Writing meme gakked from sparklebutch...

[raijahn]

Tell me:

1)Something you like about my writing.

2)Something you don't like about my writing.

3)(optional) Something you'd like to see me write.

Comments can be anonymous if you prefer.

*Then, if you feel so inclined, post this in your journal.*

Comments

[sadiethenymph.livejournal.com]

So we aren't supposed to comment here?

[obsidian-rai.livejournal.com]

No, you do comment here, and then if you want, post the meme in your journal. *nods* So other people can comment on your writing.

[sadiethenymph.livejournal.com]

Oh... 'Meme'?

Okay, coolies.

[obsidian-rai.livejournal.com]

Yup! *grins*

Comments...

[luthorlover.livejournal.com]

1) The way you write Lex. It's personal, like you feel what he's feeling. I'm primarily a lyricist rather than prose writer, but whenever I write Smallville oriented stuff, I always write from Lex's point of view because I understand him. I could easily walk in his shoes. It's nice to see a kindred spirit! :)
2) That there's not nearly enough of it. I've read everything you've written, but I just want MORE! I'm very selfish. I think you should just quit your job and write fan fiction for me full time. Sound like a plan? ;)
3) Two things: 1. Continue your "I Walk Alone" and "Immortal" series. I love those!!! 2. Lex as the literal anti-christ, i.e. Lionel is literally the devil, hence Lex is the anti-christ. Clark is reassuring, maybe even saying that he's still half-human, which is more than he is. It's something I've thought about writing myself, but my muses won't cooperate. I think you could really write that concept well.

Okay! My two cents and all! Have a great day! :)

~Monica

Re: Comments...

[obsidian-rai.livejournal.com]

1. Thanks, honey. I do try. Lex and Clark are the only characters that I actually identify with. Even the girls are beyond me.

2. *grins* Well, I'm not working atm but I do need a paycheck. Are you gonna pay me to just write fan-fiction? Cuz if so, I'm game. Hee.

3. *hugs* I know, I swear I just don't know where the muses for those fics went. *sighs* I keep getting new plot bunnies but no actual writing is getting done. I would so always be in violation of my contract if I was a professional writer. For serious.

Wow. That's a really intriguing concept. *ponders it* If a plot bunny arrives with that I'll let you know, mkay?


*hugs* Thanks for taking the time to answer!

I forgot...

[luthorlover.livejournal.com]

An addition to answer #3 is: SEEDS OF THE GODS!!! MORE, please! I have to see the relationship that develops between Kal and Lex. I'm so excited for it!!

~Monica

p.s. Can I ask where you found your Clexy mood theme? I've been looking online and I can't seem to find them posted anywhere. :(

Re: I forgot...

[obsidian-rai.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Working on it, I swear. You just gotta be a bit patient. As for their 'ship, that's gonna require a lot more patience. *nods* It'll be slow going, they both have a lot of issues to deal with.

I got it from a friend, *wracks her brain*, who name I can't remember at the moment. *sighs* I'll let you know, mkay?

[celes720.livejournal.com]

1) I like your passion. You care very much about the feelings of the characters, and rather than simply writing a laundry list of actions and dialogue, you tend to have very cerebral writing. And also, on a purely superficial level, we share a lot of kinks, so a lot of what you write is right up my alley. *g*

2) Hm. Well, I think you lack confidence in your writing. If you're like me, you're really prone to self-doubt when it comes to your stories. I think this self-confidence issue results in shorter stories (because you probably feel like you should be quiet after a couple of pages), and general low yield. Buck up, babes! (Maybe I should take my own advice, hmmm?)

3) [selfish moment]More submissive!Clark!![/sm] But really, I'd like more Seeds as well - I want to know what happens to Lex and Kal. :)

[obsidian-rai.livejournal.com]

1. Thanks, honey, I try. A lot of my characters are like a part of me so I can't *not* care deeply about them.

2. *grins* Yes, I do. Not sure if that has anything to do with how short my stuff is but it sure is why I have so few stories but so many bunnies hopping around. Very much have self-doubt. I compare my stuff to others so much that sometimes I just freeze and can't write anything. *pauses* I should stop that, no?

3. *giggles* It's on my list of bunnies, cross my heart, and I've decided to integrate all the little daily fridge ficlets into it somehow. *nods* Yup, it'll be one hot fic but hopefully it will have some type of plot.

*nods* You and me, both. And a lot of other people. Just gotta be patient. *grins*

*hugs* Thanks for answering, honey. I really appreciate it.

[sadiethenymph.livejournal.com]

1)Something you like about my writing.
You know I love the raw emotion you convey with a power no less breathtaking then a shock like being thrown in ice-water. I think that your strongest trait as a writer is the characters themselves, though your stories are great too. I love the feelings, desires, pain, thoughts individual to each character as fingerprints. You never give a blanket emotion, everyone feels the way they feel, not the way the situtation dictates that they should. You're not afraid to put your dearest characters through a little (or a LOT) of pain.

I don't care that you give yourself an excuse as to why you can write this. I know you are thinking 'well, maybe I can write pain, but that's because I know it'. That's BS. There is not BUT about it. I love you, and that's why I am writing this. Yes, you have been through an abnormal amount of pain and yes this helps you write, but you have to give yourself more credit. You ARE a talented person. Thousands of people go through things that are horrible, some worse than you. And they never use their pain for the better. They never turn it into something beautiful. You do. :)

So you should never say that the reason you write pain well is because you've been there and that you are not talented. You are very talented.

Not sure if you *think* that you're not, but it's just something I thought I picked up about you. Could be wrong.

2)Something you don't like about my writing.
I think you jip yourself in a way. You seem to rush yourself. I can understand, you have a lot of people wanting to read your stuff. But if you slowed down, forgot about wht people wanted, tried to force the muses out and just wrote, your stories might be longer. I think that is the only thing I don't like. Is that I can't snuggle up with a huge Rai story on a rainy day and just read for an hour or so.

3)(optional) Something you'd like to see me write.
Hmmm.... That is tough. I would love to see something huge, but then again, that is just me, lol. I love longer things to snuggle up with on a rainy day or in bed before night.

Maybe something from Lex's POV where the boys have parted because of something in their past. There's still some of Lex left, somewhere deep down inside, but it's so heavily covered that even Superman's supersight can't see it. Then something happens and Lex if forced to fight for Clark and in so finding himself. Like maybe Clark (not superman) is taken by another baddy, or something and Lex sees Superman is not coming to the rescue.

I don't know, lol! I love everything you write. I just have wanted to see something with that plot that is CLexy and written by someone who knows her characters.

Anyway... Hope you're not mad at me for speaking my mind. I feel like I can with you which is a rare and great thing. *snuggles*

[coneyislandbaby]

1)Something you like about my writing.

The pictures you paint with words. Reading your stuff, sometimes I feel like I write as well as I draw (not at all well).

2)Something you don't like about my writing.

Sometimes it feels a little short or rushed, and I can't ever quite put my finger on why.

3)(optional) Something you'd like to see me write.

More Immortal Flight and more Seeds. But only when you're ready.