![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
darkrosaleenI finally finished a two line bingo on my Bandom Trope Bingo card (all fics linked here). It was a fun, low-pressure way to try out short fics for a bunch of different prompts and pairings.
I have about five unfinished fics I'm working on, but work insanity is making it hard to focus, so who knows if/when anything will get published. It's also tough to self-motivate when you know the fandom isn't great at feedback. It feels like this fandom is really segmented; I've met a lot of cool people, but because we don't read and write the same ships and bands, we don't talk to each other much. And some corners of the fandom have big, thriving communities with lots of feedback, but it stays in those corners and doesn't spread around.
I have about five unfinished fics I'm working on, but work insanity is making it hard to focus, so who knows if/when anything will get published. It's also tough to self-motivate when you know the fandom isn't great at feedback. It feels like this fandom is really segmented; I've met a lot of cool people, but because we don't read and write the same ships and bands, we don't talk to each other much. And some corners of the fandom have big, thriving communities with lots of feedback, but it stays in those corners and doesn't spread around.
no subject
Date: 2018-01-15 06:34 am (UTC)Sometimes I think the flip side of not getting feedback is the freedom it allows you - you can write whatever the hell you want, outside of that scrutiny. But having said that I also hope the right connections are out there!
no subject
Date: 2018-01-15 02:49 pm (UTC)At least I know that I'm really doing it for my own creative satisfaction :) There is a wild west thing of being the first person to write a ship + trope combo. That's probably why I write so little Pete/Patrick, because there's already hundreds of good fics for every possible trope.