Oooh shiny musings

[sparkindarkness]

I've been browsing through my old fic in an attempt to awaken a muse or two and am pleasantly surprised... some old fic which at the time I hated rather a lot and thought wasn't worth printing out and using as toilet paper I now look at and actually LIKE (and I normally don't like much of what I write - but for me to suddenly like what i used to loathe? Weird. Anyoen else ever looked back on old fic that at the time of writing left a sour taste in the mouth but now they like muchly without any editing?

This is odd, for I am not drunk. Hmmm *pokes brain* is this sobriety?

Of course some of it (most especially my first Liam/Rhiannon/Kat backstory) still makes me cringe in utter agony

And did Rick really swear that much? Darren must be a good influence

Comments

[logophilos.livejournal.com]

Anyoen else ever looked back on old fic that at the time of writing left a sour taste in the mouth but now they like muchly without any editing?

I usually hate my stories by the time I post them, and learn to love them later once I've got over the weariness of looking at the actual words. But what's always weird is that the stories I loathe still, are my most popular ones - and the stories of mine that I get a quiet glow of satisfaction and love every time I reread, barely cause a ripple. My taste and my readers' seem to be diametrically opposite.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

I'm not really sure which ones my readers love or hate.

It may be it growing on me. I remember I had to wrestle with it to write it son the phrases seemed very stilted. Maybe looking back without the struggle helped

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

I thought part of the writing process was a bit of your backbrain yelling "Enough already! Jeez! Just finish the damned thing and go get a stiff drink, GOD! I've had it up to here with your characters being all emo all over the place, and not a one of the bastards cleans it up, and do you know how sticky emo is? Get. Them. AWAY FROM ME!!!"

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

yep, you finish a piece and just want it DONE and gone.