The Amazing Velvet Mace’s Genius Diagram about why some fanfiction stories are crazy popular while others, which may be technically better, are not so popular.
The original post is here, and I think it should be considered pan-fandom required reading. I bow to her genius. Everyone study this diagram and internalize it.
All hail Velvet Mace.
Just casually bringing this back.
Wow, this is great. Thanks to Ivy for resurrecting it.
Admittedly I know all this stuff at a virtually cellular level these days, because the commercial publishing world is much the same. But I’ve never seen such a beautifully clear visual explanation.
For preference, I like to spend almost all my time in the top left corner. Professionally I have to spend as much time as possible on the extreme right, and generally towards the bottom because the material is easier to source. Got yer grand tragedy of Pennyish existence, right there.
I’ve always loved this graphic.
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