First, I know it was an honest review. I didn't say it wasn't. What I said was it made me feel like crap after reading it.
Secondly, I worked on this piece for almost the last month. *I* felt it was right about where it needed to be for the story. It bothered me that someone who obviously thought I did a good job in other areas didn't get what I was going for with it.
Third, I rarely beg. Especially about fic, and I don't use a beta. Ever. I swore I never would again after the first time. That's one I'm going to hold to. It didn't work for me, and there are only a handful of people I'd actually trust now to mull over my work. Most of them are fairly busy doing other beta jobs for other authors and worrying about their own business. I can't ask any more of quite a few of them because they already do so much for me.
Fourth, and this is just *MY* opinion, but I thought it was better than a lot of the stuff I'd written in the last few parts of the story. I don't feel I was compromising my standards. I always want to improve my writing, but I'll be honest, I don't care that much about my fanfiction. Not as much as I care about improving my original stuff.
Fifth, it's VERY difficult for me to look outside my stuff.... because it *IS* me. There's a little of me in anything I write. See why I would take it so personally now? But I think I just offically moved past that.
Whoa.... thanks. You actually just lit a fire under my arse. I think I'm irritated enough to start part 48 of SC now.
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Date: 2005-03-24 01:41 pm (UTC)Secondly, I worked on this piece for almost the last month. *I* felt it was right about where it needed to be for the story. It bothered me that someone who obviously thought I did a good job in other areas didn't get what I was going for with it.
Third, I rarely beg. Especially about fic, and I don't use a beta. Ever. I swore I never would again after the first time. That's one I'm going to hold to. It didn't work for me, and there are only a handful of people I'd actually trust now to mull over my work. Most of them are fairly busy doing other beta jobs for other authors and worrying about their own business. I can't ask any more of quite a few of them because they already do so much for me.
Fourth, and this is just *MY* opinion, but I thought it was better than a lot of the stuff I'd written in the last few parts of the story. I don't feel I was compromising my standards. I always want to improve my writing, but I'll be honest, I don't care that much about my fanfiction. Not as much as I care about improving my original stuff.
Fifth, it's VERY difficult for me to look outside my stuff.... because it *IS* me. There's a little of me in anything I write. See why I would take it so personally now? But I think I just offically moved past that.
Whoa.... thanks. You actually just lit a fire under my arse. I think I'm irritated enough to start part 48 of SC now.