The Dirty Energy Source

[heavensqueen]

Do you want to make a spreadsheet about spreadsheets?
Do you still need to figure out what two other fandoms you should request beside the only one you really want fic for?
Or are you trolling ALL the letter posts for placeholders, just so you can write those people some nice, dry coal?

We want to know all about it.

Comments

Re: The one thing I hate about Yuletide

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think people are motivated by YT publicity. People are motivated by an assignment and a deadline as well as the promise of also receiving a gift in return.

Re: The one thing I hate about Yuletide

[(Anonymous)]

+1 Personally, I rarely finish fic without a deadline.

Re: The one thing I hate about Yuletide

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think people are motivated by YT publicity.

"No one cares about NYRs. They barely get written and barely get attention on them."

"But yeah, it doesn't get the broader Yuletide attention."

"After Yuletide is over, they're akin to comment_fic and the attention is off."

"There's genuinely not an audience for most of this stuff."

Sounds like publicity is indeed a real factor for more than a few people. Deadlines too, and like I said in my original comment, getting fic for yourself as well as/more than writing it for other people. Actual love for a small fandom seems to come in fourth place as far as motivation goes.

But hey, if providing more of #1-3 helps out with #4, great! I don't think Actual Yuletide all year is the way to do it--I think people would burn out--but some kind of assignment/deadline process from old prompts could work.