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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[winnett.livejournal.com]

I think it is impossible to work solely for yourself. Well, I'll take that back, as someone who likes published works and wants to get there someday, you have to write for your audience. They are the ones who keep the money coming.

Comments, in a way, are like money.

I'm sure some people live in a hole and don't care, I do know some people like that and sometimes their stuff is so solidly their own, that audiences don't like it. (This happened on a literary committee I was one for a student publication where the writing was good, but too preachy and the author wasn't about to mellow it out, so we didn't accept it.)

There are times when I read a 'fan service' fic that is totally for the audience and it's so so, but fluffy or full of sex or something, and it's gotten so many comments that I get frustrated, because it's not that good. I might even go so far as to think 'but my story is better than theirs in all ways except it's not fan service and they are more popular.' That is frustrating, but it is also the way the world works.

I'm not quite sure what the wobblies are. No confidence in yourself if you're not lauded enough? I can get frustrated, as I mentioned above, but I don't compromise myself and what I consider good fic for it.