S O U L M A T E S (SasuNaruSasu Magazine) Soulmates Magazine Nº2 | Page 7

We are only spectators of their works.
Now, talking about fanfics, we found so-
me problems too: spelling, grammar, wri-
ting, coherence, narrative, to mention just
a few. It is a literary writing (very specific
in this type of contributions) where
authors can write as they like. It is not ne-
cessary to have rules, but it is appreciated
to do it in the best possible way. Our point
is that people should not force or impose
grammar or a type of writing to an author.
If it is well written for the author, then the
reader should leave it as is. Of course, it is
more pleasant to read something that fo-
llows the rules, however we insist: Fanfics
are made by fans for fans, many of them
are written as a hobby or because the
author simply likes it. We are unable to
know wich writters received some kind
of instruction when they started in this
world, and then we can find several sto-
ries with misspellings, incomprehensible or
meaningless. What can we do in situations
like this? Help, advise, motivate and help
them to do it better, so they can continue
doing what they like. After all, we are he-
re to support each other. Another way is
to stop reading without becoming disres-
pectful.
PLEASE!
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You've probably found this type of comments:
"When will you update again?", "Why is the
chapter so short?", "Why do you take so long?",
"Update more often!", "Could you update now?".
Even threatening the authors. Of course we like
to have material of what we love! And the fas-
ter the better, right? But unfortunately, reality
is different. Most of the people we love and ad-
mire have lives outside the fandom and the in-
ternet. They have jobs, they have studies, they
have personal problems, so they do not have all
the time in the world to dedicate it to their
hobby because, you know, none of us receives
money for sharing images or writing fics, other-
wise life would be wonderful for some people.
Sometimes we don't have the opportunity to get
to know the authors we like, we know nothing
about their private lives, what country do they
come from or what do they do most of the time,
that's why we can not go around making de-
mand. If they have the habit of updating and so-
metimes it’s difficult for them to update often,
there must be a reason for it. We must be pa-
tient and understanding instead of demanding
and even threatening. Hey, one thing is to
kindly ask them to keep going and another very
different are the hard demands. The same hap-
pens with short chapters; okay, it's short, but at
least we have it. That person struggled to write
a chapter and even if it is short, it is probably
wonderful, and surely they did it trying to keep
their updating habit to not let down their follo-
wers, so the best thing for us to say: thank you.