I think multi-part stories are always a tougher sell. And the thing is that people click on the story thinking they're getting Skyfall fanfic, but this is really an original story, you were just inspired by something about the actors' looks and presence, but you're not really writing fanfic. I don't know how willing the majority of fanfic readers are to follow the unexpected. I mean everything is labelled so readers can find exactly the pairing, the kink, the genre that they want. I know why it's done, but it discourages any sense of adventure in a reader, it's always easier to look for the comfortable.
I hope it doesn't really discourage you from writing what you want to write. You have such a vivid imagination you shouldn't have to constrain it!
I noticed the other day that ao3 has an "original works" category: http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Original%20Work/works but I don't think it's the answer--how would anyone find anything there, most people wouldn't even stumble across it.
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I think multi-part stories are always a tougher sell. And the thing is that people click on the story thinking they're getting Skyfall fanfic, but this is really an original story, you were just inspired by something about the actors' looks and presence, but you're not really writing fanfic. I don't know how willing the majority of fanfic readers are to follow the unexpected. I mean everything is labelled so readers can find exactly the pairing, the kink, the genre that they want. I know why it's done, but it discourages any sense of adventure in a reader, it's always easier to look for the comfortable.
I hope it doesn't really discourage you from writing what you want to write. You have such a vivid imagination you shouldn't have to constrain it!
I noticed the other day that ao3 has an "original works" category: http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Original%20Work/works
but I don't think it's the answer--how would anyone find anything there, most people wouldn't even stumble across it.