I'll try not to make my response into an essay, cause I am sleepy and need to go home soon.
1.) Are you generally satisfied or unsatisfied with the fics you submit? Explain. I am generally satisfied. I have no idea if the other person is, though. I'm just talking about challenges in general though - the only complaint I tend to get is if I don't include smut, but end on a hopefully-smutty note. Which is neither here nor there (as I suck at smut, and really, the leave-offs are probably better than what I would actually try to write).
2.) How do you think the drop-outs (last minute or otherwise) and the complainers (those who are unsatisfied with their assignments and bitch to the hostess) should be handled? Drop-Outs: Depends on the situation. If they say nothing and make NO effort to contact the mod, they should be banned from participating further. But I think if you contact the mod the first time, it should be fine. It's only if you make a habit of it (like doing it a second time) that I think it'd get annoying, because you're essentially taking a place that someone who actually is able to write and wants to write could have had.
Complainers: Uh...yeah. I don't know. I mean, it's kind of uncomfortable if someone writes for you and you don't like it, but to complain to the mod about it? Seems a little...odd. If it were me, I'd just reply and say that that's what was written and invite them to start their own exchange if they feel that strongly about it. Because these things are damned hard to run successfully, and I'd hate to run something huge like merry_smutmas because of the sheer number of participants. I ain't about to complain, fercrissake.
3.) What are your thoughts on pinch-hitting? (Writing a last minute emergency fic)
This is how I do half of my challenges. So...it gets the creativity going on full speed? Not sure it produces necessarily better writing, but that's more people-dependent, if you ask me.
4.) And lastly, what has been your favorite fic exchange and why?
Haven't done one successfully yet. Was supposed to do a drabble exchange thing at quadrashag back in March but then I ended up in the hospital and that sort of...didn't happen. I wasn't able to give notice, either. So I guess I suck.
But at least I won't whine about it. So...er...good times?
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1.) Are you generally satisfied or unsatisfied with the fics you submit? Explain.
I am generally satisfied. I have no idea if the other person is, though. I'm just talking about challenges in general though - the only complaint I tend to get is if I don't include smut, but end on a hopefully-smutty note. Which is neither here nor there (as I suck at smut, and really, the leave-offs are probably better than what I would actually try to write).
2.) How do you think the drop-outs (last minute or otherwise) and the complainers (those who are unsatisfied with their assignments and bitch to the hostess) should be handled?
Drop-Outs: Depends on the situation. If they say nothing and make NO effort to contact the mod, they should be banned from participating further. But I think if you contact the mod the first time, it should be fine. It's only if you make a habit of it (like doing it a second time) that I think it'd get annoying, because you're essentially taking a place that someone who actually is able to write and wants to write could have had.
Complainers: Uh...yeah. I don't know. I mean, it's kind of uncomfortable if someone writes for you and you don't like it, but to complain to the mod about it? Seems a little...odd. If it were me, I'd just reply and say that that's what was written and invite them to start their own exchange if they feel that strongly about it. Because these things are damned hard to run successfully, and I'd hate to run something huge like
3.) What are your thoughts on pinch-hitting? (Writing a last minute emergency fic)
This is how I do half of my challenges. So...it gets the creativity going on full speed? Not sure it produces necessarily better writing, but that's more people-dependent, if you ask me.
4.) And lastly, what has been your favorite fic exchange and why?
Haven't done one successfully yet. Was supposed to do a drabble exchange thing at
But at least I won't whine about it. So...er...good times?
Yes.