Thinky- what makes fic well written?
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slashxmistressHow 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.
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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Date: 2009-03-03 06:07 pm (UTC)Exactly!! I guess that's why it confuses me in seek requests- are they asking me to give them examples of things I find technically good- or do they want suggestions they might enjoy? In the latter case I need a little more to go on than 'well-written'. :D