What are peoples thoughts on authors allowing their readers to finish a story for them?

[NotaNuffian]

If an author no longer wishes to finish a story, be it due to irl issues or due to a lack in interest, what do you think about the author telling their readers that if they wish to write the rest of the story, they can. Obviously the caviate is that the story becomes public domain but I guess that doesn't matter if the author doesn't care about it anymore. What are your thoughts? Is it wrong or better to give it to the public? How will it effect the story as a whole?

As a reader myself, it will be horrible actually.

Like Ultrakill's creator Hakita said about the suggestions of fans and haters, that they all should be glad that it is the creator on helm, not all these monkeys.

Case and point, Master of All in rrl. The premise was okay, then it turned into wish fulfilment porn once handed to a second author.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

It's fanfiction in the first place, so I'd be happy to see someone finish my story, but I'd like them to do so under their own account because I don't want the stress of uploading for them and I'm not going to give them access to my account. I would, however, let others know where to go to find the rest of the story.

 

[Comatoast]

It's an interesting idea. Honestly, I'm on board with that. If you're no longer interested it seems far better to let a fan continue the story where it left off to bring it to a conclusion.

If you allow multiple fans to do it, They'll all gravitate towards the story or ending they "like most" and most likely do the most fulfilling ending for the masses.

It's the best of both the worlds, The fans will decide which interpretation gains traction and which ending they'd like to pursue and then natural selection would occur.
Poorly written stories would likely fall off and eventually the most "cannon" plausible ending would eventually resurface.

(As a note, I believe that the fanfiction genre should NOT attempt to do this.)

 

[Cipiteca396]

If only they'd done this with the game of thrones show.

I think it's fine. Can be a better result in some cases.

Would probably prefer that it be rebooted, like how FMA: Brotherhood went. Just directly tacking on someone else's fanfic to the end of a story seems a little rough. Except in the GoT example, or some others.

My story was designed to leave room for people to create their own characters/self-inserts, so instead of having someone else finish mine, I'd prefer they write their own. I know RWBY was the same way to some extent.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

My thoughts are:
Never happen.

Look, twice I've had people approach me with this very concept and I said, sure. Send me what you got, I'll look it over, fix anything you got wrong, then post it.

Never happened.

They vanished.

Had someone offer to help with editing. I said, okay. You send me what you want to correct, I'll get it reviewed and posy it asap.

Vanished.

People talk about helping. But if you say, sure. They quit and vanish.

So my thoughts are, dream on.

Wow - closest I've been was in an ongoing RPG campaign (Star Wars universe, old West End Games d6 version of the rules) where, after one adventure, a player came to me and asked if I had any plans for the world the middle chapter of a three-adventure story took place on, and I said "not really" - and he tossed out a proposal on the spot for a second trilogy set there. I saw the first one come out and know the other two did as well. Not EXACTLY the same thing but similar, so it CAN happen. But I suspect your situation is far more common.

 

[ThrillingHuman]

Story-chan was finished by a reader and it was pretty fun.

 

[Golden_Hyde]

If an author no longer wishes to finish a story, be it due to irl issues or due to a lack in interest, what do you think about the author telling their readers that if they wish to write the rest of the story, they can. Obviously the caviate is that the story becomes public domain but I guess that doesn't matter if the author doesn't care about it anymore. What are your thoughts? Is it wrong or better to give it to the public? How will it effect the story as a whole?

plausible, but the results might be lacking, depending on everyone's taste. And then there's a matter of bias, so it's likely going to have some form of deviation on the author's original vision. Unless you have someone close who has your vision and later given a green light to continue under your mandate (and roadmap), then it's plausible.

 

[Tsuru]

+1


also
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For the love of god, someone continue

Fate as a Servant

Is it not enough being reborn in the Nasuverse? Is it not enough being a servant? I can deal with all this, but why do I have to be Aqua?! She shouldn't even be from this verse so why?!?! Mc won't be as stupid as Aqua just in case. There...

www.scribblehub.com

1) Its yuri (harem)
2) Its FATE IP

3) BETTER aqua (still the same lazy, annoying, smug, etc BUT MORE realistic with a BRAIN)
4) FMC is op as heck, dont give a f, and solve big problems of fate stay night
5) SEXY TIMES (tohsaka / Saber)

6) You can even, using deus machina that she solve Fate stay night plot and can go to other IPs/universes.

 

[Daitengu]

It'll turn out a bit funky. That was my experience with the Dune series after Frank Herbert died.

And that was with his story board and notes to go on.

 

[Dark_Phoenix_Zaetyk]

It changes alot of things which bother me most.

 

[lambenttyto]

Up to you, but personally I'd rather leave a story unfinished than to have cowriters on my art.