One thing I notice reading back through fics that I've enjoyed in the past is that I'm a reader who is easily seduced by pretty language and beautiful writing. Some of my favorite fics don't stand up to repeated rereads, despite being well-written and enjoyable to read, because for me a big part of fanfiction reading (as opposed to novel reading--I do a lot of that, too) is the emotional connection with characters that I already know well, and if the story doesn't resonate with those characters I think there's something missing.
This is very true of me too. Two of my favorite fics - Iolokus and Parabiosis - have lush, gorgeous writing but the characterization doesn't fully work for me in either one. I'm such a sucker for beautiful language. But these two aside, the characterization has to ring true or I just can't get through it.
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Date: 2009-10-29 06:29 pm (UTC)One thing I notice reading back through fics that I've enjoyed in the past is that I'm a reader who is easily seduced by pretty language and beautiful writing. Some of my favorite fics don't stand up to repeated rereads, despite being well-written and enjoyable to read, because for me a big part of fanfiction reading (as opposed to novel reading--I do a lot of that, too) is the emotional connection with characters that I already know well, and if the story doesn't resonate with those characters I think there's something missing.
This is very true of me too. Two of my favorite fics - Iolokus and Parabiosis - have lush, gorgeous writing but the characterization doesn't fully work for me in either one. I'm such a sucker for beautiful language. But these two aside, the characterization has to ring true or I just can't get through it.