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3 years ago
Hey everyone, so I had been thinking.
I first want to say that I’m disappointed with how slow I’ve been getting things done on this page. You don’t know how much I want to get over this writer’s block/lack of motivation as I try my best to dive into whatever I want to write. A mix of health funkiness, real life concerns and my lack of confidence in my own stories could all most certainly be the cause, but I definitely want to give myself all the more reason to focus on being creative and far more positive in these times we’re all facing — all while giving all of you wonderful people more stories to read!!
I’ve come up with the idea of creating a Patreon account. Before I continue on, however, just know that I promise I will never EVER lock any kind of content behind and paywall and I’ll never make anything a timed exclusive — I don’t have any plans on posting stories or anything of the sort on there anyway. The entire purpose for having a Patreon is to give me that extra bit of motivation to push myself harder and give me more of a focus on finding drive to write again. For one, it’s going to further motivate me to improve and become more consistent as I want to earn readers’ time and give them stories and scenarios you can all enjoy. Two, I want to establish benchmarks and goals for myself as I try to become a more established writer. I really want to flesh out my characters, expand on my worlds and delve into scenarios that I’ve been eager to explore for the longest time now! Not only that, but I have brand new characters I’m *very* excited to introduce that have yet to make an appearance in any of my stories — along with ideas that I’ve yet to tinker with that I’ve been planning on tackling once I get into a good rhythm~.
What I had in mind for the Patreon was that for every $1 contributed monthly, 50 words would be written guaranteed for whatever story I’m working on at the time. That benchmark would be a daily baseline — those 50 words would be my daily goal to be written along with anything else I feel motivated to write on top of that for that given day. Weekends (maybe Saturday or Sunday) may be self-indulgent where I take a break from writing for the week or when I have time to myself, but we’ll play it by ear as we go as nothing’s set in stone at the moment as I’m thinking on it.
Furthermore, I’m still thinking on opening up for commissions soon enough — after I get a good head of steam going and get to finishing projects more and more consistently, I will have a better idea of how I want to go about it and what I want to do in terms of selecting comms I would end up working on, along with pricing of course!!
Remember that I have no expectations for Patreon and that I don’t ever expect anyone to contribute to my works. Having the page would be a huge motivation for me to try and earn people’s time and to earn readers’ interest. I think this’ll be a huge help for me in the long run, as it gives me something to better work toward to along with making this a hobby that has set goals and deadlines, all while still being very fun, creative and personal in the process.
Would love to hear what you all think on this!! Any ideas or suggestions on a possible Patreon page for tiers/goals? Every comment is appreciated and I will reply to every single one as soon as I can!!
I first want to say that I’m disappointed with how slow I’ve been getting things done on this page. You don’t know how much I want to get over this writer’s block/lack of motivation as I try my best to dive into whatever I want to write. A mix of health funkiness, real life concerns and my lack of confidence in my own stories could all most certainly be the cause, but I definitely want to give myself all the more reason to focus on being creative and far more positive in these times we’re all facing — all while giving all of you wonderful people more stories to read!!
I’ve come up with the idea of creating a Patreon account. Before I continue on, however, just know that I promise I will never EVER lock any kind of content behind and paywall and I’ll never make anything a timed exclusive — I don’t have any plans on posting stories or anything of the sort on there anyway. The entire purpose for having a Patreon is to give me that extra bit of motivation to push myself harder and give me more of a focus on finding drive to write again. For one, it’s going to further motivate me to improve and become more consistent as I want to earn readers’ time and give them stories and scenarios you can all enjoy. Two, I want to establish benchmarks and goals for myself as I try to become a more established writer. I really want to flesh out my characters, expand on my worlds and delve into scenarios that I’ve been eager to explore for the longest time now! Not only that, but I have brand new characters I’m *very* excited to introduce that have yet to make an appearance in any of my stories — along with ideas that I’ve yet to tinker with that I’ve been planning on tackling once I get into a good rhythm~.
What I had in mind for the Patreon was that for every $1 contributed monthly, 50 words would be written guaranteed for whatever story I’m working on at the time. That benchmark would be a daily baseline — those 50 words would be my daily goal to be written along with anything else I feel motivated to write on top of that for that given day. Weekends (maybe Saturday or Sunday) may be self-indulgent where I take a break from writing for the week or when I have time to myself, but we’ll play it by ear as we go as nothing’s set in stone at the moment as I’m thinking on it.
Furthermore, I’m still thinking on opening up for commissions soon enough — after I get a good head of steam going and get to finishing projects more and more consistently, I will have a better idea of how I want to go about it and what I want to do in terms of selecting comms I would end up working on, along with pricing of course!!
Remember that I have no expectations for Patreon and that I don’t ever expect anyone to contribute to my works. Having the page would be a huge motivation for me to try and earn people’s time and to earn readers’ interest. I think this’ll be a huge help for me in the long run, as it gives me something to better work toward to along with making this a hobby that has set goals and deadlines, all while still being very fun, creative and personal in the process.
Would love to hear what you all think on this!! Any ideas or suggestions on a possible Patreon page for tiers/goals? Every comment is appreciated and I will reply to every single one as soon as I can!!
It is ok to not be up to writing right now, the world sucks and as much as I love your work I do not blame you, you gotta keep yourself safe first, then supply the world with dirty smut.
I appreciate your concern more than you know, and I’ve thought about this a lot myself as to whether or not it’d help me or hurt me in the long run. I think this could only be beneficial, as if I do end up disappointing anyone for any reason after they’ve contributed a monthly donation, they can always ask for refunds and I’d happily pay them back. I’d be fortunate enough to have anyone willing to pay anything in the first place — I honestly have no expectations for this, and any contribution thrown into the Patreon would be appreciated beyond measure XD.
I’ll take things at a decent pace though, don’t you worry — I don’t want to burn myself out even more than I am now, as I’m hoping that the added incentive will get me back into consistent writing shape <3
Glad to hear from you, Titan.
Thank you so much for being so supportive and eager to see more stuff from me, Theurak . You don’t know how much I want to get myself back in gear with writing; I appreciate it all more than you know!!
Equally happy to hear from you again, Theurak.
Thank you Revan