Thinky- what makes fic well written?

[slashxmistress]

How do you decide that a fic is "well-written"?

I see this all the time in seek comms and elsewhere- asking for "well-written" fics and well - that just seems so generic and unspecific to me. (and actually kind of pretentious too tbqh)

Is it 'well-written' because you like it? If you don't like it does that make it not well -written?

What quantifies something as well- written? Good grammar? no typos? Long, pretentious, character studies?

I judge a fic by if I enjoy it , if it makes me think , or feel (and yes horny is a feeling :P if it's hot that totally counts), but some of my very, very favorites are probably not that "well-written" in the English major kind of way. Does that matter? Not to me.

Comments

[slashxmistress.livejournal.com]

People have been saying something can be well-written but no good writing, but I think that for it to be well-written, it has to be good writing, in the plot and sentence-structure.

Yes - I see your point. But a fic can have wonderful sentence structure and a working, believable plot, but still bore the hell out of me, so that is one I would call 'well-written' but not good or at least not great

[complications-g.livejournal.com]

Hm, well, not to me. ;)

If it's just boring to you, then it's still well-written and just isn't to your taste, but if it has a boring plot then that makes it not well-written, I'd say.