On Writing and Creating in General... I Baked A Cake

[addicterated]

It seems that in SHINee fandom there's been a little ripple of drama or debate about "constructive" criticism and writing and art and so on.

Let me just say that, yes, I believe that a writer should attempt to maintain a decent capacity for spelling, grammar, sentence structure and the like. Given that a lot of fan fiction is written, for whatever

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[min7girl]

You summed it all up in your final words. But I being of speedy posting and less than mentaly sound(sleep depraved when posting) am notorious for bad spelling, grammar and down right what-th-fuckery-did-she-mean-by-that moments. Sigh. Beta is my friend. Beta is busy.

[peacensafety]

Despite all that... or perhaps because of it... your stories are awesomesauce, unnie! I've read a lot of things that had perfect grammar and absolutely no story. You've got stories, and that's the most important thing to being a writer!

[addicterated]

She does! Because it's her damned cake *g* No seriously, it's got specialness, heart... story, whatever word you want to use to describe that indefinable something that makes us clamor for more more more :0

I'm a compulsive editor. I notice stuff like that but then I also tend to feel that to some extent that stuff just isn't that important. I'm interested in the story. I am captured by the specialness. My brain often just self replaces the word as I'm going along... I think that's why often when I try to edit *myself* I miss the boat because I'm doing the replace on myself in my head.

I know this was long and rambly... I am the queen of long and rambly mayhaps... but the point still is there, right, right.

*also, squidges to you both*

[min7girl]

Your long rambling is still awesome as hell!

[peacensafety]

Preach it, sister!

[addicterated]

Seriously. This thing came up with another writerly friend of mine and I just was like... okay... hold up... time for a Susan ramble on LOL. Thanks for your comment, I was worried I sort of rambled off the path and into the bushes too far :D

[imvus]

amen.

[addicterated]

Thank you bb :)