meitachi | do you ever get that feeling?

I know that feeling. D: I blame part of my inability to play in the DBSK sandbox on the handful of freaking amazing writers I keep tabs on.

But pleeeease keep writing Mei, pleeeease. Omfg you have so many ideas and your fics make me so happy. You are one of those awesome people. Believe it! ♥

i know exactly how you feel--you're not alone! ;~; the internet is full of such amazing fans, i love this place. :D (and at two of the HP writers on my flist are PUBLISHED, even~ well, you know

mistful, obviously, and probably

graybook, too!)

and you're an amazing writer-- you have such a realistic, personal, and delightful style. never stop writing please, because when you do it is a joy to read. :) (or a heartbreak, if the fic is meant in that way.)

I think you're thinking about SJ fics, because this is way much more fun than your essay...
and minds can be soooo easily distraced... :P

XDXDXD I feel the same!!!

also, happy hiatusing! ♥

Reading too many good fics by other people always makes me want to never write again.

sfhjdf basically any time i read your fic. you make my literary penis feel so tiny and unimpressive. D:

i'll miss you on your hiatus! but i understand you wanting to take a break, so i won't complain too much. :[ ~~I'LL STILL MISS YOU.~~

...

WHAT. WHAT. WHY ARE ALL OF YOU GUYS EVEN COMMENTING HERE (I'M LOOKING AT YOU,

sapphira_angel,

fading_sun_sock,

phasera,

loser_no_jutsu). SRSLY WHAT. I MEAN, GOD, WAY TO MAKE ME FEEL INFERIOR. YOU TOO MEI. YOU. TOO.

alsikdjfeisl you guys are all so brilliant alfiejslif *grovels*

LIES. >[

HEY. YOU. ^o^ YOU'RE AWESOME, TOO.

Tori, shut up, you're one of them too. D: What the hell, you guys. This is the problem with making talented friends. D: D:

YOU ARE INSANE LADY. YOU BELONG WITH US TOO. This is Kendra, btw, but I'm lazy and late for class.

Reading too many good fics by other people always makes me want to never write again. :(

I've been getting that feeling a lot lately. Almost every fandom where I go out to play have such amazing/awesome writers. You're actually one of them. <33 Your style is refreshing and so clean, that I'm too ashamed of even writing.

Ahhh, well~! I just can't keep up anyway. Which is probably why I tend to move from fandom to fandom or take on different hobbies like drawing or icon-ing. ^^;

<33 Good luck~!

NO YOU. ]<

I PROMPTLY CUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. NO MORE TALENT ON MY FLIST, UFUFUFUFUFU.

*is a little frozen yogurt high*

NOT ANYMORE. ]< MY FLIST WILL BE A TALENTLESS ZONE FROM NOW ON.

~~'ceptnotiluuuu~~

alskeujf

DO YOU ACCUSE MY MISSING HER OR MY PENIS

OBVS NOT THE PENIS, I HAVE EXPERIENCE TO BACK THAT UP.

Haha, how long has it been since I commented? XD
The writing thing goes both ways. Oh man, I haven't writen anything in a while because of people. T_T Theyr'e all so good. ♥

Haha, in about 14 days I would die from working on my Law summative. But I guess I shouldn't be complaining? ~~Since I'm only in high school, and I procrasinated like woah.~~

Band Umma | 엄마 자신의 아이를 사랑: the problem with being friends with good writers is that you don't critique each other anymore
Band Umma | 엄마 자신의 아이를 사랑: it's too easy to just flail and adore that nothing meaningful really gets said anymore, because we expect love no matter what
Band Umma | 엄마 자신의 아이를 사랑: i mean, it's awkward to just stop and tell someone, hey, i love you and i don't think you're superior to me as a person or anything, but i seriously admire the hell out of your writing ability
Band Umma | 엄마 자신의 아이를 사랑: and here's why
Band Umma | 엄마 자신의 아이를 사랑: and it's not like the critique has to be all positive, but it says meaningful things
Band Umma | 엄마 자신의 아이를 사랑: i feel like i should do this more
Band Umma | 엄마 자신의 아이를 사랑: and let people know that while their writing may make me !! and <3<3, here's also -WHY-

I owe you this, okay?

