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

[maeglinyedi.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. My answer to the second question is 'fewer than five', but it really depends on what you mean exactly with 'following'. If it means: drop everything the moment you see a new chapter uploaded to a WIP and read it at once, then yes, I'm following fewer than five. I only read about three WsIP like that at the moment.

However, following can also mean: going back to certain WsIP every six months or so to see if they've been updated/completed, and (re)reading what's available at that moment, and then again forgetting about it for another six months or so. I read quite a few WsIP like that, probably more than 12. :-)

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

That was a very thoughtful answer, and I hadn't thought about it from that angle. I suppose I mean more the former, although I'd say "read within a week of it coming out". I see what you mean though - I even have two separate bookmark folders with "current WsIP" and "delayed WsIP", and some of the delayed stories have been unfinished since I first started reading fanfic over 2 years ago.

[anehan]

I second your comment.