6, 24, 42 for the author meme, please 🖊️
6. Do you have your work beta'd? How important is this to your process?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Which is an incredibly unhelpful answer, of course, but it really depends on the fic and the length and how my anxiety is doing that day. For a lot of shorter fics I don't tend to, but I've also grown fond of throwing it at certain friends with a frantic shriek of "TELL ME IF MAKE SENSE" before I post. I also like having someone to scream at during the writing process unless it's something that's literally blorted out in a braindump, though that's less per se a beta and more of an alpha reader/sounding board, idek?
(Also, I am low-key offended by "beta'd". Betaed, please. /neurotic)
24. Worst writing advice anyone ever gave you?
I genuinely can't think of anything, but I also admit that I don't really seek out writing advice, necessarily. Which might be silly, but I'm 99.9% doing this for fun, so ... 🤷🏻♀️
42. What’s the last fic you read? Do you recommend it?
Went back and poked at the FtWS holiday exchange collection last night for Reasons, and ended up rereading @fitztragedy and @septemberrie's Unscripted, which remains as hilarious and delightful as it was the first time, even if the images are (alas) broken so there's only the text version. So yes, I do recommend it for fans of the show, and in general as an excellent example of fic in that style (social media post).
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