I love bad, self-indulging fics! And now I'm of course dying to see yours. *g* (I'm sure they're not as bad as you're claiming, by the way.)
That's always the big dilemma when writing fic, isn't it? On one hand, you know that people like fluff and h/c, even if it's not that good and/or waaay over the top (how else do you explain all those hair-raisingly bad mpreg stories on fanfiction.net with 100+ comments?). On the other hand, once you've started down that alley as a fic-writer, there's probably no turning back - reputation-wise, I mean. ;) So what I do: there's the stuff I publish, right, which I try to keep decent; and then there's my Big Green Private Notebook, which exists purely for the purpose of self-indulging, and is chock-full of shameless h/c that will never see the light of day. (If it did, I would die right then and there. Yes. :) )
Status update on the fic: reached the 1500-word mark; still no snuggling, though. In fact, I'm starting to consider keeping the snuggling in subtext only - that seems slightly easier to do.
Spiders I can bear, usually. Unless they're really big and hairy, and they land on top of your head when you're in the bathroom. Wasps on the other hand - those I hate with a passion that cannot be imagined.
(By the way: silly discussions like these makes me insanely happy. Please, don't stop. *squees*)
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Date: 2009-08-28 08:36 am (UTC)That's always the big dilemma when writing fic, isn't it? On one hand, you know that people like fluff and h/c, even if it's not that good and/or waaay over the top (how else do you explain all those hair-raisingly bad mpreg stories on fanfiction.net with 100+ comments?). On the other hand, once you've started down that alley as a fic-writer, there's probably no turning back - reputation-wise, I mean. ;) So what I do: there's the stuff I publish, right, which I try to keep decent; and then there's my Big Green Private Notebook, which exists purely for the purpose of self-indulging, and is chock-full of shameless h/c that will never see the light of day. (If it did, I would die right then and there. Yes. :) )
Status update on the fic: reached the 1500-word mark; still no snuggling, though. In fact, I'm starting to consider keeping the snuggling in subtext only - that seems slightly easier to do.
Spiders I can bear, usually. Unless they're really big and hairy, and they land on top of your head when you're in the bathroom. Wasps on the other hand - those I hate with a passion that cannot be imagined.
(By the way: silly discussions like these makes me insanely happy. Please, don't stop. *squees*)