You and I have a lot of the same views on it I think. If I wrote 30k fic I'd use someone as a proofreader, but I don't really care if I have someone to give me feedback on what works or not. Like you I don't think that's arrogance, I just have a clear vision of what I want the fic to be/say and I probably wouldn't change it even if someone told me I should.
But then again, my "long" is 1200 words, so there's not much I can screw up in that few of words! I doubt I'd get characterization wrong in that amount of time...or drop a plot point, that sort of thing.
And like you I'm an editor in the real world. Which does NOT mean I don't make mistakes (my typeos in my posts prove that...but I don't reread my posts) but I think I have a good eye for that sort of thing after doing it for 8 - 10 hours a day for around 20 years now. Or I should! ha!
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Date: 2011-05-24 10:59 pm (UTC)But then again, my "long" is 1200 words, so there's not much I can screw up in that few of words! I doubt I'd get characterization wrong in that amount of time...or drop a plot point, that sort of thing.
And like you I'm an editor in the real world. Which does NOT mean I don't make mistakes (my typeos in my posts prove that...but I don't reread my posts) but I think I have a good eye for that sort of thing after doing it for 8 - 10 hours a day for around 20 years now. Or I should! ha!