One thing I've always admired about your writing is your ability to use phrases that haven't been used 1000x times before by everyone else. It's not that you coin your own weird literary metaphors or anything, you just take simple things and say them in equally simple ways that are still fresh and original. You make it read differently and it affects the overall piece. I would be able to pick out your writing style from a number of others, I think.

I wish I could explain better what I mean, but this is about as much as I can do. You really havea distinctive way with words and turns of phrases that are very simple and clear and yet go unused by most people trying to convey the same thing.

MY HIATUS FAILS. :( I'll try harder tonight.

I think you should write more because you already do it well and more practice will only make you better. Honestly, I'm not saying this just because ilu.

I confess I am not

graybook's biggest fan, but I admire her for getting published. I do adore

mistful and everything she writes though. It's incredible to see the way even she's changed and grown in her writing since her first fics years ago, though. I can't wait for her book.

Also, I don't know if you ever read her while she was HPdom, but

blackholly is Holly Black, author of Tithe, Ironside, Valiant, and co-author of The Spiderwick Chronicles. Amazing what HP fen can do, isn't it? Gives the other fandoms hope.

=( You are too sweet for real. I didn't think ANY of that <333

ksjhudg. i'm flattered, and also really bad at expressing being flattered without sounding like an ungrateful twelve year old.

but, seriously, happy you have made me. thank you, mei. ;~;

You have a point. Darn. :(

Your skill in writing, Kendra, is in two things:

1) Comedic timing
2) Evoking empathy

Your crackfics are absolutely brilliant because you have action and dialogue pinned down perfectly, mixing with creative ideas that just make people laugh. Your KiHyukHae, for example, was gold. You had snappy one-liners, you had funny descriptions, you portrayed characterizations that were both familiar but also necessarily comedic--like I said, your timing is gold. (And your Donghae is adorable.)

But what I love more are your more thoughtful fics, the one that you project your feelings into, because they are made all the richer by your own emotion. Your latest ShiHanChul (House of Cards) that I still can't properly review because it breaks me every time I try to read the fic-- You touch on so many small points, little details, and it all works together to make the reader feel. It makes the characters so real, because their emotions are real, and we feel what they feel.

Your fics almost always make me laugh out loud or end up crying in embarrassing places, because you are good at what you do, and that is eliciting emotional engagement from the reader.

Ilu so much. I don't care what you say, I still think your icons are some of the most gorgeous ever. Especially your stock ones.

But, yeah, familiar feeling of dauntedness/insecurity. Not awesome. Let's move past it. ♥

(My LJ hiatus is fail lol. I will try harder.)

You know, this is why you're going to that young writers program this summer. For free, I might add. I'm not the only one (thank god!) who recognizes your talent. ♥

I know it's hard to believe in your own worth when you've deliberately surrounded yourself with some of the most talented authors in fandom, but I want you to know that, to me, you stand among those top ranks of writers.

My favorite fic by you is probably Impetus to Life, because of the sheer poetry (yes, really) of your prose (contradiction, much?). The imagery and the atmosphere you evoked was breathtakingly beautiful and that is not something most people can achieve, even among talented authors. A number of them can wring heartwrenching scenarios or find the perfect dialogue or any string together an incredible plot--but writing atmosphere the way you did it in that fic is not something anyone can do.

Then there's your SJM/Silver Ash fic that I never went back to properly comment on. Again, you create atmosphere, only this one is totally different from the misty, artistic, almost-olden-days feel of the MV. This one is much more startlngly real and present, tangible in our mind because it is set in the here-and-now, but the atmosphere is no less potent.

I could go on but really I just have to say that your ability to create atmosphere, mood, tone is your greatest strength as a writer, and one I admire and envy a lot. You're very good with other things, too, of course--dialogue, characterization, pacing of humor fics--but I think this is one of your best talents.

This applies again with your hurty broken KangTeuk/KangChul, which is also one of the favorite fics I never reread because it hurts too much (and makes me cry in embarrassing places).

There are points in my life, when I stop to think and reflect on what I've written, that I hate everything I write. I look at the talented authors around me and despair, not just because they're amazing, but because I'm so frustrated with myself for not being able to write the way I wish I could.

