WRITING CRITIQUE MEME

[darsynia]

While some may accuse me of doing this simply because I enjoyed the time spent coming up with the pretty green colors on the advertising link thingie, the truth is, I think a lot of us could use some critique, whether it's to bolster our egos for the task of finishing our mcshep_match and sgabigbang stories, or to help pinpoint reasons why we're struggling. But this isn

Comments

[ladycat777]

Me, please. *girds loins*

Fic can be found via my tags, as I haven't updated my website in forever.

[ladycat777]

I think your use of language is evocative. Your characters always bleed through with emotion, whether they're having an intense conversation, hot sex, or just watching a movie together. I'm so glad that you keep writing.

[lynnenne]

I love your writing. I love the emotion your characters convey, strong and vivid and real without dipping into sentimentality. They love each other, yet they retain the emotional stuntedness that they displayed in canon. *g* You don't make the characters over into somebody else in order to tell the story you want. You just keep them as they are, and their stories are totally believable.

I love the way you paint a picture with your words. One of the things I love most is the inventive metaphors and imagery you come up with. I remember reading the phrase "broken radiator spreading rainbows underneath," and I thought, Damn. I never would have come up with that turn of phrase in a million years. And it was perfect. Really imaginative, inventive writing, and always a pleasure to read.

<3

[kallysten]

your imagery is the main reason why i come back to your fic over and over. whether it's PG or really kinky, you make the images really serve your story, they're not just there as shiny bits.

[velvetwhip]

Your writing is always dense and evocative; there are always layers of feeling and meaning.

Gabrielle

[ladycat777]

I'm trying to come up with some kind of constructive criticism you can chew on to see if you think it will make you a better writer, but...I got nothing.

Oh, wait...there is one. That series you wrote where Giles and Spike bought Xander from his dad that I thought I would like and didn't, but I really don't know why I didn't like it. It wasn't badly written or anything like that. I'm pretty sure it just didn't hit the right buttons for me ("it's not you, it's me" only it's *true*). And there are some of your stories I've never read precisely because, based on the warning or the summary or the pairing or the phase of the moon, I think I won't enjoy them as much.

But your overall writing is compelling enough that I've frequently read and enjoyed stories of yours that, if it were another writer working with the same premise or characters or kink, I probably wouldn't take the risk.