[DreadLadyFreya]

If this has already been address elsewhere, I humbly apologize. I'd like to get a general consensus of what y'all prefer.

[Robbie]

Option 5: How long is a page

[DreadLadyFreya]

If one were to print said chapter out in a Word format. Does that help?

[inglor]

I hate WIP's that haven't been updated in Months

SCRIBE!, Ghetto, Spacey Inglor

[ghettoelleth]

Valid excuse here, working on the Village. But thanx for the honorable mention and oh yeah, how the hell is Finrod these days? hmmmm

[Robbie]

[ghettoelleth]

OMG, that's the funnie..... waaaiiit a minute! I don't even play golf.


I like the anticipation of waiting for updates, as long as they aren't too far and few between, Viv, Space, Inglor

[Shanalir]

[Yavanie]

yeah as long as it isn't too long between posts, or at least update and say real life has taken over and we can look for an update in the future. Quality is better than quantity (unless it's pwp, then well...)

anyway, Robbie,

feel better soon.

[Neniel]

Well, I certainly avoid WIPs and prefer stories that have been completed... It is utterly frustrating when you come across this great story, read the whole thing in a matter of hours, totally lose yourself in the plot, only to reach the last chapter and realise it's not finished yet, the hero/heroine is about to die/confess their undying love/save the world and you have to wait for an update.... (I remember a few times when I almost felt like screaming.... what can I say, some people get really engrossed with what they read)

Still, I never learn, so every time a story reaches the conciderable amount of 6-8 chapters, I just get into it... And then hover around the site for an update like a maniac or something! lol

PS:However, if i were to go for a second best, I think I'd choose short daily updates. You know, more like steady regular doses...

[SpaceWeavil]

[KhazarKhum]

A chapter should be long enough to tell the section of story at hand.

It should not be less than one page, UNLESS there is a compelling reason.

It should not run for more than ten or so pages. If it's been twenty-seven pages since the last break, you might want to look it over.

[ellisk]

[Mitasova]

I've sworn off wips zillion times. They ruin my sanity.

But I always come back for more. If the story is good, I prefer reading a part of it to not reading it at all. So long chapters, short chapters, it's all good as long as there *are* chapters.

Btw, a wip posted by a thread starter is really good so far.

[Ivy]

(Ellisk, your icon made me fall off my chair LAUGHING)

I tend to refuse to believe a chapter finished until it's over 3000 words (I do word counts way too often... I tend to forget page numbers!) or over 5 pages long. I'm really big on the descriptives, and I like to move the plot along quickly but thorougly (There's a balance to be achieved with that one...)

I tend to avoid reading stories while in progress (unless they happen to be amazingly written and by one of my favorite authors) because I often get to the end, discover it's *not* and end, and sulk the rest of the day/hit something a little too hard and break a finger or the like. But without faithful readers who do enjoy a wait between chapters, where would all the reviews come from, huh?