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I've come to an epiphany about my writing and how I feel about my place in the world of bandfic.

I write light and fluffy for the most part. Which is fine! Right?

But... I'm like the comedic actor who longs for the respect that his dramatic actor brothers get.

(Good Lord, I'm Eddie Murphy and I want to be Denzel Washington! *LOL*) Hey, maybe I can develop into Tom Hanks?

Anyway, it was a pivotal moment for me to recognise this in myself.

And I have high hopes for my Biffno work. *crosses fingers*

on 2007-03-03 02:06 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] feelforfaith.livejournal.com
I don't consider you a writer of "light and fluffy." Yes, you have written stories that were funny, but just from looking at the last page of your fics on Rockfic: Leitmotif, Arpeggio, Farm Boy, Starzfucker--are far away from light and fluffy. And these stories were good and I think they were also appreciated by the readers for their not at all fluffy content :).

on 2007-03-04 03:24 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] evaine.livejournal.com
Oh, I certainly wasn't fishing for compliments, but I'll sure take them! *grin* Thank you!

Maybe "light and fluffy" weren't the best words I could have used. I think I was meaning not dark and not angst-filled and not overly deep. Don't get me wrong, I like what I write and I enjoy going back and rereading them, but I do know I have to get over this feeling that they don't hold as much... value?... as compared to other works? It's my old demon of lack of self-confidence rearing its ugly head. *rueful grin* You'd think I'd have that sucker under control by now, eh?

Thanks, K!

on 2007-03-03 06:20 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] kraftpistole.livejournal.com
Strange, I've never seen your work as "light and fluffy." It has comedic elements in it, to be sure, but nothing I'd describe as "fluffy." The terms I usually think of are "sweet," and then "angsty" [for when there's no happy ending in sight]. Sometimes it's a bit sentimental, but never really "fluffy."

Just so you know. :)

on 2007-03-04 03:28 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] evaine.livejournal.com
"Angsty"??? Oh, God luv ya, Rick!

I'll certainly buy sentimental, 'cause I'm that type of gal. And sweet? Well okay. *grin* There are worse things, lots of worse things.

And just so you know... in Ev's world, there's always a happy ending somewhere - even if it's in a story I haven't written yet or just an extrapolation in the back of my mind. *chuckling* Pollyanna, remember? *grin*

on 2007-03-04 02:00 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] tasyfa.livejournal.com
*smooches* We've already had this discussion, and I love your edge-of-angst schmoopy smut. :D So I am also crossing my fingers for your Biffno project cuz I wanna read it!!

on 2007-03-04 03:34 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] evaine.livejournal.com
Yes we have! *LOL* But it just hit me last night, that this was the perfect way to describe what it is I'm feeling. I do it to myself, there's no doubt about it. One day I'll get that under control. One day! I'm workin' on it and I am getting better, believe it or not.

And *hugs* for saying you love my stuff. *grin* I'm honest enough to admit that it gives me a big ole warm fuzzy to read that.

And I broke the 3000 word barrier today with Biffno, so I'm feeling pretty chuffed about that!

on 2007-03-04 03:59 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] tasyfa.livejournal.com
I know what you mean, though. I was very, very frustrated with Rosficdom by the time I stopped writing in it, b/c nobody seemed to comment on anything but the sex and yeah, okay, I write good sex but that isn't ALL it's about! It felt like the story wasn't being taken seriously because it was NC17. Which was kind of why I started a high angst fic, and that's pretty much directly attributable to why I had to abandon it 6 chapters in b/c I wasn't writing it for the right reasons and I couldn't make it work. You always have to follow your heart with your writing. :)

(Yay 300 words! *fireworks*

on 2007-03-04 10:15 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] barb58.livejournal.com
I've always like comedians better, lol. I don't think your stuff is fluff either, Porthos. I've always enjoyed reading your fics. I think it's hard for a person to write in a 'different' way than they usually does. I feel like everything I've written sounds similar, it's really hard for me to go back and make the story more flowery, for lack of a better word. I tend to write just like I am...straight-forward with no bull shit. Keep at it, I'm sure we'll all love anything you write.

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