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coalie ([personal profile] coalcube) wrote in [community profile] coaltide2024-10-20 09:54 am
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Re: being a pinch hit

(Anonymous) 2024-10-20 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
DC

I was going to say "wait, why?" and then I thought about it and decided you are right.

However, the reason is unfortunately that a lot of really unskilled writers do Yuletide. The subset that takes pinch hits are generally more confident than average. So it's not that the pinch hitters are excellent so much that the non-pinch hitters are less so. On average. There are brilliant writers and awful writers among those who don't take pinch hits and those who do.

Re: being a pinch hit

(Anonymous) 2024-10-20 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
This is all true, but there's another reason: people who take pinch hits generally read the prompt first. There's much less chance of a severe id mismatch or a completely different view of the canon. So even with the less good of the pinch hit writers, you've at least got someone who has opted in and presumably is picking up what you're putting down.

Re: being a pinch hit

(Anonymous) 2024-10-20 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Man, I really wish this were true. It should be, it's logical, but... sadly not always true from my experiences.

Re: being a pinch hit

(Anonymous) 2024-10-20 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
It's "generally", not every time. Though condolences for having experienced the counterfactual!
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