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

[ryrolovesbden.livejournal.com]

I disagree. I'm not going to spend countless hours worrying about perfection or getting somewhere close. I'm going to produce something I enjoy writing, not something I'm agonizing over. That take the fun out of it for me. I write essentially for me and if people choose to read it, wonderful.

[lastchanceache.livejournal.com]

Okay, I do know where you're coming from. I'm just saying that for me, that is the bit I find fun and when I write, I want someone to feel as though they've gotten something out of it - not in a preachy way, of course not, just in a way, that feels justified.