Yep, I look at the counter on my website a lot, just to keep myself going. I put counters on each story so I could tell what people read.
I noticed that! I think I might do it, too.
I happen to be very biteable, pal. I'm moist and delicious.
Xander ,'Bring On The Night'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 06, 2002 10:54:44 am PST #1364 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2002 10:57:19 am PST #1365 of 10000
brillig
I noticed that! I think I might do it, too.It was easier than paying for a web analysis breakdown, and it seemed relatively unobtrusive.
P.M. Marc - Dec 06, 2002 10:58:26 am PST #1366 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I don't have a counter. When I move my site (which, shit, I really should do), I might set something up. I don't know.
I keep reminding myself (about the large projects, that is) that I'm writing things people don't generally like to read about, pairings that seem like I've been hitting the crack pipe, and that I've gotten some very *good* feedback, even if it's been a trickle.
DavidS - Dec 06, 2002 11:04:40 am PST #1367 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Consuela, the lack of response has a lot more to do with the gap in publication than anything else. From my experience working in comics, nothing killed off excitement/interest in a storyline quite like irregular publishing.
Which is not to criticize the time-lapse, but just note that people are going to have to rediscover your epic all over again. You lost reader momentum, but they'll find it again. And once they do, it'll start circulating among the enthusiastic recs and folks will spend half a day at work reading it and getting excited about it.
Anne W. - Dec 06, 2002 11:09:38 am PST #1368 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
27 months writing the story. Vicious (but worthy) beta from three machete wielders. Occasional stalking from readers and other members of the writing community. "You're gonna finish this, right?" Final size: 258K, four separate povs, half a dozen original characters. And plot, by god.
Total feedback emails: fewer than 10. That's less than 1% of the people who've hit the page to read it.
Believe me, I sympathize. My big story is following this exact same path. It gets quite frustrating...
esse - Dec 06, 2002 12:27:48 pm PST #1369 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Dude, I just got feedback from the second fic I've ever written. It'll come. And even if it doesn't, write it for the sake of writing. Because it wants to be written, and because you can write it -- and write it well.
Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2002 12:52:02 pm PST #1370 of 10000
brillig
I have a special folder in Yahoo for feedback. I go back and read through them when feeling delicate. t might need to reuse the feedback whore tag
Consuela - Dec 06, 2002 12:54:01 pm PST #1371 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I freely admit to being a feedback ho.
It's just that the fandom has changed but the story hasn't. And, as David rightly pointed out, it's been a long time between installments.
I just... I'm no longer really excited about this story but I committed to finishing it. And now I wonder if it's worth it, if anyone is gonna read it. And I don't want to spend three months writing something that no one's gonna read. I have stories I'd rather be writing.
Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2002 12:54:56 pm PST #1372 of 10000
brillig
I'd finish it, otherwise it just sits there staring at you.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 06, 2002 1:00:55 pm PST #1373 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I'd tend to try and finish it. If it's four months instead of three because you play with some others things, that's okay, but if you don't finish it and in six months the fandom swings back your way, you'll get an e-mail that says 'I liked the first half of this, when's the rest coming?' and you'll kick yourself. Or that's what would happen to me.