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Just a general pop in thread
RokofAges75:
Yes, I remember that issue with the formatting! So annoying! I think it was an issue with something Microsoft Word does to certain punctuation marks that didn't translate when copy/pasting into AO3. The weird marks even started showing up in stories on AC, too. I think I went back through my Google Docs and used find/replace to fix all those punctuation marks. When I post stuff on my site and AO3, I paste it in as plain text to get rid of any formatting that may be glitchy, but then I have go back through and re-do any italics or other formatting I want. That's what makes it so time-consuming and why I'm reluctant to take the time to post all 350+ chapters of Broken/BMS.
I think you're right, though. People who have been reading BSB fic long enough have probably already come across those stories and read them if they wanted to. People who are newer to the fandom may not have, but I'm not sure I would want Broken to be someone's introduction to my writing because it's not representative of my writing style anymore. If I eventually post it on AO3, it will include an author's note that explains that. But even if I don't, I do have a link to my site on my author bio on AO3, so people can still find them that way.
I've had the same experience with my older work not getting as much engagement as the stories I've actually posted on AO3 as I wrote them. It makes sense, considering some people there have probably already read them. Also, I backdate them to their original post date after I finish posting them, so they would only be found by searching tags or looking at my works page.
What I'll probably do is hold off on posting Broken and BMS until I see how long my current story ends up. The way it's going, I might be able to take the top spot on word count without BMS LOL. It's already longer than Broken and will almost certainly be longer than Song for the Undead, which would make it my second-longest novel.
Anyway, thanks for your input!
mare:
Where do you see the stats where it would say what the longest fic in the BSB fandom etc. is or does it show when you sort by? I'm back on my computer for the third time today which is a lot for me. Because of making changes to that chapter I talked about, I've fallen behind. I still need to edit it. I am posting that one tomorrow.
RokofAges75:
You can sort by word count once you're within a certain fandom or tag. I'm not obsessed with stats, but I am a numbers person, so I like to have an idea of where my works stand within the fandom for different stats.
I didn't expect you to reply this fast, so I can tell you've been on the computer more than usual. I hope your writing/editing went well. I probably should have updated yesterday because I have a chapter finished, but I haven't edited it yet and kinda want to hang on to it until I see how the next chapter turns out. I feel like I'm flying by the seat of my pants now that I've run out of buffer chapters and am basically posting as I write, even though I typically wait at least a week to post. But I've been so slow lately that I haven't been able to build a buffer back up.
mare:
I'll have to try and play around with that. I went on earlier to search by stories most recently updated in the Succession fandom but mine didn't show up. Not even for all the way towards the beginning of June, so not sure what's up with that. I probably did something wrong. That site vexes me.
My writing did go well. Like you, I like to stay at least one chapter ahead of a story, so I was able to write next week's chapter which is the last one that I have really had stuck in my head. Now I'm in the same place you are. I'm not sure how much more I have to say but my brain will not let me end on an odd numbered chapter so that means I'll have to come up with at least one more than anticipated. My other one I've been writing; I don't necessarily write ahead on it. I have a method to my madness giving Tues - Thurs that fic and Friday through Monday this one. So, with the other one, if I don't have a chapter ready to post on Thursday, then I'll skip the week and post it the next week. The one I work a chapter ahead; I always post it on Mondays. Sometimes I wish I wasn't so schedule oriented. LOL
RokofAges75:
Sometimes AO3 takes a few minutes to reflect recent updates, so if you sorted immediately after posting your chapter, your story may not have showed up at the top. But if you waited longer or had still updated it in June, it should have showed up among the most recent stories. Not sure why it wouldn't have otherwise, unless you had something else checked under the tag options to filter it out when you searched? Or it could just be a glitch.
I'm glad your writing went well! I hear you with the ending on an odd number thing. I wouldn't like that either, unless it was a multiple of 5. 25 chapters is perfect. 21 or 29 is unacceptable. I could live with 23 or 27 if I had to, but it's not ideal.
A schedule seems like a good way to balance the two stories. I know readers appreciate a predictable update schedule, too. For a while, I was updating every Saturday, until I ran out of chapters. Now it's whenever I have an update ready, but I still typically wait until Saturday. I don't think I could handle more than one ongoing story anymore. I haven't even finished the one-shot I started for April Fool's Day. I'm okay with having something like 00Carter around as a side project that I write on once in a blue moon, but it would be hard for me to balance more than one multi-chapter fic that readers expect regular updates on without having finished the whole thing first. Do you ever find it difficult to stick to your writing schedule? If you feel more inspired to work on the Friday-Monday fic on a Wednesday, do you let yourself, or do you stick with the Tuesday-Thursday fic?
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