dear my friends,

[roxy]

a question. Which do you prefer, a short update--something around a thousand words or so--or a longer one, say more than two thousand? Does it depend on the subject matter? Just wondering. I noticed lately that my updates are getting longer and longer.
Me, I like a nice long update.

This icon is still, in my opinion, the best Clex short story ever. *G*

Comments

[fromyourashes.livejournal.com]

dude. DUDE. THE ICON! homg. lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


anything you feel like writing - lol. short, sweet, pfft, i care not. BRING THE PRON! lol

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

speaking of pron, nice icon!!

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Yeah, long or short is fine with me. Frequent is better than not, I think.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

frequent is good--is it me, or does there seem to be a trend lately of long waits between updates?

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Well, it is summertime. Though I am pretty selective these days about whose WIPs I will read--basically just you and romanyg and bagheera_san; everybody else I'm waiting for the completed story before I start.

And you are remarkably regular in your updates, from the perspective of a reader--regardless of what you think from the writer's perspective. :D

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Hot damn, I'm in amazing company! Speaking of updates--it's too long between <lj user="romanyg"'s updates. Or maybe I'm just greedy. *g*

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Didn't she just post a new part yesterday?

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

*hangs head* I told you I was greedy....

[morganichele.livejournal.com]

The icon is genius! lol. I grin every time I see it. As far as updates, I'm always just happy to get something new. lol. I think it depends on the story, too. If something is being written in a big, epic, emotionally upheaving kind of way, longer updates are nice. But, then again, shorter updates can be really great, too, and they can be wonderful for building anticipation. I don't know. *shrugs and hides in corner* lol. I'm just excited to get new stuff to read.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

But, then again, shorter updates can be really great, too, and they can be wonderful for building anticipation
I hear you--I never mind if they're short and exciting!

I'm just excited to get new stuff to read.
I'm right there!

[treetracer]

I haven't read/written/been fannish in ages, but you asked, so...

I prefer medium to longer updates, but if one is going to post a short update, something significant/plot and/or character development should have occurred in the update. YMMV, of course.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

sueeeeeeal! *grabs you*
True, shirt updates force you to be damn entertaining quickly!

Yemuv? What is this yemuv?

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

crap--not writing on your shirt, of course....

[treetracer]

heh, the only shirt update I want to see is "so and so's shirt is OFF!" ^_^

[tabaqui]

I just like updates, heh. I don't like artificially short ones, though - gimmie a *little* story.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Oooo! I used to do that, and post a million bitty little updates--it makes you look so productive. Until people start to wonder if you're some kind of asshole, ah-ha!

And I owe a certain little cutie-cakes comments...what? The job is killing brain-cells.

[tabaqui]

*pets your brains*

Umm.

*searches for handi-wipes*
*la*
*luffs*

[danceswithgary]

I'll take what I can get, darling. I'm certainly not one to point any fingers about updates. *pokes at own languishing WIPs*

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I have to say, when ever you do update, it moves the fic along by leaps and bounds and we're always in a brand new place at the end of each update, so I don't mind the wait...too much. *G*

[bionic.livejournal.com]

your icon - totally is the best Clex short story ever. *g*

Also, long updates are good, but sometimes it's hard to read them when I'm way behind and trying to catch up on the flist.

[bionic.livejournal.com]

ok, see, for example - I thought you meant update as in update on stuff that's non-fannish, like a regular journal entry with no story.

Uh. Clearly, I'm way behind on my flist today.

If you mean update as in story update - honey, I'll take whatever I can get!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

LOL!! Oooookaaay. *grin*

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

beetlong updates are good, but sometimes it's hard to read them when I'm way behind and trying to catch up on the flist

There is that too. I sometimes find myself skimming, and I have to go back and read again. When I do that, I'll set the fic aside until I'm ready to devote time to it. But that doesn't happen too often when I'm reading preverted RPS with a real cutsie name...*koffkoff*

[kyanoswolf]

Dear, as long as we learn something new, I'd settle for a sentence or two.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

*points and screams* I *LOVE* your icons!! I loved those guys so much!!

True, whatever updates you make have got to move the story along--not that that always happens here. *koff*

[kyanoswolf]

Thank you. Like you say, icons tell stories -- or make statements.

[rosy5000.livejournal.com]

I was gonna comment, but got distracted by your icon. ;) So.... what was the question again?

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Oh, yeah.... updates...

I'm not picky. Any update is better than none. :)

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

LOL!!!

[romyra]

updates= ♥
So length wise I'm not that picky but long and in depth does it for me all the time. Huh that sounds porny oh well....