Ah artistic types ...

[blamebrampton]

Very quick poll, NB, the first word of the first answer should be care, but lj won't let me fix it. *Damn you, LJ!*:[Poll #1507051]For my own part, after RL attacks of the last option, I entered fandom determined to work solely for myself, and do sometimes achieve that happy state, but more often it's accompanied by occasional wobblies. Having chatted to several friends on the topic, the wobblies seem a common surprise guest.

What about you lot? And how do you combat the wobblies if you're someone they hit?

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[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure my responses to the poll really reflect how I wanted to answer. What I want to say is that I write to entertain, both myself and others. If I wrote to entertain only myself, I would never bother with typing it in because God, I hate that bit. If I write something that is meant to entertain someone like a very specific gift fic, it really is only that giftees reply that matters (like a ridiculously dark and horrid b-day piece for mel, I expected to get 2 comments on and was ecstatic with 5).

In general, I write for a certain niche corner of fandom that is interested in the type of fic I happen to be writing at the time. I write in the hope that my fic entertains those people. The comments/reviews/recs help me gage whether I was successful at entertaining them. If the response goes beyond that target audience, I am thrilled! If it doesn't *shrug* I just hope I didn't miss the mark for the person/persons I was intending to entertain.

Not to say I don't wibble, but they tend to be easily satisfied with a pleasant stroke or two from a small group.