The reason I doubt I'll ever actually give up writing, though I sometimes wish I could, is because if I didn't write, I would never improve. I don't like what I write now, but I don't hate it as much as what I wrote two, three years ago. I know there's a difference, that there's been improvement in style, prose, mechanics, whatever--and that is why I keep writing. I hope one day I can get to the point where I can write enough to make me happy.

And that's why I hope you keep writing, because it is a talent that takes practice--it's a labor of love, even when it doesn't feel like it. It's not a competition with anyone except yourself.

But drawing and iconning = also good fandom pasttimes. :D (Just, for me, writing can't be only a pasttime, otherwise I would've given it up ages ago.)

Okay, Becca, I'm totally going to squeeze this in before you leave for Paris (!!):

One of the things I envy most about your writing is your ability to write longfic. You can write lengthy scenes without anything feeling repetitive, boring, or unnecessary. You keep the action and the emotion flowing, keep the reader engaged, through pages of fic--and that's something a lot of people can't do, trust me. This is why SJ fandom is full of one-shots or faux multi-chaptered fics with short chapters, or even one-shots that are compilations of itsy drabbles. I'm guilty of many of the above because I know that I can't write longfic, I can't sustain plot over time, or at least maintain the same level of interest throughout all the major points that need to be covered.

You do it so well and I admire you a lot for it. (Also your characterizations and your pacing--key in long fics--and your balance of humor and more serious emotion and, oh, your creative AUs.)

Just for the record, you know.

To c&p a bit of my comment from above:

I doubt I'll ever actually give up writing, though I sometimes wish I could--if I didn't write, I would never improve. I don't like what I write now, but I don't hate it as much as what I wrote two, three years ago. I know there's a difference, that there's been improvement in style, prose, mechanics, whatever--and that is why I keep writing. I hope one day I can get to the point where I can write enough to make me happy.

And that's why I hope you keep writing, because it is a talent that takes practice--it's a labor of love, even when it doesn't feel like it. It's not a competition with anyone except yourself.

Moving past my sage advice, good luck with your law summative! I feel you on the procrastination. Guess who shouldn't be on LJ right now? Lol, crap.

You're an awesome writer (much love to "Suspicions of Surety"), and I admire that you take an active part in your fandom. I think that it really counts for something that you continue writing and trying to improve; that takes gumption (I wish I had some more of it in regards to writing).

Meiiiiiiiiii. Meiiiiiiiiiii.

Okay. No. I will stop being immature. I have a comment for this. I have it all typed up. I'll give it to you soon.

for her HP-fandom works, i always much much preferred Cassie's purely H/D slash fics to the amalgamated romantical-mess that was DracoVeritas-and-prequels... (sadly, they don't exist on the internet anymore... ;~;) and her books, actually, i quite like. though i was skeptical of them at first.

oh, yes, i've read all three of Holly's books you mentioned! ^-^ but i never knew her as a fandom writer, i'm sorry to say.

My heart feels a bit glowy right now. Thank you so much! ^-^ ILU. ♥

XD I know how that goes too! XD

Meh, I just end up hating everything I write. ): so I figure it's not worth the effort in the first place lolololol.

I get those kind of feelings a lot lately. Then I'll frustrate and start complaining to my sister, who doesn't really care if I phail that much in writing or not. ^^; At some point I gave up despairing too much and just accepted the fact that there are a lot of talented writers around me. I used to be so strict in my reviews about any story, analyzing bits by bits until I couldn't find any more fault in amazing writing and just flail endlessly.

You're right. That's one of the reasons why I didn't give up my writing--I could have done so years and years ago, but the sheer love for words getting penned down by this very hand just leaves a large, deep impression in me. The other reason is, writing is an excuse to ship many of my fantasies, my dreams, my favorites and stuff.

Thank you. I'll work hard to keep up with the writing.
You've put my feelings down quite well in just these few paragraphs even though I'm not particularly close. Maybe because of the problem is almost the same as any writer in the fandom.

:D I've yet to draw anything SJ fanart related, unfortunately, but icon-ing is still going to be on my list of fan-shipping. <3

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