Re: Control issues and the lack of controlcanervaAugust 9 2007, 16:30:44 UTC
I would love to help you, Arwen! Your stories are worth reading more than once, and I might even print them now that I have a printer that works (for the first time in almost three years). It is a bit uncomfortable to explain to co-workers why I'm printing a book size text that has nothing to do with the work. :)
This rant might make people accuse me of being envious of those writers who get hundreds of comments for their posts, since I most likely get one from you, one from BR and one from Thyme. But I'm not. If there are no more, the comments from the three of you are enough for me. Of course, it feels good to know that there are more people reading what I write, and I am grateful if I know to be. However, since I love the creative process itself, I can't feel envy. Those writer's can never have what I have: the feeling of accomplishment that comes from writing just that story. The readers may validate my feeling of a work well done, but if I don't have that feeling already after writing a piece, I don't post it.
I don't mean to say that I don't want readers. If I didn't I wouldn't post them for everybody to see. I don't mean to say that I don't appreciate the opinions of the readers, either. All I mean to say is that the lowish number of the known readers does not depress me. Regardless of the size of my audience, I write when I have something to say.
Now, there is a good reason to friendlock a LJ these days, with the new emphasis on keeping underage readers away from adult material.
Frankly speaking, I don't get the high drama. Is this really a new issue? When I created my first LJ (in January 2004) I agreed to follow the rules in which it was clearly stated that adult material is not allowed if the post is available for underage readers, since that would violate the rule that the content on LJ must not harm a child in any way. I don't think that has changed since. I also have known all the time that as I post stories in which there are sex scenes I take a risk. I know the risk and accept the consequences, which are clearly stated, too, in the TOS, if I get caught. Even friendlocking those posts does not free me from responsibility. What are people whining about?
This rant might make people accuse me of being envious of those writers who get hundreds of comments for their posts, since I most likely get one from you, one from BR and one from Thyme. But I'm not. If there are no more, the comments from the three of you are enough for me. Of course, it feels good to know that there are more people reading what I write, and I am grateful if I know to be. However, since I love the creative process itself, I can't feel envy. Those writer's can never have what I have: the feeling of accomplishment that comes from writing just that story. The readers may validate my feeling of a work well done, but if I don't have that feeling already after writing a piece, I don't post it.
I don't mean to say that I don't want readers. If I didn't I wouldn't post them for everybody to see. I don't mean to say that I don't appreciate the opinions of the readers, either. All I mean to say is that the lowish number of the known readers does not depress me. Regardless of the size of my audience, I write when I have something to say.
Now, there is a good reason to friendlock a LJ these days, with the new emphasis on keeping underage readers away from adult material.
Frankly speaking, I don't get the high drama. Is this really a new issue? When I created my first LJ (in January 2004) I agreed to follow the rules in which it was clearly stated that adult material is not allowed if the post is available for underage readers, since that would violate the rule that the content on LJ must not harm a child in any way. I don't think that has changed since. I also have known all the time that as I post stories in which there are sex scenes I take a risk. I know the risk and accept the consequences, which are clearly stated, too, in the TOS, if I get caught. Even friendlocking those posts does not free me from responsibility. What are people whining about?
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