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[turps]

In my last post I mentioned how happy I was with getting some awesome comments on my last story. Now I deleted that part and added it back a few times, because what if people thought I was this egotistical big head?

But you know, I am proud and there's nothing wrong with that. So I'm standing here and saying I'm proud of the story, I think I wrote it well.

Now I want you to do the same. No need to dim your shine, it's just me, and I'm asking you to tell me about the story you're most proud of, with links so others can read it too if you're comfortable sharing. A paragraph that you wrote and think is amazing, and hey, copy pasting that here would be awesome. If you're not a writer, tell me about an icon you made that came out well, a graphic or a website you built. Tell me about the kick ass cards you make, that you've painted your walls at home and they look fab. The shelves you made out of breeze blocks and planks.

I want to know. So no hiding your light. Be proud.

Comments

[castalie.livejournal.com]

I think it's awesome that you're proud of your story. Between you and me, I sometimes get fed up at those people who apparently hate all their stories and just think they suck a writers, even when they receive many comments and all. I mean, come on! Plus, you - general 'you' - wrote the damn story, if there's only one person who should like it, it should be you. I won't deny that sometimes a story won't really work for you but your readers will like it much more than you do yourself, but I honestly think this should be an exception. Or else, why keep writing and posting? I mean, if one honestly thinks they suck? False modesty isn't that attractive, imho.

Anyway! lol

And the work I'm the most proud of is my Night series. I'm so proud of that one, seriously. Because I wrote exactly what I wanted to write. This series is exactly what I wanted to create and, well, the whole 'verse thing surprised me because I never imagined writing more than one or two in that 'verse, and I guess this is also something I enjoy tremendously. How I can go back to that AU every now and then and add to the story ;-)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I really am proud of the story. It could have easily gone to badfic land, but it didn't.

I won't deny that sometimes a story won't really work for you but your readers will like it much more than you do yourself, but I honestly think this should be an exception. Or else, why keep writing and posting? I mean, if one honestly thinks they suck? False modesty isn't that attractive, imho.

That's a big part to quote, but yes! Sometimes stories aren't as good as you think they should be, and you still post them anyway. But doing it every time seems to be a weird thing to do.

That is such a fantastic choice, one I agree with totally. What I love about your Night Series is that it does keep the excellent tone and emotional impact through all the stories in the series. Also, despite it being an AU, it's still so obviously Jim and Blair.

It's a series of win!

[kayim.livejournal.com]

Saw this on my friendsoffriends page :) Do you mind if I snag this as a meme? I want to know what my friends are proud of!!

[(Anonymous)]

Of course you can!

The more people who feel proud the better I think :)

[kayim.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

The anon is me. LJ logged me off for some reason.

The comment stands though.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

It's a series of win!

THANK YOU! *kisses*

[sperrywink]

Good morning with a meme!

I'm most proud of "I Got 99 Problems" my Criminal Minds Reid/Morgan story. It was a joy to write and I still love it muchly.

You should be proud of your story! It's fantastic!

[bayouskye.livejournal.com]

How wrong would it be of me to say that I am rather proud of the ass babies stories, even if I never managed to get back to the series....

Heee!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Good morning to you too! I've just finished reading a very nice Mikey/Pete/Alicia story, in which Mikey got pegged. This may have made me flail in a very mad way.

You should totally be proud of that story! It's very awesome. You got the characters down.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Not wrong at all! Ass babies are awesome, especially yours :D

[brighton-girl.livejournal.com]

I agree be proud if you write something good!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Too right!

And I'm telling you that you do our fandom proud. Just because I can.

[brighton-girl.livejournal.com]

*blushes*

Thank you! I'm very proud and happy to be a part of it.

[turloughishere.livejournal.com]

Of course you should be proud of your story, it's a FABULOUS story and deserves every one of those wonderful comments!

I'm really proud of the Life on the Murder Scene icons (http://turloughishere.livejournal.com/384301.html) I made. Working with screencaps is difficult for me but these were so good to begin with and then the colouring techniques I used all worked out wonderfully well. I'm also very fond of the banner I'm using in my layout right now, or rather the wallpaper (http://pics.livejournal.com/turloughishere/pic/00g1q3zg) I made originally 'cause the banner's just a resized version of it. The colouring and the textures work so well for that picture and the mood it conveys.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's the saying out loud that feels weird, like I'm being so egotistical.

