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Fanfiction / Re: Things That Annoy You in Fanfiction

« on: June 25, 2014, 10:54:23 AM »

Well... here's an annoyance that I have. People taking one look at a small part of a story and commenting based on that one small part (without reading the whole damn thing to begin with) and thinking that the whole thing is trash (again, without reading the whole thing to begin with, which leads to stupid bias).

Yes, this happened to me, but, in my defense, I didn't know that Beast's Lair had a hatred for the type of story I posted then (mainly because I wanted honest critique on it... which Elf can attest to).

Depends on the conditions, but if it's the first chapter that is valid. Unlike books, we are not guaranteed that an editor and publisher has looked at the content and seen it isn't crap ( and even if they have, there's no guarantee it isn't anyways). As such, money isn't our concern, it's time. Time is the currency and time is what we spend to look at your work. If you can't convince us a fic is good within the amount of time we're willing to spend then it obviously needs to change (give or take).

If your summary can't hook that many reader, then obviously you need a better summary. If your readers abandon before the end of the first chapter, then obviously something is wrong. Perhaps the reader and your fic's style don't align. Maybe what's in the fic drives readers away (It's hard to force a reader to read what they aren't interested in. I'm not much for gooey twoo wuv fics and you'll be hard pressed to push me that way) Or, it could be something more literary that's the issue. It's up to you and your editor to figure out that issue. Sometimes it's the fic and sometimes it's the reader "market".