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.

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[zarah5v2.livejournal.com]

I don't have a lot of time for fandom as it is, so really, obvious grammar errors, an aboundance of spelling mistakes or really just wooden phrasing, it turns me off. Because those things distract me from the story that I want to sink into. So, for me, I would say that yes, the basis of what I consider "well written" is that it looks as if the author didn't just close their eyes and started typing.