Hello again! I postponed my further comment since I knew you’d continue to be busy. Meanwhile I’ve submitted my Golden Age fic and two fics for Remus Lupin Fest. And surprised myself by writing two small Snupin pieces (which you can find in my recent DW posts. But I'd love to see you on my AO3, too, someday!)
But now I’ve just thought about our conversation here, because while talking to delphi I suddenly started developing an idea of a DW community for bringing some of our fanwork and discussion on it right here to share.
(I’m linking to but also copying my suggestion.) https://paulamcg.dreamwidth.org/11230.html?thread=83678#cmt83678 I’m starting to get wild ideas. I don’t crave for a big community. Perhaps if there are ten or just five people who still write (also) HP fic and would like reciprocal reading and commenting, they could form a Minerva’s… no… All Owls’ Fic Club. A DW community where a member could post a (not too long, perhaps shorter than 6000-word, or 3000-word?) HP fic once a month, and there would be one or two fics every week for everyone to review and discuss in comments. The reviews could be copied and posted on AO3, too, if that’s where the writer preferred to collect all feedback. That would be closer to the interaction on my first fandom home, a small forum, where we read any genres and about any characters, than those LJ communities which were dedicated to particular characters or pairings. … Of course, some people could post and comment more seldom, and they could also post older work, anything that they’d still like to have feedback on, and if it’s a small, closed community, why not also snippets of longer WiPs so as to get concrit or ideas. Perhaps I’ll make a post about this soon.
Thank you for this, too: extra impressed when another non-native speaker is able to use it so well. Starting my Remus’s story in autumn 2003 made me into a fiction writer – in English, and since then I’ve actually not found it hard to use this language. I’ve felt that it’s perhaps an advantage that I’m aware of choosing my words with care and love, and of developing my individual fiction voice. And I’ve met several non-native speakers who stand out as excellent writers.
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Date: 2020-02-22 09:41 am (UTC)But now I’ve just thought about our conversation here, because while talking to
(I’m linking to but also copying my suggestion.) https://paulamcg.dreamwidth.org/11230.html?thread=83678#cmt83678
I’m starting to get wild ideas. I don’t crave for a big community. Perhaps if there are ten or just five people who still write (also) HP fic and would like reciprocal reading and commenting, they could form a Minerva’s… no… All Owls’ Fic Club. A DW community where a member could post a (not too long, perhaps shorter than 6000-word, or 3000-word?) HP fic once a month, and there would be one or two fics every week for everyone to review and discuss in comments. The reviews could be copied and posted on AO3, too, if that’s where the writer preferred to collect all feedback. That would be closer to the interaction on my first fandom home, a small forum, where we read any genres and about any characters, than those LJ communities which were dedicated to particular characters or pairings. … Of course, some people could post and comment more seldom, and they could also post older work, anything that they’d still like to have feedback on, and if it’s a small, closed community, why not also snippets of longer WiPs so as to get concrit or ideas. Perhaps I’ll make a post about this soon.
Thank you for this, too: extra impressed when another non-native speaker is able to use it so well. Starting my Remus’s story in autumn 2003 made me into a fiction writer – in English, and since then I’ve actually not found it hard to use this language. I’ve felt that it’s perhaps an advantage that I’m aware of choosing my words with care and love, and of developing my individual fiction voice. And I’ve met several non-native speakers who stand out as excellent writers.