SAYRT - Another "trick" how to get more comments is to post longer stories in chapter-increments, so that people comment on each chapter separately. But I don't like doing that, so normally I don't, screw the comments. Yes, of course I love getting feedback as much as the next gal, but after, what? -- 10-plus years of writing, I'm fairly confident and comfortable with what I write.
Agree on the fandom preferences, and I know what you mean. I think some authors also have kind of a "following", if they're very prolific and have written in other, popular fandoms before. If you've already got your own little fanfic clique around you, it's easier to get more comments. (FYI: That's not me.) :-P
I'm not sure who you are, but it sounds like I might have read some of your stories, since I'm a fairly uncompromising gen type of person. Canon-compliance is my thing, and I seldom venture outside the areas that are clearly canon-divergent. AUs don't normally interest me, and neither does the smut or the non-canon slash. I will read Matt/Foggy if it's not explicit or "weird", but gen is really my go-to place.
And I'm not saying there shouldn't be a place for any of that. Your kink is not my kink, and that's okay, right? To each their own, we all know how to skip certain fics and not click those that we don't fancy.
And don't get me started on my pet peeve of grammar, spelling and formatting. I can literally not read a story that doesn't have proper line breaks. I just can't, no matter how well it might be written otherwise. Luckily, I've seen very, very few in the Daredevil fandom that weren't top notch, so hooray for that! I'm also super happy that there's such an abundance of wonderful fic in general in this fandom. You don't find that very often. I'm having the best of times with all the great stories, be reading *or* writing.
Re: Wanna commiserate?
Agree on the fandom preferences, and I know what you mean. I think some authors also have kind of a "following", if they're very prolific and have written in other, popular fandoms before. If you've already got your own little fanfic clique around you, it's easier to get more comments. (FYI: That's not me.) :-P
I'm not sure who you are, but it sounds like I might have read some of your stories, since I'm a fairly uncompromising gen type of person. Canon-compliance is my thing, and I seldom venture outside the areas that are clearly canon-divergent. AUs don't normally interest me, and neither does the smut or the non-canon slash. I will read Matt/Foggy if it's not explicit or "weird", but gen is really my go-to place.
And I'm not saying there shouldn't be a place for any of that. Your kink is not my kink, and that's okay, right? To each their own, we all know how to skip certain fics and not click those that we don't fancy.
And don't get me started on my pet peeve of grammar, spelling and formatting. I can literally not read a story that doesn't have proper line breaks. I just can't, no matter how well it might be written otherwise. Luckily, I've seen very, very few in the Daredevil fandom that weren't top notch, so hooray for that! I'm also super happy that there's such an abundance of wonderful fic in general in this fandom. You don't find that very often. I'm having the best of times with all the great stories, be reading *or* writing.