Even the best writers don't always write good lemons (an excuse for why I don't often write them); it's a fine balance between good storytelling and hot, steamy action.
I think the problem is, so many people want to write them to be 'popular' or 'in' or whatever, but don't understand its something to be researched, just as much as any other plot device. There's a lot more to sex than inserting tab A into slot B, and when people don't take the time to understand that, is where their lemons tend to go off.
And, well, as with anything - its one thing to know a great deal about it, and quite another to be able to write about it effectively. It just depends on what you're going for. After all, cheap thrills have their place, too (just not in my fic, LOL) :P
you're seriously one of the best Mir/San writers I have ever read (both inactive and currently active) and your writing blows me away every time. You can't put a foot wrong with me
O.O Oh, lord, you're going to give me a complex, you know that?! Because there are seriously some fabulous writers who have passed through this corner of fandom.
To be honest, I've not seen anything substantial from anyone outside our writing circle (we do not count Ardy1, LOL) since most of the great writers don't write any more.
Personally, I look for understanding (so the English teacher, but yes) and an appreciation. I get especially warm and fuzzy inside when someone gets the inside joke/meaning/reference I've put inside (I do this for all my writing) and says so.
Well, then, let me put it this way ~ the people who have commented on this fic have left me some really great reviews and tons of food for thought. Most of them are people who would never read any of my other work, and familiar names I associate with the Mir/San pairing. And that's amazing!
I tend to have thoughtful and intelligent readers/reviewers on the whole, but considering the wheat-to-chaff ratio of some other corners of fandom (*coughsesskagCOUGH*), this is like a total spoil of fortune for me. I can't quite get used to it, being more or less wholly accepted as a good writer by the entirety of a pairing circle.
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I think the problem is, so many people want to write them to be 'popular' or 'in' or whatever, but don't understand its something to be researched, just as much as any other plot device. There's a lot more to sex than inserting tab A into slot B, and when people don't take the time to understand that, is where their lemons tend to go off.
And, well, as with anything - its one thing to know a great deal about it, and quite another to be able to write about it effectively. It just depends on what you're going for. After all, cheap thrills have their place, too (just not in my fic, LOL) :P
you're seriously one of the best Mir/San writers I have ever read (both inactive and currently active) and your writing blows me away every time. You can't put a foot wrong with me
O.O Oh, lord, you're going to give me a complex, you know that?! Because there are seriously some fabulous writers who have passed through this corner of fandom.
To be honest, I've not seen anything substantial from anyone outside our writing circle (we do not count Ardy1, LOL) since most of the great writers don't write any more.
Personally, I look for understanding (so the English teacher, but yes) and an appreciation. I get especially warm and fuzzy inside when someone gets the inside joke/meaning/reference I've put inside (I do this for all my writing) and says so.
Well, then, let me put it this way ~ the people who have commented on this fic have left me some really great reviews and tons of food for thought. Most of them are people who would never read any of my other work, and familiar names I associate with the Mir/San pairing. And that's amazing!
I tend to have thoughtful and intelligent readers/reviewers on the whole, but considering the wheat-to-chaff ratio of some other corners of fandom (*coughsesskagCOUGH*), this is like a total spoil of fortune for me. I can't quite get used to it, being more or less wholly accepted as a good writer by the entirety of a pairing circle.