I think it's one of those cases where the creator is naturally more judgmental of their work, and the viewer/reader is like, "damn. this is hella good. I like the part where Stan and Kyle had a sword fight with their dicks." (this has never happened, to my knowledge, but it should because...??)
But I think, in a sense, we are both right, though. I'm right because your fics are really well done and expertly written, and you're right because there is always room for improvement and others don't always pick up on the little flaws we find in our works. Yay!
Ugh, I'm so stupid, I was writing a reply to this in Gmail and deleted it! That's not Tumblr's fault. Basically I think you are right; it's easy as a creator to be self-critical, and I know very well that everyone sees themselves in a harsher light than actually reflected in reality. Thanks for your encouragement and/or this penis-fencing visual. I'm now contemplating it and I think Stan might find it really funny and Kyle could be pretty embarrassed to find himself enjoying something so juvenile. But then later he'd be sad that he was such a bitch about it because he was having fun.
This is a weird comment but at your age my writing confidence was at its lowest. Possibly because when people are in their early/mid twenties it's easier to feel like an overachiever if they're doing something creative in a dedicated way, then there's this downturn afterward if they don't convert that 'potential' into something that either makes money or attracts a lot of attention? does this make sense??? lots of question marks here.
Well, I dunno -- I think this sounds about right to me, though I feel like I've been legit hustling this whole time. For some reason I feel like when I was in my eearly-mid 20s I was way better at completing a fic and putting it up and moving on, and now that I'm in this endless merry-go-round of ceaseless ongoing professional writing where there is no absolute conclusion I'm much less able to actually seal the deal and complete something, full stop. So maybe it's the concurrence of that and being in my mid-late 20s that's getting me down.
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Date: 2014-06-29 04:56 (UTC)But I think, in a sense, we are both right, though. I'm right because your fics are really well done and expertly written, and you're right because there is always room for improvement and others don't always pick up on the little flaws we find in our works. Yay!
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