I have to agree, those are amazing icons. The banner too. The colours you used fit so well and are beautiful to look at.

Your banner always makes me want to make them soup and invite them home for a cup of tea and a sandwich. It just has that tone about it.

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Being proud of something you've done, and saying it out loud is totally allowed! But it's definitely an acquired skill. Have you ever seen synecdochic's Monday Pride thread? We all say one thing we did in the past week that we're proud of. It's very telling how hard it is not to say, I did this, BUT ...

Anyway. I'm still ridiculously proud of my lone Friday Night Lights story, Texas Forever (http://t-fic.livejournal.com/18030.html). I wasn't writing much last spring, good or bad, but this one came out exactly, perfectly right and my only regret is that the rhythm of the piece wouldn't let me fit in everybody's story, because I know where every single character ends up, but to have put it in would have lost the flow.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I have seen the Monday pride threads. I think they're a really good idea, exactly because it is hard not to slip that 'but' in.

I remember you posting that story. I love the fact that you're so solid in what the story is about, the people and their journeys. That's a wonderful position to be in.

[bayouskye.livejournal.com]

Awww!

*smishes*

[crowgirl13.livejournal.com]

I don't think there's anything wrong with being proud of a job well done. And that story is *very* well-done. So congrats, hon, on it getting the attention it deserves and YAY for your happiness!

Thank you for posing this question. It had me going back through my indexes and realizing that I actually do like/am proud of my work, especially the poetry. It's kind of impossible to narrow the poetry down to *one* that I'd be most likely to hang on the fridge, so I'll post that over on my own LJ - maybe do a top five or some such- but I've got the *fics* narrowed down to two. The hilarious thing is both involve werewolves. :) So, there's Penumbra,[http://crowgirl13.livejournal.com/17002.html], which is BtVS, Oz at Graduation [Season Three] and Coffee, Cup One,[http://crowgirl13.livejournal.com/14836.html#cutid1], which is HP, a post-HBP Bill Weasley. :) Sorry, about the long links - I can never remember how to embed links in comments.

I shall also be posting this in my journal [if you don't mind]... since you have the best meme-ish things, and I really want to see flist pride.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The comments I've been getting are awesome. People are so great.

Oh, those sound interesting, and means I have something to read for later tonight. Thanks for letting me know about them :D

I'll look forward to the poetry too. I don't read much poetry, if any at all, but your bandom one was so enjoyable branching out will be good.

I don't mind in the slightest. Like I said up thread, the more pride the better. It's a very shiny thing.

Happy Gee. Awesome!

[pensnest]

I couldn't pick one story to be most proud of, but I do know that all the contenders are stories I wrote for a challenge - SeSa, or the Dragon Challenge, or Sparklyglee, or the Reunion Challenge, possible one or two others. Somehow these challenges really work for me. (I think the number of challenges and sources of inspiration really cemented me into popslash from very early on, and it has been so wonderful to be able to write again. I *hate* not being able to write, and for a long time I had nothing to say.)

Maybe... I'm *most* proud of the Dragon Challenge, not just for my own stories but for the way it has brought a lot of really awesome stories into the fandom. Or, maybe I'm most proud of Camp Sparkle.

[nopseud]

We should both definitely be proud of Camp Sparkle, because it's easy to sit around and say, oh, yeah, there should be a popslash gathering, that would be cool, someone should get on to that. But we actually DID it. Twice! We are awesome!

[nopseud]

The piece of popslash writing I'm possibly most proud of is the opening section of the post-Apocalypse. There are other whole stories I like more than the whole post-Apocalypse, but I think that section is pretty much up there as one of my favourite things I've written, fanfic or original. I'm fond/proud of each of my SeSa stories, because I really, really, really hate and fear deadlines, and I've managed to sign up for the challenge and write something which my recipient liked every year. And I'm quite proud of Livin' Doll, because it's different to the usual popslash I write.

I also feel pretty pleased about my part in getting Make The Yuletide Gay off the ground, but that's more a diffuse pride in the whole of popslash fandom (and in the Chief Tech Elf, who did the most kickass piece of programming in a ridiculously short amount of time). The way that everyone pulled together to make sure that SeSa didn't die just filled me with fannish love and pride.

[withdiamonds.livejournal.com]

You are awesome! Because once was enough for me. :)