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so in case you haven't noticed, livejournal is not unlike real life in terms of human interaction and social structure, particularly in fanfiction circles, it's true, the kids that get the most action (or write the most action) have the most friends,
but quality over quantity? not always, sometimes those incredibly excellent pr0n writers do, in fact, get the most comments or responses, but mostly consisting of "hOMG, incoherencies, can't give good feedback because of the hotness," and don't get me wrong, that's cool and great and "thanks for commenting!" is always an appropriate response, because i know i've given those comments, just because i know it's nice as a reader to get a sense of how many people actually have read the little wordplays that have been meekly submitted, but some writers deserve more than those comments, which is why i try now to give some really good (if nothing else detailed) feedback about specific aspects that made me squee
but then there's the flip side, the kids that don't necessarily write hotsex, but more those really elegant, amazing pieces that really should be viewed with literary merit, and i like to think i've got a strong eye for those, but it seems as if all those writers that can write so incredibly well and elegant and just plain old 'good' already come tagged with a small group of lj-buddies that pretentiously refer to themselves by a single (sometimes double) syllabled name, and i think those writers are a bit intimidating, because i want to be accepted so badly into that little inner circle for some silly reason and i feel nervous to ask to be friended because hell, what am i to them if nothing but a feedback mule
and i've thought about it like this before, getting into LJ was the best thing to happen to my writing, it's truly like being in some underground fight clubby place, some indie writing circle that you've really got to be headfirst into before you reap those desirable results
so i'm not glorifying elitism, nor am i bashing mass appeal (though it may be an undercut to casual readers who leave vague responses), but i suppose i'm (gloriously) somewhere in the middle, it's great to write porn snips, but at some point, doesn't it feel good to read literature
i'm not very good at ranting lately, i feel very colloquial, who knows why
in other news, i have blisters inside my mouth from my retainer, that's how hardcore i be
and schmyndsey (aka the lyndsex dontushiver) should be home today, if she hasn't splashed into the deep blue sea by now, or wretched her heart out because (ha!) Germany has to play for world cup third place now, that's not very funny, but i mean, austria and germany are close, one of them europe nations (damn american)
anyway, it's very early in the morning, and i'm planning on waking up soonish, mostly because my sheets need to be washed and there's children coming to swim at our house at lunch, and i loves the childrenses
anti-climactic exit aaaaaaand....NOW
but quality over quantity? not always, sometimes those incredibly excellent pr0n writers do, in fact, get the most comments or responses, but mostly consisting of "hOMG, incoherencies, can't give good feedback because of the hotness," and don't get me wrong, that's cool and great and "thanks for commenting!" is always an appropriate response, because i know i've given those comments, just because i know it's nice as a reader to get a sense of how many people actually have read the little wordplays that have been meekly submitted, but some writers deserve more than those comments, which is why i try now to give some really good (if nothing else detailed) feedback about specific aspects that made me squee
but then there's the flip side, the kids that don't necessarily write hotsex, but more those really elegant, amazing pieces that really should be viewed with literary merit, and i like to think i've got a strong eye for those, but it seems as if all those writers that can write so incredibly well and elegant and just plain old 'good' already come tagged with a small group of lj-buddies that pretentiously refer to themselves by a single (sometimes double) syllabled name, and i think those writers are a bit intimidating, because i want to be accepted so badly into that little inner circle for some silly reason and i feel nervous to ask to be friended because hell, what am i to them if nothing but a feedback mule
and i've thought about it like this before, getting into LJ was the best thing to happen to my writing, it's truly like being in some underground fight clubby place, some indie writing circle that you've really got to be headfirst into before you reap those desirable results
so i'm not glorifying elitism, nor am i bashing mass appeal (though it may be an undercut to casual readers who leave vague responses), but i suppose i'm (gloriously) somewhere in the middle, it's great to write porn snips, but at some point, doesn't it feel good to read literature
i'm not very good at ranting lately, i feel very colloquial, who knows why
in other news, i have blisters inside my mouth from my retainer, that's how hardcore i be
and schmyndsey (aka the lyndsex dontushiver) should be home today, if she hasn't splashed into the deep blue sea by now, or wretched her heart out because (ha!) Germany has to play for world cup third place now, that's not very funny, but i mean, austria and germany are close, one of them europe nations (damn american)
anyway, it's very early in the morning, and i'm planning on waking up soonish, mostly because my sheets need to be washed and there's children coming to swim at our house at lunch, and i loves the childrenses
anti-climactic exit aaaaaaand....NOW