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

[shadowpryde.livejournal.com]

Over here from hogwarts_today, though you have probably seen me around in other places.

Anyway, I always rant and rave about the evil of WIPs (it's pronounced more easily and rant as much in person as I do online) frequently. Mainly as a result of entering fandom and having Underwater Light and Love Under Will being two of the most highly recced fics at the time and NOONE warned me they were WIPs. I'm with you on the little time and patience for WIPs thing, but they do get tempting when they float through my journal or I cruise by them and the plot looks interesting. Mainly why I'm chiming in here in addition to the poll is to give you an idea of something to do. I get so many recs through my journal that I don't have time to read them all. If something looks interesting, I bookmark it under three different categories. (And one section has subcategories based on pairings but that's a sidenote.) First category is where everything goes at first, it's the one-shots section if I can't immediately identify it as something that belongs in the other two. If, when going to read, I discover it goes in something else, I file it away appropriately for when I have more time. The other two categories, as you may have guessed, are multi-chapter fics and Works In Progress. I go through the second of these two every few months or so and if a link is over 6 months old and the story hasn't been actively written on in almost as long (without a really good reason), I delete it. This way, if something looked interesting, I know that I've still got it for when it's finally done ... but if it's obviously not getting worked on, I have the satisfaction of deleting it and making it go away. Best of both worlds in my mind.

Take the idea for what it's worth!

-Draconis Leona-

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like this suggestion. I have something like this going on, but I like your scheme much better. I'm going to adopt it, since I have to revamp my bookmarks anyway. Thanks.

[shadowpryde.livejournal.com]

Adopt away! Ideas are like plot bunnies, only more effective (usually). Glad I could help out.

-Draconis Leona-