Note—if you don't want to read this whole thing, skip to the end. The part saying 'EVERYBODY PLEASE READ' :)
Dear fans of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Heroes of Olympus, and the Trials of Apollo,
Hello. I wrote this to try to communicate something with all of you. There is a problem I've seen slowly evolve ever since I joined this website and started writing in the Percy Jackson archives. I am here to address it.
The problem, you see, is that the fandom is dying. New authors who are joining fanfiction are writing and not getting any reviews, something which doesn't motivate them to write anymore. They don't review. And since many of the original Percy Jackson fans have grown up and out of the fanfiction community, it is the job of us who remain here to nurture an environment so that our favorite characters don't go extinct.
The first ever fanfiction story ever written for Percy Jackson was one by bloomingauthor7. It is an amazing story. I recommend you read it. It was written a decade ago and has 370 reviews. Of course, time accumulates reviews.
But currently, the review counts are just sad. As are the story counts. If we, as a fandom, want to make sure our favorite series doesn't die, we need to be dedicated to reviewing. One review. All you need to write is 'Good', or 'Love it!', or 'A couple of mistakes but overall I'd like to read more'. We need to encourage this new generation of readers (I'm one of them if the haters want to know) to keep writing and reviewing.
I feel so sad when I see stories 1000, 2000, 3000, or even 10000 and 15000 words long which have maybe one or two reviews. We need to be encouraging, people! If you have time to read a story, you have time to review it. One review could brighten somebody's day.
To write a good story about 1500 words long I know from personal experience it takes around an hour. Including editing. Do you realize how many of us post stories on here to be heard? To be recognized? To improve? We all bite our nails after we publish that one story and hope for reviews.
These days, there aren't many. Even last December, when I joined this website, reviews were quicker. Do you remember those old stories where you read the first chapter and flipped to the second and read how the author was so happy that she had gotten fifteen reviews on the first chapter? We need to go back to those times.
Fanfiction is a giant community where all of us can go away to escape ordinary life and make friends and share our love of stories. We're all a family on here. We need to support one another. No matter what your age, country, ethnicity or gender is we need to help one another and make peace in our own United Nations.
I would also like to make another short note—you should click on stories with maybe 300, 400, or 500 words. Just because a story is short doesn't change the quality of it. You might be surprised.
To the haters—if you don't want to review, don't. But the truth is that if you don't want to review, you're not a true part of Fanfiction. We help each other. And if any of you are going to state something about me being selfish for reviews and plan on calling me a b**** or something, frick off. I don't care about your stupid hater attitudes. I'm trying to help fanfiction. You're not.
EVERYBODY, PLEASE READ! If you're with me and want to keep Percy, Annabeth and the rest of the series alive, please review everything you read. And if you truly are with me, please review this story really quickly with a 'Yes' or a 'No'. A 'Y' or 'N' if you're lazy. I don't know if this message will really make a difference, but I hope you all will. Please keep reviewing. Spread this message if you can.
Sincerely,
WiseGirlGeek. Let's change the fandom, friends. Remember to review 'Yes' or 'No'!
Now, because I have to include story content, a thingie for all of you—
Let's keep the fandom alive
Review and Review
Leo would love you if you did!