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Forum Name: Eyrie Miscellaneous
Topic ID: 28
Message ID: 8
#8, RE: Resources for fledgling fanfic authors
Posted by LostFactor on Jun-25-01 at 09:39 AM
In response to message #7
>c) is, ironically, the reverse of RAAC, where you sometimes are
>drowned out in the crap of the people who post endless and endless
>drivel. It's a bemusing catch-22, and why a reputation is golden
>sometimes.

And also why it makes it nigh-impossible to post without a reputation. I'm reminded of a joke from an old NBC sitcom, where the punchline was something to the effect of "You've got to -be- in to -get- in?"...

Anyhow, Zenigame, I'd certainly want to be on-board for that... but my best advice to you is simply "If you build it, they will come". Not quickly, not consistently, and sometimes in a frustrating fashion, but if you continually put out material that is good, consistent, and tells a good story, then people will start to notice, and you will slowly gain recognition. And all the while, you're telling a story that you want to tell anyways - and that's the point of writing, when you get down to it. If you're not telling a story that you want to hear, then you might well be telling a story nobody wants to hear.
-Eliot "And this could easily be the springboard for a rant about why I dislike RAAC" Lefebvre
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