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Which isn't to say that there isn't physical entanglement - just that it's written with a view to what each person needs at that time, what's going to push their buttons at that point, rather than what's neccesarily prettiest. Type of thing.

I like emotional entanglements with explicit sex scenes.

So say a person was thinking about maybe posting a fic, but had never done that before, because the whole creativity thing was generally not her forte. How would a person go about making sure that it didn't suck?

The person would find a writer or reader familiar with the source. Preferably someone who sees the characters in a compatible way. And ask them to read the story, and comment on it. (It's best if it's someone the writer already knows in some way: beta-requests from total strangers tend to be ignored or rejected.)

Said writer would specify the kind of comments they want: plot-related, character-related, word-by-word editing, whatever. Said beta reader would give comments, making sure to phrase them inoffensively. Writer would make changes, or not.

Writer would post story to LJ, lists, and archives. Feedback would come in.

Cheers for the advice. It's probably just hormones or something anyway.

Jars, which fandom?

And keep in mind that you have a fairly good chance of finding someone here, since we cover most, if not all fandoms.

Atlantis. I was reading the current flashfic challenge entries earlier and had a psychotic break, I think. This isn't something I do.

You say that, then you'll write something and get positive feedback and want more feedback so you'll write more. It's a cycle.

Okay, it's written. Two hours of madness have come to this. Who wants to laugh and laugh at me and feel quietly superior? I throw myself on your mercy.