Yeah... this friend of mine, I rip off all of her good ideas and recycle them. The least I can do is give credit where due for when she drops by. LOL
Hmm... it *is* the same, though. Or it should be. Just because it's sexually arousing doesn't give it any right to ignore the tenants of a good story. I mean, a person can really only read so much PWP before they max out.
I think a lot of us wrestle with it. I know I've driven myself nuts in the past, over-scrutinizing my 'softer' work... so very worried that it was overly self indulgent.
So, maybe, just keeping the knowledge that things can go off the rails is the key. (Which is me, agreeing with your last paragraph. In a recycled way. LOL)
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Hmm... it *is* the same, though. Or it should be. Just because it's sexually arousing doesn't give it any right to ignore the tenants of a good story. I mean, a person can really only read so much PWP before they max out.
I think a lot of us wrestle with it. I know I've driven myself nuts in the past, over-scrutinizing my 'softer' work... so very worried that it was overly self indulgent.
So, maybe, just keeping the knowledge that things can go off the rails is the key. (Which is me, agreeing with your last paragraph. In a recycled way. LOL)