[ SECRET POST #2546 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2546 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 054 secrets from Secret Submission Post #363.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[ningloreth]

I'm so glad to hear it's not just me who loses participants :-)

I wish I could do that, but my participants are paired up, so I can't post writer A's story until I've also got her partner's. (The writers don't actually know who they're paired with until the reveal, but they do have their partner's prompts, and a list of their kinks and squicks, so they tend to feel they know them, and it's never quite the same when they get a gift from a pinch-hitter).

I'm very aware that the earlier a story's posted, the more attention it gets, and that it's unfair for writers who get their stories in on time but don't get them posted until late because their partner's late, but I suppose that's part of the gamble with this particular exchange format (which I didn't invent, but inherited from the previous mod).

[(Anonymous)]

I think people who drop out are a constant in any fic exchange. :( I don't even mind the people who let me know before the deadline that they can't finish their fic, that's fine. But I really hate the people who just disappear, or who say on the day of the deadline that they need a few more days and then you never hear from them again. It's incredibly selfish.

Hmm, but why do you have to post both partners' fics at the same time? I mean, if person A finishes their fic for person B, why can't you post that already, even if you have to find a pinch-hitter to write for person A?

[ningloreth]

why do you have to post both partners' fics at the same time?

That's how this exchange works. The posts are called 'duets'. I don't know if it's unique to this particular fandom or whether my predecessor had seen it elsewhere, but people often say it's unique and special, so I don't really want to change that aspect of it. And the participants do know, when they sign up, that they'll be 'duetting', though whether they realise that means they may have to wait longer to see their own story posted, I don't know.

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, okay. I've never seen that sort of exchange in any of my fandoms, but if that's how this exchange works, I can understand that you don't want to change it. Especially if many participants enjoy it the way it is. :)