I'm sorry you feel that way. :(

It's not really anybody's fault, but thank you

its sad to hear that. You have some darn nice talent, thats for sure

Thank you Leafy, it's just hard to feel like that is used well, sometimes

very strongly feeling the same way with my art lately :/
it's demoralizing to spend a lot of time and effort on something and just not get a response at all

It really is, especially when you do it for someone specific and even they don't seem to really care

Do read my main reply here bud, hopefully it garners some happiness and perhaps understanding for you.

I've always liked your writing.

Thank you

Feeling like your effort and passion are unappreciated is definitely one of the more pernicious negative feelings. I hope you have a better day, and happy early birthday <3

Thank you, really

Ough, that's a painful thing... I personally know how my server is, people sleep on stuff by accident sometimes and other times they read without commenting and that sucks too. It's weird that as a writer, I feel like I have so little time for reading myself. Maybe we should do something together in the future to help clear out those painful feelings. I know you've been a great friend in helping me get my writing career going, and a lovely person to work with in submitted characters! I think it's worth giving back. <3

Yeah, we could do something like that one day!
Thank you buddy, you're a great friend

Thank you so much

Sorry to hear this :c

I'll be fine soon, I hope. Don't worry

I'm sorry you're feeling worn down. You've got a ton of talent and I adore your stories (and enjoy our friendship). I hope your birthday tomorrow brings good vibes.

Thank you so much hun, you're a great friend<3

I know exactly how you feel. I've been dealing with the same exact thing recently with my art. It's very demotivating. Hope your birthday goes well

Thank you!

sure thing ^^

I know when it comes to FA at least many just don't comment at all. they have tons of things they follow (Like myself due to broad interests) and it's just entirely too much to keep up with on a response level short of "nice" all the time. So it's very rare I for example say much, but do know that your stuff is appreciated or nobody would follow or view it/save it. It's sort of the nature of the beast, you really have to reach out in a more direct way stand alone to get feedback or create your own community in specific (Higher but still not perfect engagement this way). Same to you Radarn, I have saved pretty much everything either of you have ever done or had done, and it'd definitely be a blow to have either of you stop doing what you do. It's important for you to love what you do first, I think, everyone else is just a bonus. If you ever want more feedback from me -do- reach out to me directly, I can be found, and am happy to engage with you about your works, or whatever else you may like.

~Kiva

Yeah that's a rough feeling and I'm guilty of liking but not saying anything. Probably a mixed mindset of let them grow on their own and they didn't ask for an opinion

I do love comments so next time you read something of mine and you want to say something, feel free to do so!

Alright

I'm sorry you feel that way. You write good stuff. You should be proud of your work. Keep doing it if you enjoy it, even if you keep it private to yourself. Hopefully, the work you do share will get the praise it deserves. I hope for the best for you.

i get how ya feeling

As someone who rarely gets feedback and interaction from people, I feel you. I tend to get feedback from the same small group of people who I seriously appreciate for taking the time to leave their thoughts on my work, really that's been how I've improved. I get that when you keep hitting your head against the wall and get nothing from it - it's not very pleasant, fair enough. But I think you underestimate just how much people respect you even if they don't show it. A favorite is usually the easiest way of showing appreciation or enjoyment of your work, you've got 12K in total, so you're absolutely writing well, its something I've told you myself all I do whenever I read over your work is fix minor spelling or grammar issues because you're a good writer, and its sucks to hear that you don't feel as such, but then again, I don't think I'm that good of a writer either, its just the mindset I guess. Even if you don't receive that many comments, I've seen people inspired by your work, and people have listed you as a favorite of theirs, there was even a new writer I was reading the works of, and in the comments, he called you "a mighty pillar of vore writing." It's things you don't see but when you see them, you realize just how many people enjoy your work and how many have started writing directly because they read your work, it's why I credit my inspirations in my bio, because, without those writers that got me into the idea of writing vore, I would never have done it. From what I'm seeing from these comments, you've got a good amount of people who enjoy what you do, they don't want to see you stop, so they've come here to show support, I hope we're all helping you shrug out of that mindset of "nobody's reading what I put out". Because you've got a ton of people who do, and want to keep seeing you do so, even if they forget to comment.

When you say "I'm starting to wonder who I'm writing for." It should be for yourself and yourself only unless you're doing something for other people, and I'll stick to this until I die. You shouldn't feel forced to write for anyone other than yourself, the only circumstances where I'd say that statement is moot is when you do commissions or stories for others, which I'm aware is what you do pretty frequently. It might be that you need a break from writing the ideas of others and giving your own ideas some time to shine. I write my own ideas because I can easily get hooked on the idea of actually writing them out, and I never expected my FA page to get any traction or interaction because I was writing solely because I wanted to improve at it before I wanted to get into writing novels, so I started small. I know for a fact that when I did writing for others I felt a massive weight being placed on my own ideas for stories, I felt bad for working on them because "I really should be working on this other story for the winner, but it's not an idea I feel inspired to write at the moment and I'd need to force myself to write it." but I worked on them anyway because at the end of the day, it was me who was writing and I'd rather wait to get inspired to continue writing one idea and finish it rather than forcing myself to finish it and get a subpar quality from it. Take a break from comms for a month or two if you can, and just try writing something that's fully you. The only reason I'd offer to write something for someone instead of them coming to me is because I wanted to write for them. Perhaps that's the case for you, but if you're going with that "Who am I writing for" mindset I can't help but think that you don't get to flex your own ideas often enough. I get that you like writing for others, but I only do it on occasion myself, perhaps you should dial it back for a bit and see how you feel after?

Sorry for that mammoth of a comment, but it really sucks seeing you down in the dumps like this, buddy. On your birthday, no less, which really sucks to hear. Hope you feel better soon.

I feel people on this site are terrified to give feedback, because I have seen so many that delete and block any comments that might have a hint of criticism.

I really like your stories! I’m honestly just nervous about commenting on people’s posts normally :(

Shio. you and asaneman's works have gotten me into vore writing. you are a wonderful writer