Fucking timing is everything, too, and that shit also pisses me off. If one writes a fic within the first week, let alone month, of a certain video game being released, it's going to get way more attention that something two years later. God, I see that in the Transistor fandom. I swear I'm like the only consistent author over the past four years. Everyone else has come and gone to some degree, as is the case with most fandoms, but you really get the most spotlight on your shit when it's closer to that initial release because people be thirsty yo. And that comes back to the whole quality vs quantity thing.
On top of that, I hate the pressure to post That Fic ASAP because the longer you wait, the less relevant your fic will be. Hell, I'm writing a longfic for a popular pairing in a popular fandom and I'm really worried I'm not going to have the first draft done by the end of the year, let alone the first chapter poster in the next three years. Is the fandom even going to still be relevant by then? Will people still care? My plan is to write a bunch of small oneshots with the pairing to post now and then throughout the year to generate more interest so by the time I get there, I'll already have a readership for that pairing, BUT STILL. The fact I had to even think about this is really sad. It's a hard reality in fandoms, though, and I hate it so much.
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Date: 2019-04-23 06:28 pm (UTC)AND.
Fucking timing is everything, too, and that shit also pisses me off. If one writes a fic within the first week, let alone month, of a certain video game being released, it's going to get way more attention that something two years later. God, I see that in the Transistor fandom. I swear I'm like the only consistent author over the past four years. Everyone else has come and gone to some degree, as is the case with most fandoms, but you really get the most spotlight on your shit when it's closer to that initial release because people be thirsty yo. And that comes back to the whole quality vs quantity thing.
On top of that, I hate the pressure to post That Fic ASAP because the longer you wait, the less relevant your fic will be. Hell, I'm writing a longfic for a popular pairing in a popular fandom and I'm really worried I'm not going to have the first draft done by the end of the year, let alone the first chapter poster in the next three years. Is the fandom even going to still be relevant by then? Will people still care? My plan is to write a bunch of small oneshots with the pairing to post now and then throughout the year to generate more interest so by the time I get there, I'll already have a readership for that pairing, BUT STILL. The fact I had to even think about this is really sad. It's a hard reality in fandoms, though, and I hate it so much.