That awful moment when you find a fanfic of your OTP with a plot that you really like and it’s perfectly written but it’s not complete and the last update was on March 15th of 1883
After what feels like a million years, my Captain Janeway cross stitch is done!! Sorry I didn’t have this done yesterday for Janeway Tuesday, but I’m close.
[I love everything about Janeway, BUT, I don’t understand fandom’s obsession with her hands. They just look like hands to me. Is it a sexual thing? Is it because they look graceful or something? Is it because hands are sometimes used for sex? I got all the respect for you guys but me, I don’t get it. ]
It’s not just Janeway, Kate is very fluid with all of her movement. Her hands are always flowing through space and caressing something. Whether it be her own body, someone else’s body, an inanimate object, etc. She does have very delicate hands, but I don’t think that it’s her hands themselves. It’s the way that they touch everything and gesture gracefully. lol. Totally understand where you’re coming from, though. It’s not a sexual thing for me. I just fall into a trance watching them. Haha.
Imagine you have a coworker who likes to bake. Every week, they bring in a batch of delicious, homemade cookies and leave them in the break room. Next to the plate of cookies is a sign, “If you like my cookies, could you please just leave me a note and tell me what you like about them? The more feedback you leave about what you like, the more incentive I have to bake.” A hundred coworkers walk by and take a cookie. One person leaves a note. “Great cookies! Bake some more soon!”
The next week, once again there are cookies in the break room with the same sign. Once again a hundred people take a cookie and only one person leaves a note. “Nice! More soon!”
Week Three- Once again, a hundred people take a cookie. No one leaves a note.
Week Four- One hundred people take a cookie. No note.
Week Five- There are no cookies. Someone leaves a note. “Where are the cookies? I loved them. Please, please bake some cookies.”
Week Six- There are no cookies. Ten people leave notes. “I miss your cookies. They were my favorites. I loved the chocolate chips. My friend really liked the way you had almonds in the cranberry ones.”
Week Seven- Motivated by the wonderful notes, the baking coworker stays up late to bake the best batch of cookies they have ever made. That week, a hundred people take a cookie. No one leaves a note.
The co-worker gives up baking for their colleagues.
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Please, if you like the fan fiction that you are reading, let your authors know. Stories are abandoned for a myriad of reasons, but it is very, very hard to stay motivated when you receive no positive feedback. If there is a story that you like, whether it is a completed one or a work in progress, please leave an up-lifting comment or review. By doing so, you’re providing that writer with motivation to spend their time and energy creating more stories for you.
And that way, you both win!
This is the best post I’ve ever seen on this.
Oh, boy, that is a MIGHTY fine analogy. Completely accurate. Comments = writer fuel.
There is nothing more discouraging than having 100+ hits in a week and no reviews. Make an author’s day today!
EXCELLENT analogy.
FYI, dear readers – we of course don’t get paid because our muses live on feedback.
feeding the muse is important! think of it as giving them their needed cookies 😉
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