Newsflash.

[hackthis_archive]

Okay, guys, it's one thing to hope a story you're reading will turn out the way you want, with the pairing you want, but rolling up on an author and saying a story better turn out the way you want is not cool. In fact, it's rude and aggravating, and you pretty much ruin the story for everyone else, because then, you piss the author off.

An author is not required to do, or write, anything they don't want to do.

Comments

[grey-bard.livejournal.com]

Completely right! I have read many a story with an ending I found disagreeable (this is not one of them), that doesn't mean that I as the reader have any right to demand an ending I prefer! I mean, I can *wish* someone did something different, but I don't have any power over it.

So, you know. Write something fun and brilliant that is exactly what you want to do and enjoy knowing that the pushy idiots will be seething in emotional pain!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I as the reader have any right to demand an ending I prefer! I mean, I can *wish* someone did something different, but I don't have any power over it.

As a writer, I've always been told, if there's something you want to see, you should write it yourself. People always laugh nervously when I point this out, but I think it's pretty damn true. As a reader, I too have come across endings that didn't work for me (I think everyone has), but harassing the writer never actually crossed my mind. I just chalked it up to a difference of opinion.

[grey-bard.livejournal.com]

Please don't shoot me, Jules! My grammar was a little strange, but I was agreeing with hackthis!