I thought of publishing to a03. I am scared of ff.net because I wrote two stories there when I was 13. I had no idea how to do stories back then so someone sent me a bad review. Which in hindsight, I should have not let that stop me and just simply give me a better incentive to not write crappy. I did publish some Hetalia stories mostly as a way to entertain my (now ex) friends on tumblr. I don't like those stories because I was pandering to my friends' taste and not my own. It did not help that I just simply make what if scenarios but never feeling the need to write them down as stories.
It was not until I met a good friend that I decide to revise and edit more so I can publish better quality material to the internet. He told me to pay attention to the books I read and just write. I think I am going to use dw and lj as posting materials since they have communities. I do want an audience so I can potentially meet like minded folks. However I am trying to write first and foremost for myself. Now the various snippets I write just yesterday and today comes off as something I like to write even if it is unpolished at the moment. Then again I used to think that I am only worth something if I write shipping fanfics. In Natsume Yuujinchou though, I write more general stuff because I try to read from canon and expand on it. I think I might write shipping fanfics once I am able to find a voice. It'll just come naturally to me with time.
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Date: 2015-05-03 10:33 pm (UTC)I thought of publishing to a03. I am scared of ff.net because I wrote two stories there when I was 13. I had no idea how to do stories back then so someone sent me a bad review. Which in hindsight, I should have not let that stop me and just simply give me a better incentive to not write crappy. I did publish some Hetalia stories mostly as a way to entertain my (now ex) friends on tumblr. I don't like those stories because I was pandering to my friends' taste and not my own. It did not help that I just simply make what if scenarios but never feeling the need to write them down as stories.
It was not until I met a good friend that I decide to revise and edit more so I can publish better quality material to the internet. He told me to pay attention to the books I read and just write. I think I am going to use dw and lj as posting materials since they have communities. I do want an audience so I can potentially meet like minded folks. However I am trying to write first and foremost for myself. Now the various snippets I write just yesterday and today comes off as something I like to write even if it is unpolished at the moment. Then again I used to think that I am only worth something if I write shipping fanfics. In Natsume Yuujinchou though, I write more general stuff because I try to read from canon and expand on it. I think I might write shipping fanfics once I am able to find a voice. It'll just come naturally to me with time.