Fics and Chapters

amothea has an interesting post here on how irritating it is when someone posts a completed story in chunks instead of all in one go.

I agree if you know the story is complete and it's doled out a chapter a week or at even longer intervals that could get frustrating but it's something I've often done with long fics; written them, got them beta'd, broken them into bite-sized chunks and posted a chapter a day.

I'm a speed reader who's at home all day; I can read epics in one go if I let the ironing pile up, but I know most people are reading in whatever moments they can snatch and with a big f-list there can be a lot of fics calling out to be read. I'd never put a 30,000 word fic out in one day and it's not just a cynical ploy to get more f/b that makes me split it.

Sure, I love f/b to bits and wear my 'feedback whore' badge with pride... but trust me, when I split a long fic I'm not doing it just to get more comments and I didn't realise it pissed some people off a lot because as a reader it doesn't bother me. It spreads the fun out for me as a reader. Gives me something to look forward to each day. A little happy when I see the new chapter's up.

And I always provide links between parts so it's easy to wait until the end and then read in one go and leave one piece of f/b on the final part, if the spirit moves you to leave any.

::shrugs:: I guess I don't see the problem. You know the fic's complete so it's safe; it's not like a WiP that might be abandoned. You can choose to read in instalments and curse the cliffhangers cheerfully, or you can wait a week, say, and gobble it up in one bite.

But annoying people is the last thing I'd want to do, so for anyone who's been silently fuming in the past about this habit of mine... well. Sorry :: apologetic smile::

I'm still going to do it, though. :-)

Las Vegas finale

Eeeee!

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