Hmm, for me, whether I do a podfic of it or not is mostly going to be based on how much I like the story.

I don't actually write much fic (or, you know, any at all), I said writing style above just because I mean more than speech patterns. What I really meant, is that there are some fics that I can read without any problem, however when I try to read them aloud it's super hard because I naturally want to put the words in a different order than the author put them. And maybe I do that in my head when I read the fic, however that doesn't work when you're doing a podfic, you can't just go and change everything so I'm left doing a lot of editing and rereading.

This type of thing doesn't really come into play for me during the first stage of picking a fic to podfic. As I said, the first stage is mostly if I like it or not. It's not something I likely even consciously notice when I'm reading, it's more once I try to read it aloud and find myself making more mistakes than usual. It's one of the reasons that I tend to finish a podfic before I ask an author for permission because it sucks to ask an author, get their hopes up and then discover that I can't do the fic justice in my podfic.