"At the end of the story, the reader should feel, X and Y." Well, that's interesting! So you're not looking for a specific scene or resolution for the characters, but for the readers? I've never thought about doing that!
I do the benchmark thing, too, though, when working on really long fics. I think in one draft I have two separate spots that are marked "AND HERE IS WHERE ASS GETS KICKED."
I tend to repeat my words, and if I don't have time to put my work down and 'see' the mistakes, I'll ask someone to beta. I think most writers get some sort of fic fatigue with their work if they've been looking at it too long, and thus won't pick up mistakes or spot where writing could be cleaned up. That's why betas rock my socks.
I'm curious as to how you would approach an anonymous prompt - you won't know the prompter's preferences because you don't know who the prompter is! Do you ever write for kink memes or other memes?
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Well, that's interesting! So you're not looking for a specific scene or resolution for the characters, but for the readers? I've never thought about doing that!
I do the benchmark thing, too, though, when working on really long fics. I think in one draft I have two separate spots that are marked "AND HERE IS WHERE ASS GETS KICKED."
I tend to repeat my words, and if I don't have time to put my work down and 'see' the mistakes, I'll ask someone to beta.
I think most writers get some sort of fic fatigue with their work if they've been looking at it too long, and thus won't pick up mistakes or spot where writing could be cleaned up. That's why betas rock my socks.
I'm curious as to how you would approach an anonymous prompt - you won't know the prompter's preferences because you don't know who the prompter is! Do you ever write for kink memes or other memes?