I too eliminated WIPs from my list. That made my choices alot harder because as I already said, I tend to vote for underdogs.
I think in the future the HPSA should only include completed fics. Sure that would eliminate alot of fics, even some of the "classics" but I think it's easier to judge a fic when its completed. Plus you get a better overall picture. Some fics start off really really good then flounder in plot, characterisation or just fall into really bad writing. Or the opposite happens. Starts off bad but ends really good. Though I may have opinions on individual chapters and the story as it developes, its not until the fic is completed that I am really in a position to judge how much I liked it and compare it to other fics.
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I think in the future the HPSA should only include completed fics. Sure that would eliminate alot of fics, even some of the "classics" but I think it's easier to judge a fic when its completed. Plus you get a better overall picture. Some fics start off really really good then flounder in plot, characterisation or just fall into really bad writing. Or the opposite happens. Starts off bad but ends really good. Though I may have opinions on individual chapters and the story as it developes, its not until the fic is completed that I am really in a position to judge how much I liked it and compare it to other fics.
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