I guess I'm not much of a drabble writer.

[delicatale]

it's always when I like my drabble that I get eliminated.

Comments

[tailoredshirt.livejournal.com]

It was stiff competition this week. I liked all of the drabbles. Also, lightning round.

[delicatale.livejournal.com]

Excuses excuses! ;)

[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

*hugs* tailoredshirt is right its the Lightening round.

[delicatale.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. And I don't want to be bummed out, but today has been fairly shit in terms of writing so this feels a bit like the nail in the coffin.

[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

Oh, sweetie. You are a great writer and we all struggle at times. You'll get through this and be writing with excited passion again in no time. Maybe reread some comments on old fic? Give yourself a boost?

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

*squish*

[delicatale.livejournal.com]

I didn't think I'd care this much.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

It always stings. I really liked your drabble though.

[powrhug.livejournal.com]

Proof you're wrong! You are a drabble writer:

http://powrhug.livejournal.com/1932287.html

[delicatale.livejournal.com]

Doesn't make me a good one ;).

[powrhug.livejournal.com]

Judging from the comments you received during that challenge...you are wrong again! =D You are a good drabble writer! Proof....click again.

[souliesoul.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that you've been eliminated; I like your drabble!

[delicatale.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's okay - it's a mix of things that have been going fairly wrong today that is making it worse than it actually is. Took a few blows to my self-confidence as a writer recently...

[alamo-girl80.livejournal.com]

I almost never read the drabbles but I LOVED yours!

And no, I can't drabble to save my life. I am physically incapable of writing anything under 200 words or some shit. So you being able to rock it in a small word count is AMAZABALLS, doll!

[delicatale.livejournal.com]

Idk, i've done this thing twice and twice it was when I was quite happy with my drabble that I got eliminated, so I must be doing something wrong...

[alamo-girl80.livejournal.com]

Hey, I've spent DAYs on something I really liked and then had no comments and barely any hits. So I KNOW I'd get eliminated...

[perspi.livejournal.com]

Nope, I don't buy it.

...you need to borrow some of my confidence in your writing abilities for a while? *hugs*

[delicatale.livejournal.com]

Actually, that might not be a bad idea /o\. I feel like everything I write is turning to shit these days, and I'm in the middle of writing something I really don't want to fuck up so it's all NOT VERY GOOD.

[perspi.livejournal.com]

*squishes*
*passes coffee*

One lesson that has been hard-learned by me and a couple of my fandom friends--we've talked about it recently, even, which is why I bring it up--is that our emotions don't always equal reality. And when we're feeling so unmoored or unhappy, it's sometimes (not always, but sometimes) helpful to remind ourselves that how we're feeling isn't really what's going on.

And I know it can be hard to keep at it when you're feeling dissatisfied, but I know, for me, if I don't write at all that's also shitty, and so if I get something, anything down I figure it's better than nothing, and it'll give me a starting point to revise it. As my good friend blackmare_9 says: The worst it can do is suck, right?

And then you hand it over to your beta, or come back to it in a couple days, and get some gold after all. :)

The Truth is (and notice the capital T!): You are an excellent writer. Your contest results are not the measuring stick of that. I AM. (AHAHA, just kidding on that last part, I couldn't resist.) But seriously: YOU ARE.

[stellarmeadow.livejournal.com]

Bah, those were great drabbles! (Also, while not a drabble, your angel story was awesome!) Never let someone from the outside tell you what you're good at--only take in the opinions of those you trust and then decide for yourself.

Unless, of course it's us, then just take us at our word! ;-)

[gossy16.livejournal.com]

Yours was one of my favorites! I can hardly find time to read any fic these days, but drabbles I'll usually open in tabs and read right before bedtime. For whatever reason, I found myself thinking about your entry again today, and it made me smile.

I just don't know that competition voters are necessarily representative of general fandom tastes and distastes.