Am I the only one who does this?
Aug. 6th, 2013 09:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
One of the most influential factors in whether I read an unfinished work is the presence of a defined number of parts. I'm far more likely to read a story that's at "Chapter 3/18" than one that's at "Chapter 3/?" ...and I often 'save' or 'subscribe' to fics but hold off on reading them until that finish-point estimate goes up!
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Date: 2013-08-07 04:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-08-08 04:51 am (UTC)Plus, I do (or did; it's slowing down) a fair amount of reading on the kink meme, where there is no "Complete Only" tickybox or kudos counts, so the numbering is often all I have to work from. :D AND, incidentally, where authors are anonymous and quality (and practice) varies widely, so I find that little indicator of "this author has some reasonable notion of where this story's going" to be very reassuring!