Beware the WIP...

[kellifer]

I have a quick question.

For the writers - have you ever started posted a story you haven't finished?

For the readers - do you read WIPS?

Reason I'm asking is because I never post WIPS, my longer stories are finished when I start posting, just being beta'd usually. I usually don't read WIPS unless it's an author I know but I started reading one that is four parts in, I'm liking it and the author seems to have dropped off the face of the earth.

Argh!! Don't do that to me!!!

Comments

[jo-zed-pee-em.livejournal.com]

I have posted WIP's in the past but only those that I know I can finish and I have posted the rest within days.

I hate starting a story and being left hanging, so others must do too... so now I make sure I have finished before I post...(well unless a sequel is requested and then I do my best to have it written ASAP)

I am glad you ask this question, I have just started and completed part 1 of 40 fics that I am working on (1 for every episode of SGA), and couldn't decide whether to wait before posting or post as a WIP. Each ficlet can stand alone, but still, I am wary.

Let me know what you think! x

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

If it is a *series* then I see that as pretty different to a WIP. Especially if the fics are episode tags and episodic in nature but can be stand alone.

I'd say post away for something like this... :)