((1,2 and 4 for the inner critic meme :3))
Inner Critic Begone
1. Something I wrote that I’m proud of.
Once upon a time, I wrote a fantasy crack!fic for Hannibal that started out as an idle “omg what if” moment and snowballed into almost 16k words. I worked on it--I worked on it, which is not something I do. I forced myself to edit, heavily, to really craft something, to take my time making sure everything was actually perfect, and to be hyper-critical of it before it ever was shown to another person. It’s still not my favourite thing I’ve ever written, and I’m still not really that happy with the ending, but I poured blood and sweat and tears into that fic and I’m so proud of that fact.
2. A compliment someone paid me that made me happy.
Back when I was still fairly new to the community and was living in relative isolation among a group of people that I now highly regret, I was not very active. I did not have a lot of threads or a lot of friends and I felt frustrated by the number of other versions of my muses that were out there, doing, what I was sure, was a far better job than I. And then someone submitted a confession to dragonagefandompositivity, complimenting me, saying I was “fabulous” and “underrated” and that they loved my writing to pieces, and I believe I actually cried. I printed out that image and I kept it on my wall. Never knew who it was--I’m sure it was one of my then-friends just trying to cheer me up--but it meant and still means a lot.
4. Someone I know who likes my writing.
Well, Birdie seems to think I can do no wrong, hahah! I dunno, this feels like a weird question to answer, I don’t want to toot my own horn. But--I guess I know a lot of people who like what I can do? I mean, you all write with me, you all talk to me about characters and threads and plots and ideas, I’m mindblowingly lucky in that I don’t seem to raise the ire of the anon-hate troll club...I guess I’m doing okay. :)