There are so many stories we could be telling, but we often only seem to tap into the same 10% over and over again. It leaves me feeling a little disappointed sometimes.
The bulk of my writing is shippy, and I feel this as well!
Granted, my 'shippy' is usually more action-adventure-y or has some serious drama worked in.
Someone above said that plot takes time and effort and all they want is teh sexx0rs. I know that I love the plottiness, the time and the effort, but 90% of my readers don't appreciate the little touches. Most of them just want the emotional hit from a ship fic.
In a discussion with a friend, she once observed that fanfic is basically masturbation for the fan. Most fans read smut to get off - more emotionally-pscyhologically than physically. It hits their buttons, sings their arias, creams their panties, and shoots their highs.
And, as I once observed someone else exclaim after trying to write a team-fic. "It's so much effort to write team! I'm sticking with the characters I can write." So, she's pretty much a one-pairing horse now.
Path of least resistance (and most feedback), yadda-yadda.
Actually, I was asking for gen recs on Supernatural a month back and received a grand total of 2 responses. Granted, most of the people reading me are SGA, not SPN, but I know quite a few of the f-list are SPN fans...they just don't do gen SPN.
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Date: 2007-06-23 12:16 am (UTC)The bulk of my writing is shippy, and I feel this as well!
Granted, my 'shippy' is usually more action-adventure-y or has some serious drama worked in.
Someone above said that plot takes time and effort and all they want is teh sexx0rs. I know that I love the plottiness, the time and the effort, but 90% of my readers don't appreciate the little touches. Most of them just want the emotional hit from a ship fic.
In a discussion with a friend, she once observed that fanfic is basically masturbation for the fan. Most fans read smut to get off - more emotionally-pscyhologically than physically. It hits their buttons, sings their arias, creams their panties, and shoots their highs.
And, as I once observed someone else exclaim after trying to write a team-fic. "It's so much effort to write team! I'm sticking with the characters I can write." So, she's pretty much a one-pairing horse now.
Path of least resistance (and most feedback), yadda-yadda.
Actually, I was asking for gen recs on Supernatural a month back and received a grand total of 2 responses. Granted, most of the people reading me are SGA, not SPN, but I know quite a few of the f-list are SPN fans...they just don't do gen SPN.