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No real directions, but this isn't a place for debate. It's a place for RANTIN' AND RAVIN'.
There is a rule: There is to be no calling out anyone by name in Rants, Chatter, or on the Meme itself. This only produces an atmosphere of animosity and it is no longer tolerated. If you see any names being ranted about, please link ( Read more... )
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The only two things that counteract that are:
1. The OP not responding
2. Getting fewer comments on an update of a WIP than I have on previous updates, especially if there's a logged in user who's consistently commented before
I know there are tons of reasons that these two things can happen that have nothing to do with anyone disliking what I've written, but I still get kind of paranoid.
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For John/Sherlock, at least six comments.
For other pairings, at least four.
If it's multiple parts, four per update.
I'm okay with less, but when it gets that many I feel it's a general "well done, fic" marker.
I've never packed my toys and gone home, but I'd probably abandon a WIP that wasn't getting any comments, or that was only getting one per update. If someone started a wank on my fic, I might still finish but I'd probably leave it anonymous because I'd be too embarrassed to claim after that.
On AO3 with the kudos system, I have no idea how to measure "my fic has done well" there. I look at the kudos count in utter confusion.
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AO3: Hit counts. I'm a bit addicted to them and I consider a fic a bit meh with readers if I get less than 200 hits. Kudos in the double digits make me happy.
FF.net: Comments are nice. Hit counts too. And how many people favourited the fic or added to their C2 list.
Meme: OP likes it and I get more than 2 comments.
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AO3: 25 kudos
FF.net: eh, I'm not sure. I have on fic with literally 2 reviews but it's been Favorited 17 times, so...
For relevancy I think that my preferred pairing, I expect to get less comments/kuds/whatever than a Sherlock/John fic because the fanbase isn't quite so big.
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I don't see that many comments on most of the fills, these people here must be incredibly good writers.
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Yours, a canon ACD writer who gets plenty of praise relatively speaking, but has seen frankly mediocre BBC verse fics on A03 with kudos in three figures and thousands of hits.
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You're so right about kudos.
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When I wrote a multipart fic on the meme, I scraped by with maybe one or two comments per part. Sometimes none at all. And then I finished and posted off-meme and it now it has thousands of hits and a good couple hundred kudos. I guess what I'm trying to say is try not to give up on multipart stories even when it seems like nobody is reading. Write because the story compels you! <33
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nah that sounds whiny but the only comments i ever get are from friends lurking my page... actually that's only two comments, i have one fic that has a comment from someone i don't know
i think that's good
i dunno like i don't really care; i know when my writing's good and when it's not. it's nice to get recognition but i'm not going to stop writing because i don't, so, whatever!
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I've never stopped writing anything because nobody read it, though. If I did that I'd never have improved at anything.
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On AO3 i think 1 kudos per 25 hits is about my average. I get a happy little feeling in my tummy when i get a comment on any of my fics <3 comments are the best.
I never post WIP's, but i don't think i'd abandon one if it didn't get many comments! I write because it's fun :)
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