Afterthoughts

[teaberryblue]

I love to talk about writing

Comments

[alephz]

And it [writing] is just so much fun TO talk about. There's all the angles and perspectives and pet peeves and the like. It's really awesome.

[teaberryblue]

I agree. I think that often, talking about writing is more interesting than reading the writing in the first place, even if it is good writing.

[alephz]

This is super-true. I enjoy the heck out of discussing the process. Which is good 'cause my outcomes are rarely as great as I feel my process should produce.

But, then, I think highly of my processes.

[teaberryblue]

Oh, same here, believe me!

[writingmoments]

I used to leave "author notes" on my writing but for some reason, Gary always seemed to discourage it. I don't know if you remember last season when he critiqued some "free topics"?

I have seen many other people say they don't like author notes so I am glad to see someone who does because I used to like to leave them on my entries.

I also just love to hear where someone got an idea. To me, it adds to the piece.

Fiction is fiction but I can always see a little thread, when I look back, as to parts of different things of me or people I knew that I threaded in, often not thinking about it.

[teaberryblue]

I don't like when people put meta at the beginning of a piece-- it doesn't belong there, and to me it is like telling the reader what to think.

At the end of the piece, if it is clearly labeled and not written in the same voice as the entry itself, I find it to be extremely useful and helps me get to know the writer better.

[gildedage]

What I thought was funny was that when I wrote a non-fiction piece, I got a lot more comments, which tended to be heartfelt, or inquistive than my fiction pieces. It doesn't make me want to write non-fiction, but it was interesting, because I feel like I'm more restrained with my non-fiction (how I want to be seen, etc) than with fiction.

[teaberryblue]

I think it is a lot because it's easier to identify with the author when you're reading non-fiction, you know? You get a better sense of their feelings and the way they think. Even if you don't like the writing style or the pacing or things like that, you might still like the person!

[lawchicky]

I'm not a fan of including the meta as part of the piece- even at the end, though I do enjoying reading about the writer's thought process in either a separate entry or a comment.

I wrote a short fiction piece this week, but I think that it reveals a lot about my subconscious at the moment!

[teaberryblue]

I don't think meta should ever be perceived as part of the piece-- unless it's specifically noted as otherwise-- even if it's posted in the entry. I don't like it when people actually behave as if their commentary is part of their piece or organize their piece that way. But I do like getting notes on writing; sometimes it can help elucidate something that changes the way I see what's been written.