He doesn't really maintain an LJ, but he commented right around the time I did on Skyehawke ;) Rather effusively, too ;) We don't always agree on fic, so when we do, it's got to be good.
I think I'm just coming to new conclusions. I am fairly new to fanfic writing and I sort of blundered in not at all knowing what I was doing. I wrote a one shot. "Change My World" I called it, and it was just a silly story about H/D meeting up in a hallway after curfew and kissing. Nothing special, and though I didn't know it at the time, terribly trite.
I'd written a handful of other stories, but nothing I'd really posted to a community or anything, so when I posted it to harrydraco and got many excited comments and calls to continue the story, I was pretty excited. Of course, now i realize that a lot of times, that's just the comment people make when they like something, or find it decently written. But at the time... I really didn't know this. I had other reasons for continuing the story (partially an earlier dare from a friend and to escape dealing with the holidays), but basically, I put out a "sequel." I think I ended up about 4 chapters in before I decided I needed a plot. *snorts*
I also got invited to post it to different communities, and people suggested posting in other communities, so then... it was plastered everywhere. This is all just October/November.
I finally finished the story in January and was relieved. And then depressed. It didn't feel finished. I wanted to continue, but I didn't want to keep the rigorous pace. So I told everyone I was finished and wrote the first three chapters of a sequel. But I got anxious and leaked out that I was working on it. Flist squeaked. I've learned nothing about peer pressure.
emmagrant01 announced her sequel and that she was going to post weekly. I was far enough ahead that it felt feasable and reasonable, so I chose Sunday and decided to do it that way.
I'm down to the last 2 chapters. It's written and most of the way edited... but I'm tired again. I was done. I was ahead of schedule, but it's still ended up feeling like I was backed against the wall to tell the story and I'm sure my editing has suffered.
In the midst of this, I'm comparing how I'm enjoying reading a WiP vs a completed fic, and as a reader... it's so much better to have it all at once.
But yes, there is a huge drop off in comments, I'm sure. I know that when I release a chapter the same people comment, and it multiplies the number of comments and visits. However, learning to write better and telling a good story is, in theory, more important than feeding my ego ;) In theory. We'll see how well that goes in practice. I seem less interested in writing sex of late anyway, so perhaps my flist will defect soon enough.
Maybe I'll finally get back to writing original stories. :D
Whew, evidently I needed to vent ;) Sorry about the spammy ramble!
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Date: 2005-05-21 02:12 am (UTC)I think I'm just coming to new conclusions. I am fairly new to fanfic writing and I sort of blundered in not at all knowing what I was doing. I wrote a one shot. "Change My World" I called it, and it was just a silly story about H/D meeting up in a hallway after curfew and kissing. Nothing special, and though I didn't know it at the time, terribly trite.
I'd written a handful of other stories, but nothing I'd really posted to a community or anything, so when I posted it to
I also got invited to post it to different communities, and people suggested posting in other communities, so then... it was plastered everywhere. This is all just October/November.
I finally finished the story in January and was relieved. And then depressed. It didn't feel finished. I wanted to continue, but I didn't want to keep the rigorous pace. So I told everyone I was finished and wrote the first three chapters of a sequel. But I got anxious and leaked out that I was working on it. Flist squeaked. I've learned nothing about peer pressure.
I'm down to the last 2 chapters. It's written and most of the way edited... but I'm tired again. I was done. I was ahead of schedule, but it's still ended up feeling like I was backed against the wall to tell the story and I'm sure my editing has suffered.
In the midst of this, I'm comparing how I'm enjoying reading a WiP vs a completed fic, and as a reader... it's so much better to have it all at once.
But yes, there is a huge drop off in comments, I'm sure. I know that when I release a chapter the same people comment, and it multiplies the number of comments and visits. However, learning to write better and telling a good story is, in theory, more important than feeding my ego ;) In theory. We'll see how well that goes in practice. I seem less interested in writing sex of late anyway, so perhaps my flist will defect soon enough.
Maybe I'll finally get back to writing original stories. :D
Whew, evidently I needed to vent ;) Sorry about the spammy ramble!