Snowflake Challenge #7
Jan. 13th, 2020 08:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
malenkayacherepakhaChallenge #7: Promote/rec/sing the praises of yourself!
Hah. Well. This is a hard one.
Not that I don't have things I'm proud of, or because I don't have things I like about myself, but because bigging myself up is something I've always struggled with. I'm that person that always credits the team for something that went well at work rather than saying yeah, actually, I did that, and it was good. Maybe it comes with being a woman and British? Who knows. I mentioned on a post a little while ago that I've found the self-promo side of fanfic a bit tricky to navigate but hopefully this post will be a good teeny step to becoming a bit more comfortable with it.
So, things I'm proud of and like about myself:
Writing this goes against everything I'm used to doing, both online and in real life, but it's a great challenge, and one that is really valuable - sometimes being too self-deprecating isn't a good thing!
Hah. Well. This is a hard one.
Not that I don't have things I'm proud of, or because I don't have things I like about myself, but because bigging myself up is something I've always struggled with. I'm that person that always credits the team for something that went well at work rather than saying yeah, actually, I did that, and it was good. Maybe it comes with being a woman and British? Who knows. I mentioned on a post a little while ago that I've found the self-promo side of fanfic a bit tricky to navigate but hopefully this post will be a good teeny step to becoming a bit more comfortable with it.
So, things I'm proud of and like about myself:
- First of all, I'm proud of myself for all the writing I've done since I joined fandom. I never expected to still be here a year later with over 168k words published on ao3. Leaving aside all questions of quality, I'm proud of creating so much, for such a variety of ships, fests and tropes.
- I am also proud of my writing - I still have a lot to learn but I think I'm improving and I really like the majority of the fics I've written this year. Particular favourites are Scar Tissue, Seven Days in Sunny June, and Truth and Tradition.
- I'm trying not to focus on stats, but I can't believe I've got a fic with nearly 13k views. It blows my mind that so many people have clicked on something I've written (especially considering it's such a ridiculous fic!)
- I think I'm a pretty good beta/cheerleader (I'm a massive grammar and language nerd so love proofreading) and I'm so pleased that I've been able to play even a tiny part in the creation of some really wonderful fics.
- And chucking in one from real life to finish, I like that I'm pretty settled in who I am - I feel like I know and accept myself, and actually I do quite like the person I've grown into. 10 year old Rachel would be pretty happy with where I've ended up I think.
Writing this goes against everything I'm used to doing, both online and in real life, but it's a great challenge, and one that is really valuable - sometimes being too self-deprecating isn't a good thing!
