reading out loud!!! heck, that's the number 1 rule i tell my comp students (and some years above as well :-) if it's important for argumentative writing, it is much, much *more* important to fiction.
are there really people out there who don't? [then again, duh! *g* 5 minutes on ffnet will prove to me all the things i couldn't possibly imagine anyone doing...alas...it's funny, i spend so much time theoretically defending the "teenie" right to write and celebrating their creativity and the fact that they *are* writing...and yet i myself couldn't fathom showing anything like that even to a close friend and certainly want to stay as far away as i can from having to read it!!!]
anyway, great essay...i wish we could give a little housewarming prezzie to every new fanficcer...read these 5 essays before you write, these 5 before you interact on MLs or LJ, and these 5 before you think about metaing...if only! oh well, the good ole days of initiation and mentorship :-)
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are there really people out there who don't? [then again, duh! *g* 5 minutes on ffnet will prove to me all the things i couldn't possibly imagine anyone doing...alas...it's funny, i spend so much time theoretically defending the "teenie" right to write and celebrating their creativity and the fact that they *are* writing...and yet i myself couldn't fathom showing anything like that even to a close friend and certainly want to stay as far away as i can from having to read it!!!]
anyway, great essay...i wish we could give a little housewarming prezzie to every new fanficcer...read these 5 essays before you write, these 5 before you interact on MLs or LJ, and these 5 before you think about metaing...if only! oh well, the good ole days of initiation and mentorship :-)