> > True...but the low number of readers causing it to become low priority implies that he doesn't want to put a lot of work and time into it. If we make it take less time and work it might help improve the chances.
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> Again, its probably the lack of participation from the posters who have characters in the story rather the complexity of the story itself that's keeping it from being finished. Since that's the case, I doubt the 4-5 people who post regularly are going to be able to solve that problem.
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I thought it might be the time and effort it takes to write balanced against whether he thinks it's worth the time. Less story to write, less time, and eventually it might be worth it.
> However, none of that stops you from posting a story that resolves your characters' roles in the plot. In fact, if its something you want to do, you have every right to do it.
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The issue that worried me about it wasn't whether I have the right to. It was whether this was a matter of "If Ian doesn't get around to resolving that plot point, it should die, period." In other words, whether me going to the effort will result only in making people angry.
As I said, I'm willing to contribute, but only if that contribution isn't going to be seen as an insult, I guess. I'm not saying I'll write the entire ending - I'm probably least qualified of anyone to do that. But I could take care of the fringes and my own characters, Visionary has plenty of characters involved and the experience (and he's good, too!) that he could contribute a major part, etc.
Plus maybe if we spur into action, Ian won't feel like this is all on his head, which currently makes him feel even less like writing. If we're involved knee-deep in this, he might be more willing, because if the story crashes and burns, all of us crash and burn with it.
I think part of the problem, in other words, is that right now it looks like if he writes a long story and spends hours on it, us on the board here have nothing invested in that time. Maybe we'll read it, maybe we won't. I have to tell you, it's quite depressing to write a major story arc and have nobody read it. If we're all involved, though, at least we're reading and enjoying each other's posts, and maybe attracting some outside attention too.
