine in k/l fandom (who is also my bestest and most trusted beta in the world) and I always said that we were satisfied with a story when we got to the point where we could justify every decision we made. We knew it was done (and good) if we could defend every single word and its reason for being there. Now, we take our words pretty seriously (b/c we are ridiculous that way, and we're also both argumentative as hell--it's part of our charm), but I feel like that's the general idea. As long as you know why you did it and how you got there, I think that's all you need.

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Re: Fic: my skin is not my own (rated PG-13 for implications of sexin') cybermathwitch August 14 2012, 23:26:02 UTC
Yes. This. All of this. <3 <3 <3

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