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Getting your work out there: Fanfiction, LJ and more
MaineWriter:
One of the things fanfic authors deal with is the dissemination of their work and readers deal with the issue of finding it. What are options available for dissemination, pros and cons, etc? I thought maybe we could begin a discussion of this topic.
I'll dive in with Fanfiction.net, since that is where I first started posting my story (ALBFS). I discovered fanfiction.net by reading Human Interest (MadLori's story) there. I sort of assumed it was the only place on the net for fanfic stories. Now I know I was wrong in that regard.
Fanfiction.net is one of the oldest and most well known of the fanfic sites. It is also the largest. A few years ago they implemented a rule that said that NC17 content was forbidden (although it is not clear to me that that rule is very strictly enforced).
Things I like about fanfiction.net:
1) The way the stories are formatted. I find them easy to read.
2) Navigation through a story.
3) As an author, I have access to lots of statistics about hits, number of words, reviews, etc.
4) There is an index of stories, so it is easy to find others on a similar topic to read.
5) Readers can get an automatic notificaton when a new story or chapter is posted.
6) Authors get notifications of new reviews that are posted.
Dislikes:
1) The process of uploading is slow and tedious.
2) Once a story is posted, you cannot make corrections. If you find an error, you have to go through the whole process of uploading a new document from word.
3) There are many complaints about spyware, and people refuse to read on fanfiction.net for this reason.
4) The reviews don't offer much opportunity for a dialog, as you can have with the comments on LiveJournal.
5) It can take up to 24 hours for a review to appear online.
After I did get spyware complaints, I created a LiveJournal account and posted my story there, too, so now it is in both places. I have also started posting my new story in both places, since I know I have a few loyal fanfic readers who are not on LiveJournal.
Someone want to share their thoughts on LiveJournal or other places to post?
Leslie
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on July 29, 2006, 11:41:33 am ---
Dislikes:
1) The process of uploading is slow and tedious.
2) Once a story is posted, you cannot make corrections. If you find an error, you have to go through the whole process of uploading a new document from word.
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Hi Leslie
1- Often there is a problem with fansfics website and it won't download.
2-You can edit, change story once it is posted. Go to the story, click to content/chapers, then click to export. The story will then be found under documents and you can change, edit as you wish, then go back to story and replace chapter, etc. Need any more help please let me know.
Mark
twistedude:
LiveJournal: although I have 5-6 stories posted there, I still cannot manage ity myself, and need the help of someone sitting next to me, which only happerns aboiut once every two weeks. My own Live Journal stuff looks a bit cramped, and you cannot see how many "hits" your work is getting--although a "hit" may just mean that someone turned idly to it, and may have taken oine look, and immediately gone on to something else. You DO get this on fanfiction, and, personally, I count 606 hits as more than 135...hoiwever many people actually read each piece.
About the switchero--which you have to do on fanfiction if you want to change ANYTHING--even a comma!--if you keep your document in good shape, it takes a total of about 5 minutes to switch your new document, with the corrected word or phrase, for the old. I recently kept worrying a story till I had it down to almost no time at all.
Of course, on Live Journal, you can edit RIGHT ON THE LIVE JOURNAL PAGE, which is a true blessing. Now, if I could only figure out how to post my dumb stuff on LiveJournal so that it looks the way marakeshsparrow's or louisev's do--it'd be great. Unfortunately, the quality probably wouldn't improve, but you can't have everything!
Ideally, I'd like to use both..
Helen:
I first heard about ff.net when someone posted something that was NC-17 and got a whole load of grief about it. It didn't make me want to post there. I also had the spyware issue, so I don't visit anymore. I was so grateful to Leslie when she posted her fic on LJ.
I've had one LJ account or another for about five years now. Over time I've learnt how to use most of the features available, but it's easy enough to use from the start.
My only quibble is when people post long posts and don't put them behind a cut.
I guess it'd be nice to see how many hits a story was getting, but it's not something I lose sleep over.
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: Helen on July 30, 2006, 08:03:16 am ---
My only quibble is when people post long posts and don't put them behind a cut.
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Helen...can you explain how to do that?
Leslie
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