RpM, the ever Ryouga/Ukyou matchmaker wrote...
Actually, as a universal rule, the longer a series runs, the
less C&C it gets. This does not reflect on quality or popularity,
it merely means that it's now taken for granted. Ask any author
of long-running series, and a majority will tell you that their
C&C has dropped off since beginning their project.
In other words, it's business as usual.
Dear God, this makes so much sense I'd jump off a cliff
if it made as much sense as that!
I was asking myself why in the heck did all interest in
RPML-2025 (even the contraversy) drop after Ep2,
and other than my "blacklisting theory" this is the most
perfect reason why people just don't care after a while.
The problem is that people should stay dedicated to
C&Cing fics. I'll admit that I stopped giving comments
on some fics I read religeously, but there are still some
I've been commenting on strait to their fourth installment
and prolly still will. I think what makes dedicated C&Cing
so great is that a writer can actually get reconition from a
stranger or even a BNA now and then, and thus it sparks
the inspiration that, yes, someone actualy reads your tales,
that it's not just a faceless audience (and with me being a
"burger flipper" with BK, not knowing who you're pleasing
with your work is really depressing).
So I think there should be a new FFML rule set in motion,
that it's manditory that you at least give C&C on a fic, or post
advice to all aspiring writers, just once a year.
I think that'd make us low status writers a little happier.
---Petes
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