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Jun. 18th, 2023 07:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuuagoI bet we all have received comments on our work that're going to be stuck in our minds for the rest of eternity. What are yours?
Here's mine: "It's well-written, but not very erotic."
Context: In my pre-Livejournal days, I was on Opendiary. There were a bunch of people posting original erotica to the site (which wasn't actually allowed, but never mind), and of course I read the stuff. And I got So Annoyed at the terrible SPAG, lack of attention to characterization and interpersonal dynamics, and general incoherence. I thought: "Man, if you're going to write something, you should put some effort into it, even if it's just porn."
Naturally, I started writing my own! (Under a sock account, of course.) "I'll show these people how it's done! >:| !" I started putting out short R-18 stories with some attempt at plot/characterization/romance and mostly-decent SPAG.
The number of people posting original porn over there wasn't large, so eventually my sock account got noticed and ended up on rec lists. The most notable comment was the one written above.
Main thing I felt about it at the time, and still think: "Oh, but you think it's well-written! :D"
Mission accomplished! xD
Here's mine: "It's well-written, but not very erotic."
Context: In my pre-Livejournal days, I was on Opendiary. There were a bunch of people posting original erotica to the site (which wasn't actually allowed, but never mind), and of course I read the stuff. And I got So Annoyed at the terrible SPAG, lack of attention to characterization and interpersonal dynamics, and general incoherence. I thought: "Man, if you're going to write something, you should put some effort into it, even if it's just porn."
Naturally, I started writing my own! (Under a sock account, of course.) "I'll show these people how it's done! >:| !" I started putting out short R-18 stories with some attempt at plot/characterization/romance and mostly-decent SPAG.
The number of people posting original porn over there wasn't large, so eventually my sock account got noticed and ended up on rec lists. The most notable comment was the one written above.
Main thing I felt about it at the time, and still think: "Oh, but you think it's well-written! :D"
Mission accomplished! xD
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.