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Viv
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Joined: 24 Apr 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
miriel361 wrote:
Let's face it - we live on reviews and people tend to read and review characters they already know and love. So you can write the best Silm fic in the world and you won't get half as many reviews as for a nice smutty legomance.

Fan fiction - reader driven or not?


I think a lot of people write fic as an extension of their love for the original work (LoTR, in this case). So they'd probably write it even if no one ever read. And that's kind of how I am. But feedback from other fans who've taken the time to read my stories and leave notes really does stoke the muse. Smile
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Andreth



Joined: 24 Oct 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 11:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
miriel361 wrote:
Let's face it - we live on reviews and people tend to read and review characters they already know and love. So you can write the best Silm fic in the world and you won't get half as many reviews as for a nice smutty legomance.

Fan fiction - reader driven or not?



Before we were discussing the reasons why people don't read Silmfics, but why we write them...now that's a different story. I like a good smut story as much as the next person....well, okay, maybe a little more than the next person but that's a completely different topic. Devil's choice I write based on what interests me, not what I think others want to read. If it wasn't something I had interest in, I wouldn't feel it and then the writing wouldn't be real, so to speak. Don't get me wrong - I love reviews but mostly because it's reassuring to know there's someone out there that my writing appeals to, although I don't think it would change what I wrote about even if there weren't. I have very few reviews, but the ones I have mean a great deal to me. When I see that these people have been here a while, have left one review on the archive and mine was the story they took the time to review - that is flattering beyond words for me. Heck, Viv emailed me what was supposed to be beta comments but it ended up being a review that was so wonderful I'm considering printing it out and framing it! Smile I guess what I'm trying to say is that for me it's not about the number of reviews I get as it is whether or not the ones who review are truly enjoying the story.

As for Silmfics, I write them because I like the characters of the First and Second Age - they were a lot more morally grey than their successors, and also because there are a lot of unknowns about that time. The complexity of the characters appeals to me. Psychoanalyzing a character - I can do. Writing a worthy smut scene - now that's something I'm working on!

I guess we each have our own reasons for writing what we do, but I don't think that MOST of it is reader driven. But at the same time I'm quite sure there's some writing that is.

Andreth/Anna
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