There is something privileged (in my opinion) about being able to watch a story unfold, and to wait, to wonder, to imagine in the gap between installments (whether they be chapters or books). I like this, very much. I also find that comments from my readers in WIP circumstances do inform the ongoing story, sometimes in little ways but other times with innocuous comments (or long detailed discussions) that throw the whole story into a different light. Maybe it's not the traditional way of writing but it's more fun than writing in a singular way.
Wondering if some readers take the posting of a WIP as a sort of implicit contract that the story will be completed. No idea where they would get that idea. See sally_maria's comments: I think people do view it as a contract. But they need to recognise that that constitutes a risk, as much as a right, on that part, because no-one's going to force me (for example) to write work that would inevitably turn out substandard because my heart wasn't in it. That's no way to write.
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Date: 2011-09-06 08:22 am (UTC)There is something privileged (in my opinion) about being able to watch a story unfold, and to wait, to wonder, to imagine in the gap between installments (whether they be chapters or books).
I like this, very much. I also find that comments from my readers in WIP circumstances do inform the ongoing story, sometimes in little ways but other times with innocuous comments (or long detailed discussions) that throw the whole story into a different light. Maybe it's not the traditional way of writing but it's more fun than writing in a singular way.
Wondering if some readers take the posting of a WIP as a sort of implicit contract that the story will be completed. No idea where they would get that idea.
See