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oh, I'm injured. Really...
So, a Dino has come out of the woodwork (OMG I feel like I'm on OTL AGAIN, and the Slash Warning Debate is going on!) and said, I miss the days when we had authors who wrote for the craft, the pride of putting out a good story, put their heart and soul into it. They were posting story after story each day, they didn't demand praise, they got it because they deserved it. They put out a good product they could be proud to put their name on. etc, including listing some of the Good Old Days Authors, and the few of them that are still around....
She then rambles for a while, claiming only a small part of us are clamoring to get rid of all labels and warnings and ratings, and that anarchy is our banner song (yes, I'm putting provocative words in her mouth, shut up).
And closes with, What's wrong with letting people have an idea what's going on in the story
with a short summary, a category, and a rating? .... You'll get the audience you're looking for rather than pissing people off for dragging them into a story they're not interested in.
So. She misses the good old days, when authors didn't clamor for feedback (I must be missing all of the OMG FEEDBACK ME posts), but says that if we label, we will get more readers, which will (I'm using logic here) inevitably lead to more feedback.
...
Uh-huh.
I'm going to go sulk in a corner for being called whiny and uncaring of my craft (do I have a craft?). I think I'm going to start putting "plz rvw" on my fics now.
Actually, what's really sad is that this makes me want to dig up the OTL Slash Needs Warnings! debate from 1999...
She then rambles for a while, claiming only a small part of us are clamoring to get rid of all labels and warnings and ratings, and that anarchy is our banner song (yes, I'm putting provocative words in her mouth, shut up).
And closes with, What's wrong with letting people have an idea what's going on in the story
with a short summary, a category, and a rating? .... You'll get the audience you're looking for rather than pissing people off for dragging them into a story they're not interested in.
So. She misses the good old days, when authors didn't clamor for feedback (I must be missing all of the OMG FEEDBACK ME posts), but says that if we label, we will get more readers, which will (I'm using logic here) inevitably lead to more feedback.
...
Uh-huh.
I'm going to go sulk in a corner for being called whiny and uncaring of my craft (do I have a craft?). I think I'm going to start putting "plz rvw" on my fics now.
Actually, what's really sad is that this makes me want to dig up the OTL Slash Needs Warnings! debate from 1999...
and another thing...
*braces self for
I went back and found my first posted fic ever (7 years ago, OMG could it really be that long?) and sure enough, the header contains only the most basic information.
No content warnings. Just a rating, a one-sentence summary (more than that was discouraged), and an auto-archive category (vignette, story, or crossover). And this is in a massive archive that got/gets huge numbers of hits.
Re: and another thing...
I... am embarrassed to say that my first posted fic can be found still. And it contains...
My rambly author note about how it was written on the bus that night, what it's based on. And a disclaimer.
No warnings, no ratings... AND OMG THE CHEESE.
Re: and another thing...
OMG, SG-1 fandom should be so glad I don't write for them.