BigBang, author's notes, what have you

[ratherastory]

Okay, flist, I have a question.

Do you read the Author's Notes when they post them separately from their BigBang? Are you even remotely interested in them? I've seen it done a few times, and I myself am an avid reader of A/Ns, because I am a compulsive geek.

That being said, I can witter on for days about ideas and process and inspiration and all

Comments

[geminigrl11]

Put them in. I generally read them (fic as big as these BBs are, it's nice to what went into things, and who was involved in helping. I'm like a kid at a convention or something). When is your post date? *grabby hands*

[ratherastory]

It's this coming Friday, July 9th. I just got the final draft back from my beta, and am in the process of html coding, putting in warnings, all sorts of technical details. So, naturally, the question of author's notes came up in my head.

[harrigan]

I love to read author notes! Put them in a separate post!

Can't wait!

(... back to my own spn_summergen...)

[ratherastory]

*takes notes*

*goes back to summergen*

[ficwriter1966]

I'd read the author's notes, if it was a story I liked. That said - I don't know if I'd want to read great reams of material detailing how the author selected every single scene or concept, but some general notes are always fun.

[ratherastory]

Duly noted. I was thinking general notes anyway, but I do sometimes tend to get carried away. *cough*

It's also a good place to post general thanks to all the people who helped along the way. :)

[bellatemple]

I've done a separate post for my author's notes two years running, now. I personally love it, and tend to read them when I see them. 'Cause I, too, am a giant geek. ;D

I vote go for a separate post. It's fun times!

My summergen keeps giving me little tidbits of ideas and then not actually writing. Tomorrow is going to be entirely devoted to procrastinating on working on my big bang and summergen.

[ratherastory]

I think I will, in that case. I love reading other people's, so I shall make one of my own.

I'm really looking forward to yours! *bounces*

I can't believe I'm actually finished. Now all I have to do is a metric assload of html coding.

And my summergen is being a pain. It turned into a casefic, an outsider POV, and I can't quite work the plot around to involving the boys just yet. Except it's supposed to be a SPN fic. *headdesk*

[bellatemple]

Hahahahaha. I kind of had that trouble with mine. I started world building, and the world I was building didn't seem to actually have the brothers in it at all yet. . . .

Mine tend to be a somewhat incoherent mess (at least, I think so), but they're fun to write, and hopefully at least vaguely entertaining to read as well.

[ratherastory]

I hope you're right! I'm banking on mine being entertaining, anyway.

I'm sure yours will be awesome, as usual. :)

[embroiderama]

I would put the most necessary notes in the main post (basic thanks to betas, etc.) but then put the extended version in a separate post. I think that's the best way to get all of your thoughts out there without potentially scaring off readers with extensive notes. :)

[ratherastory]

Thanks to betas and the like is definitely going in the main post, but I'm glad you're on the same wavelength there.