Lessons 5/10

[mmarinov]

I'm pretty happy with this chapter - it's the first time in a long time that a chapter has just flowed with barely any resistance. And I assure you there will be much angst and hurt still to come in this story ;) Now I must skedattle off to a SPN marathon! We're seeing how many nights it takes to get through the whole season, lol.

Title: Lessons 5/

Comments

[iamthedirtgirl]

oh i got a thrill out of the wall kicking i was just saying. like i said I don't usually say stuff, I liked your idea about the blood thing getting nicked somehow, and I agree about it being a great fic. you gotta understand, I think this story and her fic in general stands out as some of the best in the fandom. It's why I even felt like i could try to say something, because she's really got such a great way of telling story and she really keeps the boys in character. trust me, I'm all rah rah when it comes to this story, I voted for reading the raw chaps in her journal before the beta's got hold of em because I have been so loving it i wanted to get to read it. I hope you didn't think i was attacking her. cause i so wasn't and if anything i said actually upset her I would feel awful. that wasn't the intention. it was just my observation, and trust me I believe in everyones right to their own opinion and in the end i step back and respect the authors final decisions. Then I leap in and enjoy the story. see, now I'm all insecure because she said the constructive crit was ok and you've got me wondering if it actually is and now I just feel bad and i wish someone would explain to me what fandom means when it talks about feedback and concrit because it seems to be a very sensitive subject in the fanfic world where back in my college years it was something you did to support one another as developing writers to get better and better at their craft. so seriously, did i do something wrong here?

[mmarinov]

No, absolutely not! Feedback, and esp concrit, is essental to any form of writing and I really appreciate it when people feel they can be honest about things that didn't work so well for them, esp. during the draft stages which these past few chapters have been in. I'll never feel insulted by concrit and I thank you for being honest and helping me with this story :)

And I agree about the blood scene being iffy - I like Kate's idea of it being an accident somehow and making the humour functional...hmmm...*muses*

[iamthedirtgirl]

in case you didn't know this already...I love your aussie ass!!!!

[iamthedirtgirl]

Oh no dude - i don't think your attacking her at all - I think your "concrit" (I love how fandoms make up words) will be very useful, is expressed in an extrememly tentative and safe and polite manner - and (as I said... in a round about way) I agree with it. So stop fishing for compliments! You were honest and constructive and terribly nice about it all - of course you've done nothing wrong! Chill, have a beer.

- Kate

Oh I just saw Pirates of the Caribbean today :D Awesome.

[iamthedirtgirl]

Hmmmm... now I feel like I'm channelling Margret or David from "At the movies"...

[iamthedirtgirl]

oh rub it in. I just saw pirates, nah nah nah...uh huh, gonna go tomorrow, really glad to know it's good. Thanks for letting me know on the other. I was feeling a lot oversensitive that morning and I really totally missed the boat on what you were saying. Sorry about that. Thanks for caring enough to set me straight. Promise I usually don't over react that way.

yeah the made up terms - took me forever to figure out what the heck everyone was saying. Now I'm so used to all the terms I let em slip in regular conversations and I get lots of HUH?? and then i explain and I get that computer geek look. *frowns* think I'll have that beer now.

[iamthedirtgirl]

Aw, well, just to make you feel worse - I saw it again today - it's even better then second time around. :) Ah Will! I love to see my heroes suffer, that way (eventual) victory is twice as sweet! Or maybe it's just my sadistic streak coming through...
And I'm totally the same - fan-lingo and RL don't mix well, and unfortuantely I'm the only person I know (in RL) who reads fanfiction so it's all quite tragic really.
And with the concrit, I didn't sayt this before but when I said I didn't think you were doing anything wrong what I should've said was that your doing everything right, so keep doing it. I think mmarinov said something along those lines too. So it's all good! Yay concrit!

Ok, enough time for bed. - Kate