The Readers

[BeaStKid]

Feedback doesn't shape my stories as well. I always have an outline for the story with me and I stick to that...

 

That said, feedback does give me suggestions on how to improve my writing and where I can do better. And it is always good to hear some praise.

 

 

BeaStKid

[corvus]

Feedback for fandom works, in my experience, is always more plentiful than it is for original fic. That's always mystified me a bit, but there's no denying it's a fact. I don't think it can be attributed completely to the cohesiveness of those communities, and the demograhpic is wide and varied, so that's not the answer either. *shrug*

 

It's true -- original fiction needs to work harder to capture the reader. Fanfiction has the advantage of characters that readers are familiar with; there's been studies that show specific pleasure responses when people read familiar stories. That could be why archetypes work so well. It's sad, because original fiction definitely deserves as much -- if not more -- reader response as fanfic.