Oh man, I wouldn't even know what passage to pick. Hmmmmm..
Okay, beware this is me being all venty and it is not directed at you at all :D
My experience with posting long stories all in one sitting was fairly neutral. I think more people would have read "Imago" if I had posted it in parts instead of seeing a single 50k word story and passing it by because of lack of time.
My biggest reason for posting a serialized story is most of my f-list don't have two or three hours to devote to reading something. I don't know how many fics I booked marked that were over 50k then never got around to digesting them.
As far as posting ten, 10k chapters, I'll admit being selfish. Some of those chapters took weeks to write and research. I'm not paid to write. My 'reward' are my readers' reactions to particular hard fought chapters. I don't expect a reader to leave feedback on each chapter,(some do which is awesome) but it's nice to see them on a few, or at least at the end of the story.
And I lost count the number of times a reader posted on a random chapter something to the effect "I'm waiting to read this when its all done," never to hear from them again. I'd rather have not known someone had planned on reading it, only to have no idea if you did, and either didn't enjoy the story, or plain forgot to come back to it because it was printed out or put on a kindle.
The post I plan on making though is the difference between a WIP and a serialized story. WIPs are stories that a writer is posting as they go which I can’t stand vs. a completed story that is posted in parts which is what a lot of people do.
I understand your view about sitting down and reading something on sitting, but you also say something when you’re done :-P
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Oh man, I wouldn't even know what passage to pick. Hmmmmm..
Okay, beware this is me being all venty and it is not directed at you at all :D
My experience with posting long stories all in one sitting was fairly neutral. I think more people would have read "Imago" if I had posted it in parts instead of seeing a single 50k word story and passing it by because of lack of time.
My biggest reason for posting a serialized story is most of my f-list don't have two or three hours to devote to reading something. I don't know how many fics I booked marked that were over 50k then never got around to digesting them.
As far as posting ten, 10k chapters, I'll admit being selfish. Some of those chapters took weeks to write and research. I'm not paid to write. My 'reward' are my readers' reactions to particular hard fought chapters. I don't expect a reader to leave feedback on each chapter,(some do which is awesome) but it's nice to see them on a few, or at least at the end of the story.
And I lost count the number of times a reader posted on a random chapter something to the effect "I'm waiting to read this when its all done," never to hear from them again. I'd rather have not known someone had planned on reading it, only to have no idea if you did, and either didn't enjoy the story, or plain forgot to come back to it because it was printed out or put on a kindle.
The post I plan on making though is the difference between a WIP and a serialized story. WIPs are stories that a writer is posting as they go which I can’t stand vs. a completed story that is posted in parts which is what a lot of people do.
I understand your view about sitting down and reading something on sitting, but you also say something when you’re done :-P