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valis2I've just completed chapter 57...and I'm very happy. I uploaded it last night to SH and faorg. FFnet is still having problems, unfortunately.
Usually I receive instant gratification because it is up and on ffnet after only 15 minutes or so, and I get three or four reviews there relatively quickly. Then within 24 hrs I get a few reviews on SH, and within 48-72 hours I generally get five or six reviews on faorg. Right now I'm waiting for it to be validated, so I won't see any reviews for a little bit, and I suddenly realized what makes me like ffnet so much...it really is the quick reply to whatever I've written. I can usually look forward to three days of reviews...okay, enough whining. I just hope that they can get it all together and figure it out.
Chapter 57 turned out to be the biggest chapter of them all...3,000 words. I know that's nothing to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
junediamanti and mariannelee, but for me it's something to shout about. I agonized over a lot in this chapter too. I hate having to write without an outline...somehow I ended up with a week of nothing on my outline, and now I have to flesh it out without a framework. I threw in a new plot twist which is likely to cause a teeny bit of surprise, but I'm still trying to regain my footing. Chapter 58 will be one of those rare fun chapters...I am eager to write it, as there will be a bit of comedy in it. Can't write everything dark, depressing, and meaningful, or it just gets campy after awhile, I think. Though some people can do it. See, I love melodrama...love it love it love it, and I have to remember to tone it down, because it becomes laughable if the dial is set too high.
I have been wondering what happens when a WIP is finally finished...I've been wondering if there is a small segment of the fandom that waits for WIPs to be finished before they read them, and whether there are many of these in the SS/OC fandom. Hey,webbapettigrew, if you're reading, did you find you received an extra bunch of reviews just after you finished parts of the Devil's series? Anyone else see a sudden spike after they finished a long WIP?
I'm also trying to decide if I want to do a little PR work...I was thinking about finding a few relevant comms and attempting to write up a little summary to drum up a bit of interest. Hmmm.
Finally received my 200th review on ffnet...up to 450+ on faorg, though at least eighty are mine, signalling new chapters and please review here...43 on SH...and it looks like I have 31 people getting updates on ffnet, about 150-200 reading each chapter on faorg, and 80-90 on SH...I'm very pleased so far with the level of reviews.
Okay, enough whining, and babbling about reviews.
Usually I receive instant gratification because it is up and on ffnet after only 15 minutes or so, and I get three or four reviews there relatively quickly. Then within 24 hrs I get a few reviews on SH, and within 48-72 hours I generally get five or six reviews on faorg. Right now I'm waiting for it to be validated, so I won't see any reviews for a little bit, and I suddenly realized what makes me like ffnet so much...it really is the quick reply to whatever I've written. I can usually look forward to three days of reviews...okay, enough whining. I just hope that they can get it all together and figure it out.
Chapter 57 turned out to be the biggest chapter of them all...3,000 words. I know that's nothing to
junediamanti and mariannelee, but for me it's something to shout about. I agonized over a lot in this chapter too. I hate having to write without an outline...somehow I ended up with a week of nothing on my outline, and now I have to flesh it out without a framework. I threw in a new plot twist which is likely to cause a teeny bit of surprise, but I'm still trying to regain my footing. Chapter 58 will be one of those rare fun chapters...I am eager to write it, as there will be a bit of comedy in it. Can't write everything dark, depressing, and meaningful, or it just gets campy after awhile, I think. Though some people can do it. See, I love melodrama...love it love it love it, and I have to remember to tone it down, because it becomes laughable if the dial is set too high.I have been wondering what happens when a WIP is finally finished...I've been wondering if there is a small segment of the fandom that waits for WIPs to be finished before they read them, and whether there are many of these in the SS/OC fandom. Hey,
webbapettigrew, if you're reading, did you find you received an extra bunch of reviews just after you finished parts of the Devil's series? Anyone else see a sudden spike after they finished a long WIP?I'm also trying to decide if I want to do a little PR work...I was thinking about finding a few relevant comms and attempting to write up a little summary to drum up a bit of interest. Hmmm.
Finally received my 200th review on ffnet...up to 450+ on faorg, though at least eighty are mine, signalling new chapters and please review here...43 on SH...and it looks like I have 31 people getting updates on ffnet, about 150-200 reading each chapter on faorg, and 80-90 on SH...I'm very pleased so far with the level of reviews.
Okay, enough whining, and babbling about reviews.
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Re: I'm a 'waiter'
Date: 2004-11-27 01:30 am (UTC)I feel like general warnings are no different than how bookstores divide their books. In a Murder Mystery section, you can expect that there's going to be a murder, and a mystery. ;) Romances don't generally fall in that category if one of the main 'pair' dies. Tragedies are that... tragedies. Sci-fi, etc. I appreciate very much the "warning, character death". JKR even gave us that before OotP! At least then those of us, like me, who have a hard time dealing with something of that magnitude have a chance to 'be prepared'.
Though, of course, JKR is evil... *snicker*... through out the book I thought it was Hagrid...then Mr. Weasley... then McGonagall... Sirius took me totally by surprise! heh. But at least we knew, right?
I recently read "The Truth about Harry", and was hours into hte reading of the fic before I realized the writer was foreshadowing the death of THE primary character in the fic. Even without finishing the story, I was distressed. I read the last few lines of the last chapter, just to see if she was going to somehow "pull it out of the hat" and NOT kill him, but no, he was dead. I didn't finish the story. My other upsetting story was Love's Labors/Paradise Lost. Amazingly well written story... still upsets me if I think about it too much.
I'm odd that way, I realize. Most people don't get that 'attached' to their fantasy characters. I do, so I like to do things to make my reading time more enjoyable and narrow down the things I know I'm not likely to enjoy. Both of these stories, for the record, were FABULOUS stories, please don't get me wrong! I just don't do 'death' well.
Just my opinion, anyway. ;)
Re: I'm a 'waiter'
Date: 2004-11-27 02:12 am (UTC)I don't think you're odd...it is natural to empathize with the characters you're reading! That's why reading is such a wonderful thing...that's why we read. And I, too, generally don't want to read a story where the character dies. I've read one or two, and it really affected me.