Well, I know I was usually in a hurry to get my stuff out there -- it was generally a lot shorter, too, which made it easier. Oh, plus I wanted to get my story posted before the next episode ruined it
Sarah Wood & I spent the summer between S2 and S3 writing a L&C wedding story that dealt with nailing Bill Church. We had no way to anticipate
Mindy Church <g> But I do remember working hard to have the story out before the new season began.
I remember posting "Fate Worse Than Death" on Zoom's original fanfic boards, and I wrote & pasted a section per day or almost every day. It was quite the experience
but I had to do a lot of after-the-fact editing to fix all the things I didn't like about it.
Anyway, in general, I think we were in more of a hurry back then, but that tended to get us more hurried stories, if you know what I mean. Fast-paced, but not very deep. (I emphasize that I'm speaking generally; there are always stories that buck the trends.) It was a few years later (after the show ended, I think) when a stronger trend toward long/introspective/angsty stories began to show up. And we as a fandom began to place more value on proper grammar and good writing rather than just reading anything and everything to help us cope with LCWS (Lois & Clark Withdrawal Syndrome).
Or at any rate, that's how I remember it.
PJ
