{"id":150819,"date":"2015-06-08T06:48:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T06:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/06\/08\/fan-fiction-reviews\/"},"modified":"2015-06-08T06:48:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T06:48:09","slug":"fan-fiction-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/06\/08\/fan-fiction-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan fiction reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/kryptaria.tumblr.com\/post\/120896596720\/fan-fiction-reviews\" target=\"_blank\">kryptaria<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/julystorms.tumblr.com\/post\/116933792142\/fan-fiction-reviews\" target=\"_blank\">julystorms<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/creativereadingfanfiction.tumblr.com\/post\/94863449167\/fan-fiction-reviews\" target=\"_blank\">creativereadingfanfiction<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Imagine you have a coworker who likes to bake. Every week, they bring in a batch of delicious, homemade cookies and leave them in the break room. Next to the plate of cookies is a sign, \u201cIf you like my cookies, could you please just leave me a note and tell me what you like about them? The more feedback you leave about what you like, the more incentive I have to bake.\u201d A hundred coworkers walk by and take a cookie. One person leaves a note. \u201cGreat cookies! Bake some more soon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next week, once again there are cookies in the break room with the same sign. Once again a hundred people take a cookie and only one person leaves a note. \u201cNice! More soon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Week Three- Once again, a hundred people take a cookie. No one leaves a note.<\/p>\n<p>Week Four- One hundred people take a cookie. No note.<\/p>\n<p>Week Five- There are no cookies. Someone leaves a note. \u201cWhere are the cookies? I loved them. Please, please bake some cookies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Week Six- There are no cookies. Ten people leave notes. \u201cI miss your cookies. They were my favorites. I loved the chocolate chips. My friend really liked the way you had almonds in the cranberry ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Week Seven- Motivated by the wonderful notes, the baking coworker stays up late to bake the best batch of cookies they have ever made. That week, a hundred people take a cookie. No one leaves a note.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The co-worker gives up baking for their colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><b>Please, if you like the fan fiction that you are reading, let your authors know<\/b>. Stories are abandoned for a myriad of reasons, but it is very, very hard to stay motivated when you receive no positive feedback. If there is a story that you like, whether it is a completed one or a work in progress, please leave an up-lifting comment or review. By doing so, you\u2019re providing that writer with motivation to spend their time and energy creating more stories for you.<\/p>\n<p>And that way, you both win!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is the best post I\u2019ve ever seen on this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And if you\u2019re ever encouraged to leave a note like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You should have used dark chocolate chips instead of milk chocolate.<\/li>\n<li>Why would you make oatmeal when it\u2019s obvious they should be sugar cookies?<\/li>\n<li>You forgot the icing. Where are the decorations?<\/li>\n<li>The cookies were good, but the presentation was awful. Nobody eats off paper plates anymore.<\/li>\n<li>WTF? I HATE COOKIES. U SUCK.<\/li>\n<li>and so on\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>kryptaria: julystorms: creativereadingfanfiction: Imagine you have a coworker who likes to bake. 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