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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-11-25 06:48 pm

[ SECRET POST #2884 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2884 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2014-11-26 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
late to the party but, as a one-time WIP abandoner? pressure only accelerates the abandonment.

it's hard for an author to admit that they've fallen out of love with the fandom, or with the story itself. when they know they have people who really enjoy the story and wish there was more, it makes them feel worse, but sometimes you just can't come back from that. you tell yourself you'll finish it someday, or put up the notes you had for how it'll end, just so the fans get closure, but you can't get that love back and it feels bad to let people down. but what can you do?

leave comments and kudos about how much you enjoy the story but try to hold back from asking when the next update will be. if the author has any juice left for the story, that'll go a long way toward getting restarted.

(Anonymous) 2014-11-26 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
This is so true. The stories I am most likely to update after a break of a year or more are those that nobody wants anyway (my multi-chaptered genfics especially).

The lack of pressure is what makes it fun for the writer.