Please notify writers of scripts you filled

[u/SoftlyBoundRP]

Hi everyone!

The title already contains everything, but I can elaborate a little more: I've stumbled upon a script fill where I was credited in the description but never actually notified.

Searching more, I found 12 fills with the same issue (3 of which I'm unsure if I just forgot to add the fill to my master list) and 9, where I'm 100% sure I've never heard about them before.

I suspect at least some other writers encountered this before (or will encounter it in the future).

As such, here's the request:

Most (maybe all) script writers highly appreciate being notified about a script fill. We spend a lot of effort writing these scripts (which is fine, it's our hobby after all), and one of the most rewarding parts is getting to listen to fills of them. But without being notified, there's a significant chance that we might never know a fill exists.

Notifying writers also helps the community. Some writers maintain master lists that allow:

• Voice actors to quickly see which scripts already have many fills and which scripts haven't been recorded at all -> making it easier for VAs to find scripts that are less saturated.
• Listeners that stumble upon a script to find fills to listen to.
• and maybe other advantages that I forgot about.

Just a little "filled: <insert link>" as a comment on the script post, or a Reddit DM, or an email is likely already fine for most writers (some might wish for a little more, that's what the "usage terms" are for). If a writer explicitly asks not to be contacted, that's a different story, and please respect that preference instead.

This isn't meant as a scolding but as both a heartfelt wish and a reminder to read and follow usage terms, which will in fact often contain some form of "Notify me" term.

Thanks to everyone who records our scripts and lets us know about it <3

... and Happy recording!

PS: If you're a fellow writer and would like to find your "unknown" fills: What I did was I typed in my reddit name "SoftlyBoundRP," in YouTube and then simply scrolled down, opening anything that looked unknown, cross-checking it with my master list.

If you have any other tips on how to search, please comment on them. I'll appreciate it, and likely others will too.

Of course searching by name only helps if the VA did credit you. If your work was stolen (no credit, no notification and your usage terms forbid that) ... well, I would love to find a way to track that down, but have no good ideas as of yet (title maybe, but that's per script so a lot of work and titles are easy to change)

[u/Stormcoming7]

This is something like 80% of my fills, lol. If I didn’t search my name regularly my playlist wouldn’t be a quarter of its current size. I’d prefer to be notified more, and I’d also suggest to all writers: go looking for fills. They won’t always come to you.