[ SECRET POST #3498 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3498 ⌋

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Comments

Re: I had a writing commission go sideways, and I just really need to vent.

[kallanda_lee]

Fanfic commission are pretty rare I'd say.

Man, on another note, I wish people would commission me :(

But, I think you had a shit experience. Don't think you'll get your money back, but hey, you should not bother with this person again.

I'd wager it really is someone who needed the money, but had neither the motivation or the time.

Re: I had a writing commission go sideways, and I just really need to vent.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Oh I wasn't planning on asking for my money back. They did deliver the product, sub-par and obviously barely thought-through as it feels.

I forgot to mention too, the only reason I went through with commissioning them after it felt like maybe they weren't very enthusiastic about the commission was because I had to remind myself not everyone is going to be "oh yay! :D Awesome! Glad to work with you!", and everybody has different personalities. She even went so far as to say "I've already got some ideas for this" to try and...put me at ease I guess.

I wish I'd listened to my gut on this one. :/

(Also, honestly while I feel really bummed out now and probably am going to take a break for a little bit from commissioning people, I honestly wish more authors would open up for commissions! I would be all over some of my favourite fic authors if they offered monetary commissions!)

Re: I had a writing commission go sideways, and I just really need to vent.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like a lot of fanfic authors (speaking as one myself) feel like they can't/shouldn't ask for commissions, just cause its more of a controversial subject in fandom, historically.

Re: I had a writing commission go sideways, and I just really need to vent.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree.

Re: I had a writing commission go sideways, and I just really need to vent.

[kallanda_lee]

Same. I'd actually enjoy commissions, because I like writing for someone, and lord knows I could use the cash.

Re: I had a writing commission go sideways, and I just really need to vent.

[(Anonymous)]

there's that, yeah. that's a big thing.

but also, as another fanfic author? I can't write on a deadline. I can't write for other people. I only write for me and if other people like it, great. so trying to put it out there and get paid for it would just end in me ruining a lot of people's days (weeks, months, and years).

Re: I had a writing commission go sideways, and I just really need to vent.

[(Anonymous)]

Yup. I mean, money's tight enough right now for me that I'm collecting bottles and cans to recycle so I can buy toilet paper.

$50 for 8,000 words? Gimme!

But it's been drilled into me from the earliest days: fanartists can do commissions, but fanwriters are the scum of the earth if they even suggest they might try it.

Re: I had a writing commission go sideways, and I just really need to vent.

[(Anonymous)]

OP

It wasn't even 8,000 words lol it was 4000, I have no idea how my finger slipped from "4" to "8". I even sent through a $10 tip. I really strive to treat the people I commission right, and that I don't view them as a writing/art machine. Which is probably part of the reason I'm so angry and disillusioned by all this. I have multiple failsafes to ensure the people I work with aren't being pushed to draw/write something they hate. I ask multiple times if they're positive, and let them know there are no hard feelings if they back out due to conflict of interest.

The fic in question was pretty much run-of-the-mill romance and smut with some very vanilla "kink" points to hit (like "first time" "slowburn" type kinks), and even then I always offer "if this is something you don't feel like you want to do, please tell me".

It kind of pisses me off that the author kind of ignored all that and still got funny when I asked for something small to be revised. :(

Re: I had a writing commission go sideways, and I just really need to vent.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I forgot to reply to this part:

But it's been drilled into me from the earliest days: fanartists can do commissions, but fanwriters are the scum of the earth if they even suggest they might try it.

Fuck people who act like that. It makes me sad how few people offer fic commissions. If you feel like you're capable of writing fic on commission, do it if you want to. There are absolutely people like me out there who jump at the chance to commission people. And people who act like fanartists taking commissions for other people's (licensed) characters is "okay" but a fic author taking commissions for the same thing is somehow evil scum...they're dumb as dirt, seriously.

Re: I had a writing commission go sideways, and I just really need to vent.

[lb_lee]

Oohhhhh yeah. I mean, I take writing commissions, and have taken fanfic commissions before, but it's not something I do often, in part for that reason. (The other part is I often don't know the fandom, and writing for a fandom I don't know can vary from 'pain in the ass' to 'MORE ASS AGONY THAN A FIRST TIME YAOI.')