"...I couldn't imagine writing something I don't feel like writing simply because someone is "expecting" me to."
I have done this exactly once, and it about killed me to finish the thing. That tale has many good points, and people liked it, but it just felt 'wrong' to me.
As for posting, I think I gave a different impression than I meant to. I go thru agonies before posting, and get quite depressed if I feel people don't like the thing. Still I post most of what I write. Fanfic, that is. I have written a few original things I don't think I'd post. Some I have. Is that brave, or foolhardy, or me not quite believing there are real people on the other end of the internet? Don't know! I use betas for long plotty things that get confusing, and anything I post outside the confines of B5 fandom circles (lgbtfest, femgenficathon, galpalficathon). I wanted to do matrithon, but I was in a terrific slump when that got started.) Anyway, I don't beta the short stuff; not sure why. Maybe it's because I can't quite get over thinking I'm taking up my beta's valuable time. She laughs at me a lot.
Oh, angst. I think it's all about the emotional drama (as opposed to action drama), with or mostly without much plot driving it. A good deal of what I write would fall there, I think, because I focus on J/D so much, and particularly later on, towards the twenty year limit. Tragedy is a good word.
I really like snarkfic (the term and the fic!) I sometimes write Marcus snarkfic. BTW, could you tell me which episode it is that G'Kar and Vir have their encounter in the elevator? I actually had a thought for a G'Kar fic, or at least a title and a last line growled at me, but I need to watch that scene again first.
As for kissfic, have you ever read this essay by Victoria Redel? http://vjs2259.livejournal.com/42397.html#cutid1 It's a lovely thing.
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I have done this exactly once, and it about killed me to finish the thing. That tale has many good points, and people liked it, but it just felt 'wrong' to me.
As for posting, I think I gave a different impression than I meant to. I go thru agonies before posting, and get quite depressed if I feel people don't like the thing. Still I post most of what I write. Fanfic, that is. I have written a few original things I don't think I'd post. Some I have. Is that brave, or foolhardy, or me not quite believing there are real people on the other end of the internet? Don't know! I use betas for long plotty things that get confusing, and anything I post outside the confines of B5 fandom circles (lgbtfest, femgenficathon, galpalficathon). I wanted to do matrithon, but I was in a terrific slump when that got started.) Anyway, I don't beta the short stuff; not sure why. Maybe it's because I can't quite get over thinking I'm taking up my beta's valuable time. She laughs at me a lot.
Oh, angst. I think it's all about the emotional drama (as opposed to action drama), with or mostly without much plot driving it. A good deal of what I write would fall there, I think, because I focus on J/D so much, and particularly later on, towards the twenty year limit. Tragedy is a good word.
I really like snarkfic (the term and the fic!) I sometimes write Marcus snarkfic. BTW, could you tell me which episode it is that G'Kar and Vir have their encounter in the elevator? I actually had a thought for a G'Kar fic, or at least a title and a last line growled at me, but I need to watch that scene again first.
As for kissfic, have you ever read this essay by Victoria Redel?
http://vjs2259.livejournal.com/42397.html#cutid1
It's a lovely thing.