Does this happen to you?

[tinpra]

I've gotten 2 reviews for the same story today thanking me for a fantastic twist in the story. That I didn't come up with. The line that ppl love so is from the original story prompt that my fic is answering -- which I clearly stated in my story tags/preface/thingy (y'know, Name:, Title:, Disclaimer:, Notes:, etc.). Do people not read those? I admit that after the 4th chapter of story tags, I usually give up, especially if/when the author goes into long winded explanations in their author's notes. I personally would rather see that at the end, or rather the author work out all those explanations in the plot of the story. That's me, though. But do people not read the story notes at all? Does this kind of stuff happen to you guys? I know some of my f-list are both more prolific and more heavily reviewed than I am.

Nevermind it was just one review. The 2nd reviewer accurately thanked me for my own work. I, on the other hand, am too ditsy to remember what I wrote only a few days ago 8-\ *facepalm*

Comments

[klcthebookworm.livejournal.com]

I had multiple people a) love Margo in "Alchemy" and b) wanted to know if she was a Medical Investigation character when I clearly put in the note that she was an OC .

So my answer is yes, readers ignore those things once they decided to stick with the story. Which is why I prefer not putting it on every chapter but different submission rules everywhere.

[tinpra.livejournal.com]

Not that I encourage reader non-attention, but yay! I'm not alone :)