I really appreciate your reading and commenting on my little story attempt. I’ve only been writing a short time, so your feedback means a lot to me. I think it may be particularly hard to start writing in a fandom like SGA because there are so many really fine writers here that it is intimidating to a beginner. I’m trying to cut myself some slack because this is only the third story I’ve ever written, but it’s hard for me not to focus on the flaws in this story and get downright neurotic about it to the point of feeling like I’ll never be able to write the kinds of stories I want, or say the things I want to say effectively.
I’m struggling with discriminating between saying so little the reader doesn’t understand the story and saying so much the reader has no space for themselves in the story. Of course it’s clear to me what is happening in the story, but I’m too close to it to know how clear it is to the reader. And I have a ways to go as a writer before I’m going to be able to get any decent beta help. So thanks.
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Date: 2007-10-07 01:28 pm (UTC)I’m struggling with discriminating between saying so little the reader doesn’t understand the story and saying so much the reader has no space for themselves in the story. Of course it’s clear to me what is happening in the story, but I’m too close to it to know how clear it is to the reader. And I have a ways to go as a writer before I’m going to be able to get any decent beta help. So thanks.