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professor_spork

Commentary!

Sep 09, 2010 17:44

I've never done a fic commentary, but I've always wanted to.

I'm still working my way up to it, but I had a really interesting conversation with my beta about the first scenes in Static, and I thought you guys might like to see that. Because I put a ridiculous amount of thought into this stuff, and, well... I like talking about myself.

SO.

( tl;dr THIS FIC CONTAINS AWKWARD REFERENCES TO SEX. here's how! )

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Comments 7

ladychi September 9 2010, 23:09:12 UTC

LOL! This part made me laugh:
All of this is a very long way of saying that when you're in high school English and they make you do close readings about symbolism and shit and you're like "NO WAY DID THE AUTHOR ACTUALLY INTEND THIS?" Well. Sometimes we do. Because I get told that all the time -- that there's no way Dickens meant this or that or the other, but really -- I can say he probably did because my own fanfiction is rife with metaphor and symbolism. Your quest to find la mote juste (think I spelled that right. French-speakers, get on me if I didn't) is so cool because, you know. Just goes to show you: fanfic is srs bsness!

earlgreytea68 September 10 2010, 03:40:32 UTC

You know what's interesting? I almost never mean half the stuff that people find in my fic. I'm like, "Oh, you're right! What a totally brilliant word choice!"

But this is because I am not a very careful writer!

zombres September 9 2010, 23:22:06 UTC

LEAH, YOU ARE AWESOME. I wish I put this much thought into my writing. It would probably be scads better if I did. Also, I NEED TO READ FEELING ELECTRIC REALLY FUCKING BADLY.

That is all. ♥

professor_spork September 10 2010, 02:58:38 UTC

Why haven't you, exactly? Because I have a feeeeeeling you'd like it.

beingfacetious September 10 2010, 03:50:10 UTC

My whole response to this is as follows:

I love that you say "sometimes we do," identifying yourself as "the author," as an author. Leah I love you so much oh em gee.

Also way to stick by your word choice guns, ahahahaha.

marlenanargle September 10 2010, 04:25:27 UTC

you're so cute. I don't even.

sapphire_child September 10 2010, 13:27:15 UTC

All of this is a very long way of saying that when you're in high school English and they make you do close readings about symbolism and shit and you're like "NO WAY DID THE AUTHOR ACTUALLY INTEND THIS?" Well. Sometimes we do.

Lol, whereas with me it's usually more a case of somebody commenting and going "I LOVE THE SYMBOLISM OF THIS" and me going "...I TOTALLY MEANT IT TO BE LIKE THAT."

I should get people to beta my stuff :P