Wayfarers Ch. 8

[kriadydragon]

More Wayfarers

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3452726/8/

I can't wait to get this story and Resonance done so I can finally start on an original fic. Hopefully that'll lead me to being on the internet less. I get home from a chruch-related funtion, get on the net, head on over to LJ and run into someone making a request for sex fic. That is just... so wrong considering where I was just an hour ago. As much as I love hanging out on LJ, talking to people, partaking in disucssions, reading fic, etc; Some days it makes me nervous getting on here, and other times it leaves me feeling very irritable. It's kind of the same reason I don't read the news paper. There are just some things I don't want to know about, and I've never been good at handling anything controversal.

Anyone else have this problem?

Comments

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I think my favorite horrid synopsis on a story is "I'm lousy at writing these things" which makes me go, uh, and you're better at writing a story? Hmmmmmm.

I'll check out unknown authors but usually can tell within a few seconds of scanning a story (gen, etc.) if I'll read the rest.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I Used to give such authors the benefit of the doubt since sometimes a synopsis can be tricky to write. I soon realized that the majority of authors who skimp on the synopsis usually aren't that good.

I'll check out unknown authors but usually can tell within a few seconds of scanning a story (gen, etc.) if I'll read the rest.

I used to skip to the end. These days I just read the reviews as they tell me plenty without the nasty surprises.

What really boils me, though, is people who refuse to give warnings because "they give too much away". How does saying it's slash, has "adult themes", swearing, etc. give anything away? It's not that they have to put detail warnings, just enough to prepare the readers.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yes, if it's slash, I want to know up front, before I even start reading the story. Ditto with 'ship', etc. stories. Heck, I'm warned of stuff like with regular books, fanfic should be no different.