You know...

[leethet]

...something just occurred to me in light of the flood of vignettes that seem to be out there ... is it going to become the preferred style of online fic-writing, and are the longer stories I must assume someone's writing somewhere all reserved for zines?
That would be a bummer. I like long stuff, and I liked it being free. :)

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Oh yes

[leethet.livejournal.com]

I can't tell you how strongly I agree with this. Di and Nataliya and I have discussed how we prefer to read longer stories, how vignettes are just too darn' little, even if they're good (in fact, particularly if they're good). But you touch on another side of it -- the writing of vignettes. It's never tempted me either. I like to read what I like to write, and I don't want what I read, or what I write, to be quickly read and as quickly forgotten (now, there's no guarantee my stuff is remembered, I realize, but the aim is there). I love stories that stick with me, and not one of the many vignettes I've seen has stuck, though many are excellently composed. Now, that may simply be a fault in my own reading capacity, but I find I have to spend some time with the story, get a certain measure of plot and character development, before I'm "satistfied." (This is true when I'm writing and when I'm reading). Vignettes are too junk foody -- great for a moment, but instantly gone from the tummy of your mind (blech. that was a silly image).

Thanks, Veronica, for another angle on this that I hadn't thought about, but that rang wholly true once I read it. :)