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Question of the day part 6
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on August 14, 2012, 05:55:11 PM ---The whole writing/reading fanfic process is one big learning curve lol
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I think every writing community has their own sort of "culture," too, when it comes to that kind of stuff. For example, shameless self-promotion is not something that will earn you a lot of respect here, but Steph has mentioned that on the 1D site she posts on, self-promo is the only way to get people to read your stories. I've never seen people holding "auditions" to cast other posters as characters in their stories here, but on Refresh, that was the thing to do. And I remember Steph saying that on the Take That site she used to post stuff on, everyone wrote self-insert stories, which are not as popular at least among the people who post on the forum. So what is seen as acceptable in one fandom or even on one site/forum may be completely different from what's acceptable somewhere else. That's definitely part of the learning curve, but I also think everyone should just be confident in who they are as writers and not try to change themselves or their writing just to follow a trend or please someone other than themselves.
Carter-Orange:
I would never ask someone to review my stuff, or why they stopped reading. I know that if people aren't reading it's because they don't like it, lol.
Yes Julie, everyone wrote self-inserts on that site, and the only stories which got read were romance, the more sexed up, the better as far as they were concerned. Also, a couple of the writers on there - who were also mods - used to pester everyone to read and review their stuff. If they noticed someone reading and not reviewing, they would ban them! In the end I decided I couldn't handle that place. I hate being forced to do something I don't want to do! That's why I love this place so much :)
kevmylove:
I would be too embarrasses to ask someone why they stopped reading and reviewing. Although, it might be good to know. lol. I think people have stopped reading my stuff cause I have been lagging it to update! :(
Which brings me to a question...Do you ever feel like you're done with writing Fanfics? What are some of the reasons you want to quit and some of the reasons you don't quit?
Rose:
There's been times I've taken breaks because I got blocked. But time to give up? Oddly enough that's never happened for me LOL.
I agree about the BSB fanfic culture too. These days it's smaller, self-inserts are frowned upon, as is excessive self-promo. It wasn't always like that though. Self-inserts used to be the norm, and you had to nominate yourself for a lot of fanfic awards so that those running it knew you were okay with being up with one. So fanfic "cultures" change and evolve. Romances have always been big, yes. But Bus Crash stories used to be one of the major cliches too, along with BSB Meets Girlband.
FrickingKaos:
Yeah I would be too shy to ask why someone stopped reading, but I will admit it bothers me when I don't know. Like is it something I can improve upon? Or did they just feel it wasn't for them. I don't think about it as much as I used to, I've learned just ignore it and not dwell so much.
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