Snowflake Challenge 12: Memes For The Asking

[fleetsparrow]

Ask me any of these questions and I'll talk more about my writing!

1. Of the fic you’ve written, of which are you most proud?

2. Favourite tense

3. Favourite POV

4. What are some themes you love writing about?

5. What inspires you to write?

6. Thoughts on critique

7. Create a character on the spot... NOW!

8. Is there a character you love writing for the most? The least? Why?

9. A passage from a WIP

10. What are your strengths in writing?

11. What are your weaknesses in writing?

12. Anything else that you want to know... (otherwise known as Fill in the Blank) 

Comments

[silveradept]

Number six, please. There are almost always strong opinions about critique.

[fleetsparrow]

Critique!

Grrr, let me tell you--!!

Actually, I'm pretty OK with critique when it's asked for. But if someone gives it and I did not specifically ask for critique, I am, how you say?, like a crocodile, very quick to bite someone's head off.

When I do ask for and receive critique, I'm good about taking it in stride. I look for what's helpful, and whether the critique is, 1) given in good faith, and 2) understanding of what I'm doing. For example, I remember critique from a teacher about a woman-led story where he insisted the one guy of the plot needed to be the hero, because it would "redeem him" or something. Like, no, that's not what I'm going to do, but thanks for playing.

I don't get critique much, mostly because for fanfics, I don't seek it out unless I'm *really* stuck on something. I do tend to ask for original work, though, but even that's mostly because I only have the one writing group where we do critique, lol.

Thank you for the question! I...didn't know I had such feelings about this, lol.

[silveradept]

Strong feelings come out about critique, especially unsolicited critique.