Citizens Against Bad Slash Interview with kimberlite
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| Title: | Citizens Against Bad Slash Interview with kimberlite |
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| Interviewee: | kimberlite |
| Date(s): | July 24, 2001 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Velvet Goldmine, slash |
| External Links: | interview is here, Archived version |
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Citizens Against Bad Slash Interview with kimberlite was posted in 2001.
It is part of a series of interviews posted to Citizens Against Bad Slash in which fans were each asked the same ten questions.
Some Excerpts
Generally my turn offs are the traditional bad grammar, bad spelling, bad characterization. While I understand that different people write fic for different reasons, I feel it's a matter of personal pride and respect for the reader to take (at least) a moment to make sure such basics are addressed before posting. Sometimes the need for instant gratification seems to overwhelm the writer and something that might have been pretty good after beta ends up being pretty awful. I think this happens in VG because there are a lot of younger writers.Oh, another thing that tosses me right out of a fic is using "cum" -- it's a picky personal squick, but it gets me every time. Ick.
What impresses me is hard to quantify since saying "good writing" can mean a variety of things to different people and saying "I know it when I read it" isn't terribly useful either. I like vivid descriptions, interesting situations, hot sex, character growth -- stuff like that.
In general, I want to see why a character is behaving the way a writer portrays him. If the explanation is reasonable, I'll go with the fic even if it's not how I see the character. If there's absolutely no justification, I lose interest very quickly. This is especially true for rarer pairings. While I love variety, I want a logical set up, not just sticking the characters together because they look nice.
A pet peeve would be WiP. I know several authors who are masterful at handling a WiP, but more often than not, I get the feeling that the writer had a good idea, wrote a small section, posted, and then had no clue where the story was going. It's discouraging to see itty bitty "chapters" showing up every now and then (or eventually not at all). If the story is worth telling, it's worth telling as a coherent whole.