Five-Second Rule

I rarely read serials because of the high percentage that are never completed. If I do read a serial, it's after the entire story has been posted.

That's just my preference after two decades of being left hanging out to dry by well-meaning authors who either got bored with the story, or wrote themselves into a corner, or simply had better things to do.

Just today a blog indicated frustration for a story on FM that was apparently quite good but never completed.

I wonder if we could establish an ethical standard on BC for serialized stories that would allow authors to produce fanfic after a period of time if a work is abandoned?

Never having posted a story that I had not completed I don't have a dog in the fight. I do think people like me would be more apt to read a serial knowing that it would have an increased chance of being brought to an end . . . by someone.

Please understand I was the fourth of six children and wore a LOT of hand-me-downs.

What are your thoughts?

Jill