[ SECRET POST #2858 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2858 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Orlando Jones]


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[Sleepy Hollow]


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[Mariana's Trench]


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[Game of Thrones]


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[Ace Attorney]


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[George, Prince of Wales/Beau Brummell]


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[Star Trek: The Next Generation]


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[Star Wars: The Old Republic]


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[Scorpion]


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[Harry Potter]


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[Sakana]


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Notes:

Late work day again, sorry.

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 016 secrets from Secret Submission Post #408.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 2 - personal attacks ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

I have multiple unfinished fics and I warn my readers about this at the top of my WIPs. It's cut down the number of "plz update" comments so everyone's happy.

Don't like unfinished fics, please don't read my stuff. There are lots of other writers who finish their fics who can be read instead and they're probably better than me anyway.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I totally get that. I'd rather people post however they're inspired than not post at all. But it's often a pattern, so if you're OP and it really bothers you it's not exactly hard to avoid.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I've learned to be really upfront about the fact that some of my fics will always remain unfinished (about 1 in 8, I think?) and that seems to have reduced the problems all round, both from frustrated readers and stress on me. Ironically, removing some of the stress means that I now finish more fics than I used to.

For those readers who are driven mad by old unfinished fics unlikely to be updated now: have you tried privately contacting the writer and offering to beta the rest? A lot of unfinished fics are actually mostly finished, just sitting on the writer's hard drive. I've gotten to read several unposted ends of fics like this. As long as you don't mind a few rough edges, it's great.

The writer never, ever ends up posting the end of the fic, even after my beta, though. That's just the way it seems to be.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

DA

I'd actually caution against contacting writers unless they specifically mention this is the case. It's already very depressing and discouraging to receive requests (at best, or demands at worst) for fics they've either moved on from or feel guilty for not finishing.

I'm not saying never do it, just tread carefully. It has all the potential to backfire.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

That's why I suggested an offer to beta. It's pretty easy to reject an offer to beta, especially if that writer has a history of not using them anyway.

It's a very different request than a random stranger asking "please let me read your unfinished fic privately even though no one else gets to" which most writers would rightly say no to, and then feel annoyed for being hassled.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

There's still somewhat of an assumption that the author still considers that works ongoing, or that they still plan on working on it in some way. If, as in the case OP's objecting to, an author has clearly moved onto something else I still find it a little presumptuous to bring up an old fic in ANY capacity if the author hasn't mentioned that it's still something they consider a WIP.