kerravonsen | WIP Experiment, Take Two (Reply)

I'm pondering whether to attempt again the post-as-you-go alpha-reading experiment. It didn't work last time because there were too few people involved, I think. This time I'm considering extending it to my whole flist.
The purpose of this experiment is to help me keep up the momentum of writing (in this case, for the finish-a-thon) by posting part or all of what I'm writing (in locked posts, so that it isn't public), so that (a) I'm accountable and (b) people can encourage me to keep going. This would be completely unbetaed first-draft stuff; the point is to get the first draft done and fix it afterwards.

This has the potential to backfire, because if I post and nobody comments, that will be more discouraging than if I hadn't posted at all. Which is bad. Which means that if nobody comments, then I will stop posting, because posting would be worse for me than not posting, in that case. Unfortunately, some people could consider this to be "holding a story hostage", which is a naughty thing to do, I agree. But this isn't "a story", this is a sneak preview. I am still going to finish the story, and I am still going to be working on it, I'm just trying to find a way to make it easier for me.

Of course, the posting or not-posting is irrelevant for those who aren't interested in reading a Harry Potter pre-Hogwarts AU.

So I am making a poll.

Poll #10192 WIP experiment

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 6

Should KerrAvonsen procede with this WIP experiment?

Yes
5 (83.3%)

No
0 (0.0%)

Don't care
1 (16.7%)

If the experiment goes ahead, will you read the posts?

Yes
4 (66.7%)

No
0 (0.0%)

Probably
1 (16.7%)

Probably not
1 (16.7%)

If the experiment goes ahead, will you comment on the posts?