http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ Web Fiction Guide Forums » Tag: reading - Recent Posts en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:03:42 +0000 http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7235 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:52:59 +0000 Alexander.Hollins 7235@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Same, i've been itching to read some new things, I'll take a look through and read some. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7233 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:28:57 +0000 cassandrastryffe 7233@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hmmm. Gonna have to set aside some time for reading this week I guess! I used to try to write one review a month...sometimes more. Lately though I've gotten side tracked. </p> <p>And thanks Chris! Just noticed a few minutes ago that my story was added! I appreciated it! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7224 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:25:48 +0000 Fiona Gregory 7224@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Awesome job with the reviews, everyone! I'm so impressed. </p> <p>Among the mediocre and abandoned stuff, some real gems are coming to light. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7223 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:15:10 +0000 ubersoft 7223@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Bragging rights! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7222 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:12:38 +0000 Gavin Williams 7222@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Is there a prize beyond the satisfaction of contributing to the community? </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7221 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:55:31 +0000 ubersoft 7221@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Waiting for wine to compile is proving to be an excellent time to read and review webfiction. If I have to do this too many more times I just might catch up to Gavin.</p> <p>Not that it's a competition.</p> <p>... </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7213 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:50:56 +0000 Chris George 7213@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>There being no definitive end, or the story just being abandoned is a risk in any form of serial fiction, including traditionally published novels, films, TV series, video games; anything really. Despite this i still find serially told stories the kind that engage me most and it's the reason I wanted to write an ongoing series in that timeframe. I don't have an endpoint in sight at the moment and I don't know 100% that I'll reach one, but - as a writer - it's the journey that matters and I hope, for some readers at least, they'll respect that and enjoy what there is as it's there. I hope I can keep on at it and that one day I reach a satisfying conclusion, but I don't see Shadow as a novel-in-progress so much as I see it as an ongoing series, like a TV show, which may one day come to an end.</p> <p>When it comes to reviewing, or comitting myself to reading a serial, I take it as I find it. If one day it just stops coming, then I'll be sad, but it's a risk of the medium and I wouldn't miss out on serial stories for the world. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7211 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:46:42 +0000 ubersoft 7211@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I confess I'm pretty stoked I actually finished it. But mostly I was just being a smartass. :D </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7210 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:05:08 +0000 Erin Klitzke 7210@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>You're just crazy excited about that, aren't you ubersoft?</p> <p>When I first joined here, I went on a reviewing <em>binge</em>. Then, unfortunately, I got busy doing other things (writing being chief among them, since I'm prepping some science fiction work for e-publication sometime this fall). It's nice to get back to reading, though. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7209 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:20:46 +0000 ubersoft 7209@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Anyone looking for something to review that is guaranteed to finish can take comfort in the knowledge that the last chapter of <em>Pay Me, Bug!</em> goes up October 19. ;-) </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7207 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:04:39 +0000 Chris Poirier 7207@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>For my own part, I won't be posting something again that isn't at least mostly finished when I start. I do take my readers' time seriously, and am not happy I couldn't finish WR. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7205 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:39:54 +0000 M.C.A. Hogarth 7205@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>There are a lot of web comics that aren't really serial in nature. Penny Arcade doesn't tell a broad story that seems to be heading toward an end, for instance. Those are the only type I read, when I read web comics at all. And even so, web fiction is a much bigger emotional investment for me than web comics.</p> <p>I'm not alone in this--I've had people tell me they avoid reading web fiction unless the author has a track record of finishing projects. (Web fiction writers, be aware! Readers do notice!)</p> <p>So, yes, it's a risk. But my entertainment time is limited, and I don't want to invest time in something that gets discarded.</p> <p>I suppose I could find some of the serials that are already finished, though. :) </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge/page/2#post-7203 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:39:37 +0000 ubersoft 7203@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Well I suppose that's always a risk. But really, it is for comics, too, or any other kind of art. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge#post-7202 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:22:35 +0000 M.C.A. Hogarth 7202@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I admit I lost heart for reviewing when three of the webfiction projects I was reading (and enjoying) stopped being updated--two just seemed to vanish for no reason, and the third, the author lost interest and went to work on something else. :P </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-challenge#post-7191 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:26:12 +0000 Gavin Williams 7191@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I am really pleased to see people getting involved, and the way everyone is encouraging each other. I just want to say that "this is what I thought-ing" is VERY HELPFUL in reviews because then people who "like what you like" will know what you like and be able to rely on your opinion. And people who hate what you like will be able to read the stuff you hated reliably -- the more of yourself and your style you put in a review, the more people will relate to your opinions.</p> <p>I don't think any review is really "crappy" because what ANY review does is increase community involvement -- every person who gets involved encourages someone else to get involved. And, at worst, if a review is "crappy" it might inspire someone else to go take a look because they agreed and think more should be said, or disagreed and think it needs to be emphasized.</p> <p>I think all the participation is great! Thanks everyone. </p>