Aug. 13th, 2019

WIPs?

Aug. 13th, 2019 02:54 pm
forestofglory: E. H. Shepard drawing of Christopher Robin reading a book to Pooh (Default)
SO I'm still pretty new at transformative works fandom. So one thing I've been trying to figure out recently is works in progress(WIP). Its common for people to post stories on AO3 one chapter at a time. Either because the work is still being written or sometimes because the want to serialize it.

At first I was like well I'm really bad at serialized work, I don't even watch TV as its airing. But then I was tempted by something that wasn't finished. So I started reading along, and actually it was fun to wait and also to have the whole social thing with people commenting on each chapter. So now I sometimes read WIPs.

I'm trying to develop some guidelines for WIP reading for myself. Here's what I have so far:

I'm far more likely to start a WIP if I know the author a bit or if people I know are talking about the WIP

If I find a WIP that already has big chunk posted I'll probably wait until its done rather than get caught up and then follow along.

I'm trying not to read too many at once. How many is too many? Maybe 4?

I don't always go off and read the next chapter of WIP as soon as it lands in my inbox. I did this for a bit and it was too stressful.

Those are my personal guidelines at the moment. Things have been evolving though so this very subject to change.

Do you read WIPs? What kinds of personal guidelines do you have for them? How do you kept track of new chapters?

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