Bread Makes You FAT?!: If You Write Fanfic...

Bread Makes You FAT?!: If You Write Fanfic...:

clownyprincess:

pivitor:

Also, some writers are come across as very entitled.  They'll demand that they get a certain amount of reviews before writing the next chapter, or someone will leave them a review with some constructive criticism and they'll get mad and delete the story, etc. etc.

Finishing stories is a very big problem in fan fic, and I admit, I'm guilty of it myself.  Becoming invested in any story is a gamble, because you never know when the writer will just decide to abandon it and never update again.  That's part of why fan-fiction isn't a great place to receive constructive criticism; many reviewers are scared to leave any, because they don't want to scare away the writers before they finish their story.

These are things I totally forgot to mention but are very, very true of my experience also. There's simply nothing worse than becoming devoted to an awesome fanfiction only for the author to abandon it… devastating!

I hate the review-entitlement attitude too… I LOVE getting reviews, like any fanfic author, but I don't make it a proviso of writing. That's ridiculous. If you write fanfic just to be popular or get glory, then you're writing it for the wrong reasons. Also, nowhere near as many people leave reviews as those who read… I accept that and am grateful for every review I get (and I know I get way more than some people ever do) and I love concrit. I try to leave reviews as much as possible too - cos I know how meaningful it is. If a fic is really terrible, I just tend to not bother - I don't want to tear someone down. I tend to leave concrit for fanfic that is otherwise awesome and that I believe in its potential.  I think the review system is one of the things that fuel the fanfic community - but yeah, you totally cannot force people to do it and it's just bratty to get entitled about it. Though I would like to see it become more established in the culture as par for the course. I have seen some fandoms attempt this with initiatives such as review-a-thons and such. 

Reblogging because this conversation got kind of fascinating.