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Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

Imo Astolat isn't a great writer either. I find her prose tedious and I don't think she's terribly great at capturing character voices.

I'd almost definitely much rather have you than her as my assigned writer, even if I don't know you by name. Assuming we don't hate each other in namespace or something. That would be awkward.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT I think that those are fair points (and I appreciate that you'd prefer me over anyone, definitely taking that W for the day). I think that BNFs, for better or worse, tend to have a distinctive style (maybe that contributes to them being BNFs?). I wouldn't say that I have a distinctive style, although who knows, maybe someone who has read each of my works would say differently. So this feels like a request that I would struggle with.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like Astolat has a recognizable style precisely because she's so terrible at capturing character voices. She writes one specific pairing, and whatever fandom she's in, whatever characters she's writing morph into Those Two Dudes but wearing different hats.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

+ 1 It would be my nightmare to be named as recognizable for this reason. If I have a “voice” that carries across fandoms then I’m doing something wrong as an author who always tries to match character voice/canon tone.

My favorite thing is when someone accidentally stumbles across one of my fics during the anon period and then when I reply during reveals they're like OMG ITS YOU. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BECAUSE IT WAS SO IN CHARACTER/THE PLOT WAS GREAT! I’m not a BNF but I think I have a reputation for popping up in fandoms you never knew I was into and writing *the* definitive fic for those who do have an overlap in random fandoms with me, and I couldn’t ask for more.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

da

I'm aiming for having a distinct writing style, so it would be a compliment to me. I also don't think "in character" and "author's own style" are mutually exclusive. I want to write dialogue in character, but I want the narration and structure to be recognizably me.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

Anonfail so we can judge the accuracy of that claim

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

What claim? I said that I want to and aiming for having a distinct style and if someone said it about me, it would be a huge compliment. I at no point claimed that I'm successful in my endeavours. I mean, obviously I hope I am, but I don't have AIRT's inflated confidence in my own skills.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

I think I have a reputation for popping up in fandoms you never knew I was into and writing *the* definitive fic
Holy shit, do your farts also smell like jasmine?

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

Haha! There might be such a thing as too much self-confidence!

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

I’m not a BNF but I think I have a reputation for popping up in fandoms you never knew I was into and writing *the* definitive fic for those who do have an overlap in random fandoms with me, and I couldn’t ask for more.

As someone who is mostly into very small fandoms, you are my least favorite sort of person. Talk about arrogant and annoying.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

+1 million.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

It’s funny because there’s a particular self-important writer this made me think of and their style is very recognizable.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

+1 This made me think of a writer in my tiny fandom.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

You're absolutely right! But I find her style difficult to spot because she's not the only person who does this.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

To me her pro work has a lot of characters with really distinct voices... weird