Classic Who fic writers...

[ghost2]

Right, folks. We need to have a serious talk.

I would love to see more Classic Who fic over at Teaspoon. Now, if no one else submits it, I'm going to have to write it myself. And that pretty much means increased amounts of crack along the lines of Wolsey, the Voyeuristic Cat (the title I maybe should have used on my sole posting). Yes, that is a sad, sad threat.

Help me out here? Dust off that old Second Doctor story that's been lingering on your hard drive for three years and submit it; write a Six & Evelyn drabble. Anything.

Comments

[lilly-rose.livejournal.com]

Since I'm being honest today and seemingly ticking people off left and right already? :)

I love hearing what people think about stories. I want to talk to people about what they liked and didn't like. So it's frustrating as all hell to work on a Classic Who fic and see zero response and then watch a New Who fic of dubious content and execution earn dozens of replies. It's not that there aren't some lovely people who read the Classic fics and comment, there just aren't as many people to read those fics in the first place. It makes sense to me that people who want feedback would write for whoever is giving them feedback.

I don't let this stop me; try and make me stop running off at the word processor about Five and Tegan or Seven and Ace. I do wonder, however, if it does stop a great many other people from sharing their fic with us.

(Am I an elitist b- bringing the possible wank yet? ;))

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, lack of feedback can be very discouraging. Of course, there's that old response I really don't like, that you should write because you enjoy it, not because you want pats on the back. Well, maybe people mostly should write for themselves, but when they post it publicly, they're doing that for other people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a need for fic archives and comms. Lack of response? Could easily lead to an author writing but not sharing the work.

I do see a lot of Classic Who fic on LJ that never makes it to Teaspoon, though, and I wish it would. When it's scattered around LJ, it's so tough to find.