Well, I've always read some fic now and then, but I've never been involved in a fandom until now. AO3 account is rather new and shiny.
Things are still all Agent Carter all the time over here, and I don't expect to write for another fandom anytime in the near future, if at all - though of course this one came out of nowhere. But it's been an awesome experience to go beyond individual stories and identify actual writers whose work I admire (Paeonia, Eienvine, LadyWillow, *wistful sigh*). I don't think it's something I could have done, or done as well, earlier in my writing history. I can recognize specific skills and strengths now.
So it's been a little backwards for me - my writing initially influenced my foray into fandom, but I'm excited for the reverse as I continue on. The experience of feedback has been incredibly encouraging, and the practice finishing things and releasing them into the wild (five things now - three chapters and two shorts) is excellent. And I appreciate that I haven't entered this world until now. I know many people grew up as writers through fandom and benefited from that, but for me it's...testing grounds. It's exciting.
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Well, I've always read some fic now and then, but I've never been involved in a fandom until now. AO3 account is rather new and shiny.
Things are still all Agent Carter all the time over here, and I don't expect to write for another fandom anytime in the near future, if at all - though of course this one came out of nowhere. But it's been an awesome experience to go beyond individual stories and identify actual writers whose work I admire (Paeonia, Eienvine, LadyWillow, *wistful sigh*). I don't think it's something I could have done, or done as well, earlier in my writing history. I can recognize specific skills and strengths now.
So it's been a little backwards for me - my writing initially influenced my foray into fandom, but I'm excited for the reverse as I continue on. The experience of feedback has been incredibly encouraging, and the practice finishing things and releasing them into the wild (five things now - three chapters and two shorts) is excellent. And I appreciate that I haven't entered this world until now. I know many people grew up as writers through fandom and benefited from that, but for me it's...testing grounds. It's exciting.