I'm not sure I'd feel the need to write fanfic specifically without the social component
Ditto. In fact, for me, I'm kind of all about the audience component (even if it's just an audience of 1 other person), which kind of dampens my enthusiasm for tackling my original fic ideas. *g*
The thing is, as a social gambit it works! A fairly large percentage of my flist are people that decided to interact with me because at one point they liked something I wrote.
Exactly! :-)
At this point I can't remember if I even got the first fic I ever wrote betaed before I posted it to a list. I might not have, like the author mickeym mentioned above, although I suspect that I did spell-check it first. *eg* I know that I've definitely used beta requests to get into a new fandom from time to time (e.g. "Hey flist/LJ comm, I'm dipping my toe in Fandom X, anyone willing to beta a story for me?") and met folks I didn't know as a result. So yeah, it pretty much works. There is nearly always *someone* out there who is intrigued enough to click and maybe leave a comment, thereby widening the conversation.
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Date: 2010-05-27 08:43 pm (UTC)Ditto. In fact, for me, I'm kind of all about the audience component (even if it's just an audience of 1 other person), which kind of dampens my enthusiasm for tackling my original fic ideas. *g*
The thing is, as a social gambit it works! A fairly large percentage of my flist are people that decided to interact with me because at one point they liked something I wrote.
Exactly! :-)
At this point I can't remember if I even got the first fic I ever wrote betaed before I posted it to a list. I might not have, like the author