I've scrolled down and read the part where you say you don't read much in SPN, now that's the same with me, I tend not to watch many vids at all - I have this paranoia where I'm just either seeing beautiful things I can't do, things I fall out with or worried to hell I might find exactly what I'm working on and be accused of copying. I do a search on YouTube for the song and hope there aren't already 20 versions - if there are I don't do it.
Yes, that's part of it for me too. When I have gone forth and read, though, I've found the balance I like in stories is...difficult to locate. I must not look in the right places, because I tend to run into stories that are All Sam All The Time or All Dean All The Time. For the first time, I think I finally understand what drove non-Daniel fans crazy in SG-1 fandom.
However, I think this does me harm in one sense as it keeps me out of the loop as it were, most vidders and I see the same thing with authors watch and comment on each other, building up a following as it were. As I don't watch vids, I don't comment, I'm sure they get the message "Well I left HER feedback, but she doesn't leave any, so I'm not either watching or leaving any for her" It's a pretty damning and vicious circle but one I can't break as I just don't want to spoil my own creativity by watching other's output - it's stifling for me.
Yes to this as well. I very consciously do not enter into fandom. I can't handle the wank again, and I have a feeling SPN fandom is pretty wanky. Damned if I know why. As far as my viewership goes, TPTB do pretty well at balancing, so any character tug-of-war seems silly to me.
But I digress. How does one produce fic and participate on that level without dipping her toes in completely?
I cherish every feedback you give me, just so you know. I always WANT people to tell me when I screw up - I mangle cliches like nobody's business, so if I do that unintentionally, I want to know about it. Who wants to look like a moron? For the first 28 years of my life, I swore the saying was "all of the sudden" and not "all of a sudden", as an example. Der. Glad someone told me that!
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Yes, that's part of it for me too. When I have gone forth and read, though, I've found the balance I like in stories is...difficult to locate. I must not look in the right places, because I tend to run into stories that are All Sam All The Time or All Dean All The Time. For the first time, I think I finally understand what drove non-Daniel fans crazy in SG-1 fandom.
However, I think this does me harm in one sense as it keeps me out of the loop as it were, most vidders and I see the same thing with authors watch and comment on each other, building up a following as it were. As I don't watch vids, I don't comment, I'm sure they get the message "Well I left HER feedback, but she doesn't leave any, so I'm not either watching or leaving any for her" It's a pretty damning and vicious circle but one I can't break as I just don't want to spoil my own creativity by watching other's output - it's stifling for me.
Yes to this as well. I very consciously do not enter into fandom. I can't handle the wank again, and I have a feeling SPN fandom is pretty wanky. Damned if I know why. As far as my viewership goes, TPTB do pretty well at balancing, so any character tug-of-war seems silly to me.
But I digress. How does one produce fic and participate on that level without dipping her toes in completely?
I cherish every feedback you give me, just so you know. I always WANT people to tell me when I screw up - I mangle cliches like nobody's business, so if I do that unintentionally, I want to know about it. Who wants to look like a moron? For the first 28 years of my life, I swore the saying was "all of the sudden" and not "all of a sudden", as an example. Der. Glad someone told me that!