General
guede_mazaka - Biased Narration - All right. I feel like I need to restate a couple of points on meta/criticism, at least as it exists on this LJ.

alchemia - Untitled - I'm distracted by the definition of fanwork, like this one. I have a fairly broad definition that allows for all kinds of stuff: it's work created by people who want to see something more and/or different than what is available/mainstream, and/or as creative commentary about it. what's tripping me up though, is the idea that some people create work because they want something more/different and/or to comment on fandom

dovil - Writing About Stuff - Sometimes I think it's interesting reading a story where you end up finding out more about the author than you might about the characters. I don't mean when Luke Skywalker suddenly stops in the middle of trying to blow something up (such a destructive boy, I'm surprised insurance companies didn't put a bounty on his head) and rants about the evils of whale hunting, but when it's slightly more subtle and when an obviously teenage writer puts teenage relationship etiquette into an adult world.

ladysorka - Untitled - Dear fandom, and also the world: Would you please, please, please stop with the "Oh, they're 19! Of course they've had sex!" and the "...if she wasn't putting out, she was a prude!" and the "Dude. Bad porn is by virgins."

On Creating and Criticism
blueraccoon - Mary Sue vs. the OC - It seems that fanfic writers, specifically slashers, are so afraid of being thought of as Mary Sue authors that we never write OCs anymore, and when we do, they're minor.

justira in fanartrants - I might be being a bit picky, but this IS a rant community... - It always throws me when I see a character in a piece of fan art doing something WILDLY out of character -- or something totally generic.

Polls, Questions, Other
clarey_h in lifein1973 - Ask the community? - Okay, I was wondering if any fic writers would like more in depth feedback on their work?

angisageek - Thinking about POV some more. - Poll: Stories about relationships told in third-person limited POV that switches back and forth from one participant to the other