For various reasons I was looking back through some of my AO3 works. I ended up re-reading some older ones, two in particular.
One was written and posted in March 2018. Another I posted January 2010.
I enjoyed reading them. I cringed at a couple of SPaG errors and a couple of sentences I'd have left out/reworded. But otherwise these were good. In a "did I write this?" and "I don't think I write as well now as I did then." way.
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So, how about you? Do you re-read your older works? Do you feel you've improved since then or do you feel some older works are better than some current offerings? How does the emotional distance factor in?
One was written and posted in March 2018. Another I posted January 2010.
I enjoyed reading them. I cringed at a couple of SPaG errors and a couple of sentences I'd have left out/reworded. But otherwise these were good. In a "did I write this?" and "I don't think I write as well now as I did then." way.
( more discussion )
So, how about you? Do you re-read your older works? Do you feel you've improved since then or do you feel some older works are better than some current offerings? How does the emotional distance factor in?