I agree with you in part about the fic fests. I agonized over both my smutmas and my springsmut fics, wrote multiple drafts, drove my spouse crazy, and ended up not being happy with what I submitted. OTOH, I turned in two pinch hits this year, had a relatively stress-free experience writing them, and was privately happy with what I produced. I think without the added pressure to trying impress people (the giftee, fandom, whomever) allowed me to relax, have fun and just write. I may just do pinch hits from now on, although I did sign up for reversathon, which I'm trying very hard not to stress about right now.
I've also noticed that the fics being turned into these fic exchanges are getting longer and longer, and it's very hard to keep up with them, especially when 2 or 3 are posted a day. It can be very overwhelming if you want to keep with it all. (Me, who has a list set aside of all the current hd_holiday I still haven't had a chance to read yet.) And then you have half your flist disappearing to finish their overdue holidays fics, you wonder why some people aren't having fun anymore.
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Date: 2007-06-20 04:02 pm (UTC)I've also noticed that the fics being turned into these fic exchanges are getting longer and longer, and it's very hard to keep up with them, especially when 2 or 3 are posted a day. It can be very overwhelming if you want to keep with it all. (Me, who has a list set aside of all the current