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Comments

How long do you wait for WIPs to update before giving up on them?

[(Anonymous)]

How much time has to pass for you to assume they're not going to be updated?

Re: How long do you wait for WIPs to update before giving up on them?

[(Anonymous)]

As long as I need to honestly. I generally don't read any new WIP's anymore, but I still check back on a few fics regardless of if they're a few months or even a decade old. Really you never know, and there have been several fics I've checked back on that were updated literally years after they'd last been updated.

Re: How long do you wait for WIPs to update before giving up on them?

[(Anonymous)]

Probably around five or six months. If something doesn't update for six months, I'm at the point where I'm not sure if I even want it to update, because if it does, and then I have to wait another six months for the next update, I'd honestly rather just write it off as abandoned so I can stop waiting.

Re: How long do you wait for WIPs to update before giving up on them?

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I was ecstatic to see a fic update last week that last updated in 2006, so I guess more than 14 years? Basically my expectation declines over time, but I never give up unless an author deletes their fic or it’s purged by the site admin or a hosting site ceases to exist.

Re: How long do you wait for WIPs to update before giving up on them?

[(Anonymous)]

I just assume it won't be. That way, I'm pleasantly surprised when it is.

Re: How long do you wait for WIPs to update before giving up on them?

[(Anonymous)]

I usually check what the post date is for the work and when the latest update was in relation to how many chapters there are. If the writer seems to have a pretty steady update schedule I'll keep track of the WIP and I have a lot of leniency for gaps. But if there's only a few chapters and there hasn't been an update in a while I won't touch it because I know it's likely there won't be any more. Writers who generally keep people posted on updates, let people know when there's a hiatus or have other finished works can usually be trusted. But I never give a hard no to WIPs like some people because 1. I post as I go too 2. I know it can be important for some writers, motivation wise, to have people interacting with the story as they go 3. life can get in the way and this isn't there job so I'm not too hard on people who have a wonky update schedule.

Basically if the update schedule seems stable, the writer keeps their audience posted, and they seem active in engaging with other people's works (commenting and bookmarking things, having other fandom related social media they're active on) then I know their WIP will likely some day be a finished work because they're very engaged with things. Also if they're getting a decent amount of feedback from me and other people I know they'll continue to feel motivated and excited to keep posting. I like engaging with WIPs in this sense because I know for the people writing them it's important to have feedback throughout the process.