- The Meme In Which You Give Concrit -

[mykindasong]

Okay, ignore that we're ignoring the usual set-up. It's just not the way we roll! Don't worry, the same things can still happen.

Welcome to the...

The Johnny's Fanfiction Concrit Meme
THIS is where you get to tell me about my writing.Rules are simple, because we like it that way

Comments

[omoikkiri]

Ready for some real concrit? ^^

I agree, to some extent, with what was said here. One suggestion for improvement would be to pay more attention to the overall structure of your stories, in terms of developing a solid buildup → climax → denouement. I don't get that feeling of something driving me to some Major Point in your stories, and in some of your older fics (at least a year ago), I would even find myself skimming through because there wasn't any tension to hold me down to the words. This is not to say that you don't have a point to each of your story - you do - just that... (hmm I'm not entirely sure what the best way to "fix" this would be, since I have trouble putting proper amounts of tension/climax into my fics too; yes I am Pot and you can be Kettle :D) Perhaps you could try to vary the pace and tone of different parts within a story? You tend to be very even throughout a story, when it helps sometimes to speed things up when you're getting to the climax, etc.

Also, you know this, but I tend to find small spelling/grammar/punctuation errors that appear due to lack of beta (ie. you often have a missing word in your je100 drabbles) or just something that your beta doesn't manage catch. It doesn't detract from your credibility as a writer because it's obvious they're just errors, but something you definitely want to watch out for in the long run. A small syntactical detail that does bug me about your writing is that "you write dialogues." Like this., when "each quote should end with a comma if you're going to have," says somebody/somebody says. after it.

SOOO after that, what I like about your writing! :) I really really like that you write a bunch of different pairings and ideas and styles; it's always great to have a variety, and for me, somebody who can only write one thing over and over, no matter how perfect their grammar is, is not a good writer. I've said this before, but I think you do the more introspective-type pieces well, perhaps because it suits your writing style? Also! It's sad that this is a problem for a lot of writers, but I really appreciate that you know how to break up paragraphs properly! (ie. you know to have the high-impact sentences be one-liners and stuff like that).

You should try writing something longer again :) a chapter fic or something? Most of your recent stuff has been quite short, and I think you would benefit from the exercise of sustaining high quality writing throughout a longer piece.