What Makes a Good Story?

[doc_3]

I read and read and read  - thousands of fics a year I'd say - and I find myself wishing every time that somewhere, someone, would compile a complete anthology of 'the good ones.'   Then I ask myself that who decides which ones are 'the good ones'; after all, everyone has different tastes.  So I wonder what makes a good story?  To me, it's in canon and in character for an ongoing tv show, and in character for a movie, because the very nature of a story based on a movie can't be in canon if it occurs after the events of said movie.  How does everyone else judge?

Comments

Re: Cam

[tempertemper.livejournal.com]

Yeah! That thing about filling in the blanks and making you think 'that IS how it was' really rings true.

Oh and I agree with all the other salient points above.. aren't I lazy this evening. Now if I could just write some damn fic I'd be OK :(

[doc-3.livejournal.com]

Lazy? You can't help it if great minds all think alike right? After thinking about it, I think that is EXACTLY what makes a good fic - thinking 'this is the true story' behind these characters.