http://bleodswean.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] bleodswean.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] meridian_rose 2016-05-26 09:08 pm (UTC)

*hugs* I wish I had an answer. This is all...relatively new in regards to writing. Before the internet, and even in the beginning days, before fanfic, you simply didn't get feedback for writing outside of the classroom and a writer's group. Even then, the classroom was focused on critique and the writer's group on ego. I was knocked sideways my first year involved in fanfic, which was 2003. I was more interested in being a reader and was gobbling up everything I could find. I had never heard of such a thing and it brought me hours of endless entertainment. It wasn't until I came to LJ that I discovered you could communicate with an author and the politics of the thing became obvious.

Online fandom archives have given writers a gift with this unique form of exchange. But the shadow side to that is pretty dark.

Unless you're published, and even then you're really only getting feedback from reviewers and a handful of rabid fans, there is no question that fanfic is going to garner more response than original. If you really want to write short original pieces and receive a fandom-like response the options are few. Comms like Idol, of course, but it is competitive and requires much more than just writing. Online writer's groups where the shared goal is writing short pieces and the involvement requires commenting and feedback. Or a dedicated group of readers who enjoy your work enough to "exchange" the reading for comments.

We should talk about creating a small writer's group.

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