13. Was there any fanfic that you wrote that really surprised you in the fandom reaction? Was it just by the numbers or did they take it an entirely different way?
Like I said in the answer to the first question, It Stays With You. I was surprised at how popular that one got. As I was writing it and saw how dark it was getting, I wasn’t sure how people were going to feel about it. Apparently everyone enjoys reading about mental and physical torture. Lol
LOL It's true; we all love torture. The darker the better! The stories I tend to remember are the ones that gave me a reaction and maybe even made me a little uncomfortable, but in a good way. That shows that the author took risks and wrote in a descriptive enough way to put images and feelings in my head that I couldn't forget, which is definitely something you did with that story. I will have to remember this next time I start second-guessing myself because I have been there before too.
Team Dark! AC is probably the best audience for the dark things, since the majority of us seem to enjoy them. If you all want to put dark things in your stories, I will support you every time, no matter how disturbing! Dark things are also way more memorable than fluffy things, for me anyway.
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It made me realize that I love to write and used to be pretty decent at it.
Used to? I'm sure you still are more than pretty decent at it! While writing is definitely something you get better at with practice, I don't think it's something you get worse at even if you stop doing it. Or maybe you do? I don't really know. Even if you felt a little rusty, I think it would be like riding a bike if you ever went back to writing fanfic. I bet whatever you have been working on lately is great!
As someone who took a very long hiatus, I can confirm that ability to write does not disappear with time. (And thank goodness, because I would have cried a lot if my writing ability reverted to early teeny Dee writing style. "Let's dance." "I love you." lmao) I won't validate that it is comparable to riding a bike though, as I don't know how to do that! (Fun surprising Dee fact!)
So whenever inspiration strikes again, I think it will be fine!
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