But isn't it fun to be excited about a story like that and have chapters all thought out and ready?
I seriously haven't been this excited and into a fic (of my very own!) since Every Heart, my first fic for this fandom. Fleeting is eating my brain in the exact same way. I'm also just having a lot of fun writing it - the tone is very casual, and I'm experimenting with different sorts of style things, etc. It doesn't feel like a chapter fic, where everything has to fall in line and parallel nicely. I really like this idea of writing a true "serial," of connected oneshots, even if it means I have to summarize the story in almost every entry. It helps me get my thoughts together and puts the story in context.
Really looking forward to reading Fleeting. I'll probably get to it on Sunday--my husband is out of town, so I'm single parenting this weekend. Always happy to find some sess/kag that doesn't make me hate the fandom (I've got serious, serious issues) and I know from your dokuga contest writing that I'll be treated to an entertaining read. And I'll definitely review.
I look forward to your thoughts on it! :) Response here at LJ has been...guh, amazing is the only word I can think of for it. I feel like I'm really succeeding with all of the storylines, and it's been a challenge to keep people on their toes. I like being able to interact with commenters here, too, because some of the conversations we've had (and the ability to question you guys via research posts, LOL) have definitely helped shape the story, just as much as the prompts have.
Totally with you on the comments! Just like reviews on the fic dumping sites, the reader feedback makes it worth the effort. And the nice thing about the LJ coms is that people typically try to say something constructive and positive. I get the most reviews on ffn, though a large percentage of them are the drive by type "nice chappie upd8 plz". Media miner are far fewer, but generally longer and more thought out. Dokuga...yeah.
Yes, reader feedback can make all the difference sometimes :) I probably receive about the same amount of attention on MM.org and FF.net, and have managed to receive some really thoughtful reviews at the latter (I'm hardly ever subject to drive-by "update plz!" reviews...). I've got one reviewer over there right now that has left me long, engaging reviews for the last three chapters :)
The people that review me at Dokuga generally are already familiar with my stuff; if they aren't, they wonder at why it doesn't have more reviews *facepalm*
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I seriously haven't been this excited and into a fic (of my very own!) since Every Heart, my first fic for this fandom. Fleeting is eating my brain in the exact same way. I'm also just having a lot of fun writing it - the tone is very casual, and I'm experimenting with different sorts of style things, etc. It doesn't feel like a chapter fic, where everything has to fall in line and parallel nicely. I really like this idea of writing a true "serial," of connected oneshots, even if it means I have to summarize the story in almost every entry. It helps me get my thoughts together and puts the story in context.
Really looking forward to reading Fleeting. I'll probably get to it on Sunday--my husband is out of town, so I'm single parenting this weekend. Always happy to find some sess/kag that doesn't make me hate the fandom (I've got serious, serious issues) and I know from your dokuga contest writing that I'll be treated to an entertaining read. And I'll definitely review.
I look forward to your thoughts on it! :) Response here at LJ has been...guh, amazing is the only word I can think of for it. I feel like I'm really succeeding with all of the storylines, and it's been a challenge to keep people on their toes. I like being able to interact with commenters here, too, because some of the conversations we've had (and the ability to question you guys via research posts, LOL) have definitely helped shape the story, just as much as the prompts have.
Totally with you on the comments! Just like reviews on the fic dumping sites, the reader feedback makes it worth the effort. And the nice thing about the LJ coms is that people typically try to say something constructive and positive. I get the most reviews on ffn, though a large percentage of them are the drive by type "nice chappie upd8 plz". Media miner are far fewer, but generally longer and more thought out. Dokuga...yeah.
Yes, reader feedback can make all the difference sometimes :) I probably receive about the same amount of attention on MM.org and FF.net, and have managed to receive some really thoughtful reviews at the latter (I'm hardly ever subject to drive-by "update plz!" reviews...). I've got one reviewer over there right now that has left me long, engaging reviews for the last three chapters :)
The people that review me at Dokuga generally are already familiar with my stuff; if they aren't, they wonder at why it doesn't have more reviews *facepalm*