Twist on the "how you know it's me" meme

[amanuensis1]

I like the "top ten things that tell a reader it's one of my fics" meme, but I'm not so clueful as to recognize these elements in my own stories. You guys are boggling me with how insightful you are towards your own writing style. I mean, sure, I write certain characters a lot, and there are themes like smut and non-con, but I don't think about writing style when I write--I think about the specific story and where it's going and that's pretty much it. I just...write, the way that I do because that's what I do and how it comes out.

So, fine. A number of you have said you were able to peg my stories in the anonymous fic exchanges right away. Help me out here: tell me how. Yes, that's right, I'm asking you to do the meme for me. This is not a roundabout way of asking for compliments; I'd really like to know what I do that not everyone does in order to understand style better. And if it's just, "Well, you write those characters and you write non-con," let me know! That way I can know it's that simple and there's no other magic to it. (Well-meaning negative feedback is certainly welcome as well.)

Comments

[maelwaedd.livejournal.com]

You take every squick and make it totally and utterly hot. If somebody else writes them, I don't bother reading because I know I'm going to end up curled up into a ball on the floor, but if you write them I'll just click straight away. :)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Oh, shoot. This is gonna look like I really was fishing for compliments, isn't it? XD

Well, darnit, thank you. That's incredibly sweet of you and I must be gracious even if I'm blushing and saying, "Eeek, but, I didn't mean...!" Seriously, that's lovely, thank you.

[maelwaedd.livejournal.com]

Absolutely no problem, my dear. Plus, you needn't fish for compliments-- they mostly just appear when fan girls like me are in your journal. :)