Analyzing a Failed Fiction Project

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Recently I made an attempt at crowdfunding with fiction. It did not work. You may find the post-project analysis useful.

Has anyone else had experience with crowdfunding projects that just totally failed to get off the ground? What do you think went wrong?

Comments

Re: Too New

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>>Then there is the stripper, who peels off a bit more with each donation that is made (I can think of other analogies, but that one works the quickest ). <<

*laugh* That is SO apt! Long live the stripfic!

Actually, another example would be Scheherezade, who told stories with a cliffhanger each night to avoid being executed. shadesong calls her journal "Scheherezade in Blue Jeans."

>>I can remember times when I 'have' liked the free sample, but not had enough money (or desire) to buy the full cake, so several of us pitched in, then divided the cake up and had it with tea.<<

I think this experience is what fed into the idea of microfunding the epic poems, which are often too expensive for one person to buy so people team up and fund them collectively. I have several of these currently open for donations, with new verse being revealed as they are funded.