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haikujaguar for this one: http://www.ergofiction.com/2010/07/surveying-webfiction-feedback/
One of the commenters on the article (oh, irony, that I link to it but do not comment there!) mentioned a writer that uses buttons on the bottom of their posts for quick feedback. Others mention that they receive emails.
Livejournal is an excellent place for comments, but less so for buttons and emails. If I wanted to have the instant feedback, it'd have to be a new poll with every writing post. The question is, would you enjoy having the poll? Is that the sort of thing that you'd find fun or annoying?
What about emails?
[Poll #1597980]
From personal experience, my one serial project I was trying to write,rockworm, died from a lack of comments, due to the nature of the story. I was using the serial more for world-building than to focus on a particular narrative, and so the comments on the social and physical characteristics of the world were vital to me.
Unfortunately, this is a constant temptation in my writing. I love simply peeking into a "day in the life" for a character in order to look at an interesting place or people, but I often forget to have a conflict. Or if there is a conflict, I have no plans on how to resolve it and fall in love with the little details of the setting over the story itself. Without having an idea of where I'm going, I end up needing comments to steer me, or else I lose focus and find that I can't keep the story going.
If I do go forward with another serial (and I have ideas), then I would need to have a skeleton of a storyline ahead of time in order to avoid that pitfall. Or I'd need readers that answer polls or make comments to give me suggestions I can throw into the mix.
haikujaguar for this one: http://www.ergofiction.com/2010/07/surveying-webfiction-feedback/One of the commenters on the article (oh, irony, that I link to it but do not comment there!) mentioned a writer that uses buttons on the bottom of their posts for quick feedback. Others mention that they receive emails.
Livejournal is an excellent place for comments, but less so for buttons and emails. If I wanted to have the instant feedback, it'd have to be a new poll with every writing post. The question is, would you enjoy having the poll? Is that the sort of thing that you'd find fun or annoying?
What about emails?
[Poll #1597980]
From personal experience, my one serial project I was trying to write,
rockworm, died from a lack of comments, due to the nature of the story. I was using the serial more for world-building than to focus on a particular narrative, and so the comments on the social and physical characteristics of the world were vital to me.Unfortunately, this is a constant temptation in my writing. I love simply peeking into a "day in the life" for a character in order to look at an interesting place or people, but I often forget to have a conflict. Or if there is a conflict, I have no plans on how to resolve it and fall in love with the little details of the setting over the story itself. Without having an idea of where I'm going, I end up needing comments to steer me, or else I lose focus and find that I can't keep the story going.
If I do go forward with another serial (and I have ideas), then I would need to have a skeleton of a storyline ahead of time in order to avoid that pitfall. Or I'd need readers that answer polls or make comments to give me suggestions I can throw into the mix.
