Music and a poll

[geoviki]

I just posted four songs on audiography, one of which is a gorgeous jazz ballad by Les McCann, With These Hands. Songs available to upload for one week.

My next topic was going to be "Why Frozen Strawberry Daquiris are the Adult Equivalent of the Slurpee, and Why I Need to Find a New Drink To Order In Bars", but I think I covered the whole discussion in the topic sentence. Which means it's time for a poll.

I don't do enough polls. For "not enough" read "more than the lone one I did about a year ago". This one feeds my little worried obsession about whether or not I'm normal. You know the feeling? Am I doing it as often as everyone else or am I abnormal? I'm talking about reading Works In Progress; why, what do you think I was talking about?

I glance through a few of the Harry/Draco comms on occasion, because I can sometimes help with recs or fic searches, but I find I cruise right on by all the WsIPs there, because I rarely commit to an unfinished story. I have a few that I keep up with, but it has to be compelling to tip me over the edge to read them in the volume I used to as a newbie. And it's not only the fear of being left hanging, although that is a concern. Sometimes I want to wait and indulge in one fell swoop - I think it helps my enjoyment of the fic. Well, plus I have a spotty memory these days from being a young adult during the '70's and a menopausal mother now.

What about you? You can even tell me which WsIP you follow in the comments if you like.

[Poll #645057]

Comments

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I allowed myself to read Emma's fics as they were being written. And mistful, although I was happy when Underwater Light was finally finished. And then I let myself start her two newest WsIP, so I don't seem to learn where she's concerned.

BTW, I never posted my stories as WsIP. I dump them on the world all finished. I could say it's for a lot of noble reasons, but mainly it's because I don't write in order at all. The prologue of my last one was the last thing written, for example.

[elanna9.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, well. Underwater Light was one of the ones I was thinking of; I'm not sure I would have survived reading that in installments, especially since the installments seem to have taken awhile to come out (understandable, obviously.) But man. I was dying even when I was reading it straight through in a fit of utter madness. (I really have no patience and I'm somewhat obsessive with regard to reading, which is a bad combination where WsIPs are concerned. :P)

BTW, I never posted my stories as WsIP. I dump them on the world all finished. I don't write in order at all.

Interesting. I'm always fascinated by how people write (mostly because I'm trying to figure out how to optimize my own.) I mean how specifically in terms of managing to carve out time, where, when, outlining, plotting. Anyway, I'm just happy your stories were all there when I did find them and read them. :)