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Mar. 14th, 2012 12:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
leia131Sometimes, I get really discouraged with my fic writing. I still, for instance, haven't thought of some better way to lead up to the ending of the Rapunzel story, and the politics of part two are dragging me down. I just want to make everything work, to make it all make sense, to fill in all the holes and answer all the questions that I always have when I read stories. I want it to be good, so very good, which is why it's been nowhere but on my hard drive for the last several years while I tweak it in my brain.
And then I read things that have clearly not even been proofread, much less edited, that have very little time or care put into them, and I come across plot holes and typos in published fiction (seriously, Mercedes Lackey needs a MUCH BETTER EDITOR) and I think, "you know, maybe I don't have to work so hard or worry so much."
The question, I guess, is: if there's so much crap out there, and my story is already of a pretty decent quality, should I just post it and the minor quibbles that remain be damned?
And then I read things that have clearly not even been proofread, much less edited, that have very little time or care put into them, and I come across plot holes and typos in published fiction (seriously, Mercedes Lackey needs a MUCH BETTER EDITOR) and I think, "you know, maybe I don't have to work so hard or worry so much."
The question, I guess, is: if there's so much crap out there, and my story is already of a pretty decent quality, should I just post it and the minor quibbles that remain be damned?
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Date: 2012-04-01 07:34 pm (UTC)Also, depending on fandom and pairing (if any) I could possibly rec some things to you.
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Date: 2012-04-03 03:18 am (UTC)Also, I have always been a James/Lily fan and that's what I've been filling my kindle with most recently, but if you know of any Hermione/Charlie W or Harry/Luna, I'd be open to those too. I don't care if it's AU, canon pre-book 4, 5, etc., any of it is fine. If you just know of any good websites that'd be nice. It seems to me a lot of stuff was removed from my old haunts...
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Date: 2012-04-05 04:05 pm (UTC)