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[asimplechord]

Just received a comment on a Harry Potter fanfic that I was writing and posting serially four years ago.

FOUR YEARS AGO. It's Snarry, with background Harry/Snape/Hermione and implied future Hermione/Charlie Weasley. OBVIOUSLY totally AU, since it was plotted, outlined, and mostly-written before Deathly Hallows came out.

(I write "plotted". But you know how bad I am with plot; it was mostly porn, with a little bit of plot.)

If you've been around here any length of time, you probably know that the release of book 7 induced sincere dismay in Harry Potter canon, dismay that fandom did not overcome. I posted a note at the bottom of the latest chapter that I was suffering serious fandom apathy and it was unlikely that the story would ever be finished.

Someone asks NOW if I'm going to regain my interest and finish it?

Um, honestly? DOUBTFUL.

ETA: Also? Going through some of those old fic posts. Some of my early writing efforts - and later ones as well - make me shudder in horror. How did I think it was OK to write that? Just. Ugh, self, what were you thinking? I guess what my first composition professor told me is true: writing is like any other exercise, it gets better with practice.

Comments

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

I love getting comments on old fics (Reciprocity gets a surprising number of comments still; I love it!) but not when they ask for more. I think you and I are way too alike when it comes to not finishing things. (The Epic Love Story? What?)

Porn with a little bit of plot is totally acceptable in my book! :)

[a-carnal-mink.livejournal.com]

New movie must've whetted folks' appetites. I got a comment on the weekend, totally outta the blue, on a one-off story from about -yeah- four years ago (written for a specific prompt for someone in some writing fest) and the entirety of said comment? "Oh PLEASE tell me there's a sequel to this!"

Er, that would be a "no, sorry".

OTOH, someone new found Beaters&Seekers yesterday and read the whole thing in one go. :D

[idrilka.livejournal.com]

I love getting comments on older stories, but yeah, this particular commenter didn't think his/her question through, it seems. Four years is a long time for a writer and I sincerely doubt that I'd be able to go back to my unfinished HP WIP about Bill Weasley after all those years, especially after having lost my interest in that fandom completely at some point, so I totally understand your bafflement.