Fic Talk > I Challenge You....
Reading challenge suggestion box and new rules for next year!
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on August 03, 2014, 04:52:38 AM ---Sometimes it's hard to know if your story is 2/3 finished or not, unless you have the whole thing planned out chapter by chapter. Otherwise it's just an estimate.
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Exactly why maybe if the writer isn't really sure, in that instance, they shouldn't submit that particular story. I know if I had no clue where my story was going and how long it would take me to get there, it wouldn't be a good thing to ask people to read.
RokofAges75:
^ That seems very fair. And that's a good point; it's probably nice to get this kind of feedback from more than one person. Maybe I will re-submit some older stories if I do this next year. Hopefully I will; I missed it this year, but knew I wouldn't have time to devote to it until July. Next year June will still be busy, but at least I won't be moving on top of taking two classes.
Rose:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on August 03, 2014, 04:51:38 AM ---Yeah, as a reader, I would prefer to read something complete so I can give feedback on the whole story. Also, I would not want to feel obligated to read the rest of the story after the challenge if I didn't really want to or to have to read a lot more than I signed up for because of the story being updated as the challenge was going on. That said, as long as we get a choice in what we read, it shouldn't matter because readers who feel the same way I do can just choose stories that are complete.
From the writing side of things, I'm kind of on the fence. I usually only submit complete stories for this challenge, but this year I would have submitted Song for the Undead for sure and maybe Sick as My Secrets because those are really the only stories I have worth submitting that haven't already been read for this challenge. I'm glad Rose went ahead and submitted Undead, but I'm also glad I can wait another year before submitting SAMS because it will be so much farther (hopefully finished?) by next summer.
There's not a rule about submitting the same story more than one year, is there? Because I've always tried to submit stories that haven't been read for this before, but I'm running out of ones to submit! Have any of you submitted a story that was already chosen and read for a previous year's challenge?
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Yeah it's really the writing side that makes me go well....incomp letely (but over halfway) might be more beneficial. Perfect example was Undead cause I figured a fresh pair of eyes reading it would be awesome. I've submitted Remember Me This Way twice now. Mainly because if there's any fanfic (besides Undead lol) that I know I'd really consider someday trying to transition into a "real" novel, it's that one. It's gonna probably be something I keep doing that with because the more eyes, the better.
Rose:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on August 03, 2014, 05:00:18 AM ---^ That seems very fair. And that's a good point; it's probably nice to get this kind of feedback from more than one person. Maybe I will re-submit some older stories if I do this next year. Hopefully I will; I missed it this year, but knew I wouldn't have time to devote to it until July. Next year June will still be busy, but at least I won't be moving on top of taking two classes.
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Which is good cause...withou t you all I'm going to be is... Innnnnncoooooo mmmmpleeeeettt e....*goes to the knees*
Yeah I really couldn't help myself just now LOL.
mare:
Yup, the more eyes the better but also the more times it's submitted the less chance that there are people who haven't already read it. Sometimes I think that's really the challenge for some people. Fr the more popular stories, they have pretty much been read by everyone already doing the challenge so they kind of end up being left out. That's why I avoid submitting "Why I'd Do it all Again" or "It Stays With You." Although I might next summer because they're old enough now that some people may have completely missed them. LOL
I hope you get a chance to do this next year, Julie!
Oh another thing I'm on the fence about is the readers only thing I did this year. Ritz is the only person doing it this year and she rocks so it isn't really an issue but I couldn't help but wonder what if it happened to be someone who wasn't that great who didn't care if they completed the challenge? There's really nothing I could do as a 'punishment' for those people. At least if you submit a story I can put it on hold but if there's nothing to put on hold all I can do is bug that person and hope it's enough.
I would love some of our great reviewers like Pammy, Silver Knife and GrunAugen to do a challenge like this because when it comes to handing out feedback they are awesome at it. From what I have seen anyway. I mean not that they even know or care about this challenge, but still I don't want to take that away from them if they did choose to participate.
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