I'd finish it, otherwise it just sits there staring at you.
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2002 12:54:56 pm PST #1372 of 10000
brillig
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.
Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2002 1:04:24 pm PST #1374 of 10000
brillig
Am-Chau, insent back atcha.
Katie M - Dec 06, 2002 1:16:48 pm PST #1375 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Suela, if you got 1400 hits surely someone's reading it?
Consuela - Dec 06, 2002 1:17:41 pm PST #1376 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
One would hope so.
Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2002 1:18:19 pm PST #1377 of 10000
brillig
Hits without emails are kind of like sending out presents without getting thank you notes back. You know they like it, but would a little note be so hard? And yes, I seem to be channelling my grandmother.
Katie M - Dec 06, 2002 1:22:41 pm PST #1378 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I very rarely send feedback - I can count the number of times I have on one hand. It feels either intrusive or arrogant (if there's any criticism) or intrusive and pointless (if it's just "gosh, I really liked this.") I mean, I don't know that person, you know? And I have a lot of good old-fashioned Yankee interpersonal boundaries.
Just FWIW. I'm sorry that it's frustrating, and I do go through occasional bursts where I promise myself I'll feedback pieces I really liked or admired, but... I'm shy.
Consuela - Dec 06, 2002 1:24:02 pm PST #1379 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And a hit doesn't mean much -- there's no way of knowing if they liked it, if the big words or the length scared them away. If they opened it and said, "ew, these people are dirty and unhappy and scared! Don't wanna read it!"
BOFQ? Absolutely.
I have a rant brewing about people who call it "out of character" when a character in fanfiction does something unlikeable. Even when that particular behavior is (a) supported by canon, or (b) supported by the story history itself. Some people simply cannot bear to have their fantasy objects behave in a less than perfect way.
Drives me bugfuck.
Consuela - Dec 06, 2002 1:26:05 pm PST #1380 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Katie: SEND FEEDBACK.
Published writers get royalty checks and reviews in newspapers. Fic writers get nothing.
It's neither intrusive nor unwelcome (unless the writer's a complete freak). It's a marvelous way to let people know what worked and what didn't, and a great way to make new friends. My first two betas came out of feedback mail that turned into conversations.
Katie M - Dec 06, 2002 1:26:51 pm PST #1381 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
But Suela, you get the Joy of Having Written! Surely that's enough.
(I'll try. I promise.)