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!!!

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[amykay73.livejournal.com]

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

Unfortunately, yes. I have a few ongoing stories that are in need of a serious update. I'm trying to be better about it now, and write out most if not all before I post something.

For the readers - do you read WIPS? Yes. What I read is more a factor of how much time I have at that moment. If I'm bored, I'll read anything. If I know I only have a couple of moments, I'd rather read a quick one shot and save the chapter stories for a later time. There are though, a couple of ongoing stories that I have waited on reading the next chapter. I'll see that it's update, scan it, but then save it for one of my bored moments when I can read a few chapters at once.

I've had that "Argh!!! No!!!" moment a couple of times on stories. I read this one really great story that seemed liked it was only a chapter or two from concluding. I kept checking back for updates, and then I realized that it hadn't been updated in over a year. I was really bummed.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

then I realized that it hadn't been updated in over a year. I was really bummed.

Yowie... !! That would make me pull my hair out...