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[melannen]

The Les Mis fanwork exchange I signed up for is going live in about an hour and a half. I wrote 7000 words in forty-eight hours for it. I may or may not link it here depending on if I decide it's terrible. :P

any, relevant to that, have poll:

Poll #14439 v. important question

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 58

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which is harder?

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making good fanwork
13 (22.4%)

leaving good feedback for good fanwork
10 (17.2%)

trick question both are impossible
35 (60.3%)

Comments

[lannamichaels]

There is a deeper metaquestion to be had about the nature of "good". Who defines "good"? For a good fanwork, is it the author (one person or multiple coauthors) who defines good, or is it the reaction of the audience (multiple people, inability to get accurate data from all of them, is the difference between the hit count and the kudos+comment count the number of people who didn't like the fic?)? Do things get evened out? If I say it's good and someone else says it's bad, does it equal neutral? What makes a fic good? It's a complicated question.

But the person who defines good feedback is the person who receives it. Therefore, it's easier to please one person than to please the nebulous idea of the audience of people who might potentially read the fic.

Also, 42.

Well...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I don't find either difficult.

[jain]

I'm in something of a writing slump at the moment, which is why both. But usually leaving feedback is the harder one.

[kate]

Hm. I find both mildly difficult, but also I find that the more I practice, the better I get at both. I've been feedbacking a lot more recently, and I've gotten rid of a lot of the prevarication I used to include (particularly about art). I feel a lot more confident (and willing) to feedback than I used to.

Also, just wanna say, that first comment thread gives me glee.