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Lacking motivation
15 years ago
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yeah... you know my stories? The backbone of my work here on FA (and on other sites)? Well.. I may just be quiting all that. It seems no one really has interest in them and to be honest, if no one reads a story why even have it up?
I write for an audience and if that audience has a problem with something I write I expect to hear their complaints. But no. It seems I write to a mute audience as I don't know whether my stories are doing well or not. Sure, I know some of them are doing well (you know which ones), but the stories that really matter to me are ignored. And I refuse to write ONLY smut, even if that seems to be the only thing that garners views and comments.
In fact, that's what annoys me the most. Out of the three stories I have posted, only the smut ones seem to be popular. Not the story I worked on longer and have a lot of high hopes for, no... the porn. I don't mind writing porn, but I am not a porn writer. I'm an author and porn-related stories just happen to be a little side hobby of mine. It irks me when they get more recognition than the stories I really want people to read.
So I'm considering halting my writing all together. I love it dearly, but if have to write something I don't want to all the time just to get feedback, then I refuse to write at all. I became a writer to write what I want, not to write only smut for everyone to fap to. So enjoy what I have now, because there might not be anymore.
I'm done.
I write for an audience and if that audience has a problem with something I write I expect to hear their complaints. But no. It seems I write to a mute audience as I don't know whether my stories are doing well or not. Sure, I know some of them are doing well (you know which ones), but the stories that really matter to me are ignored. And I refuse to write ONLY smut, even if that seems to be the only thing that garners views and comments.
In fact, that's what annoys me the most. Out of the three stories I have posted, only the smut ones seem to be popular. Not the story I worked on longer and have a lot of high hopes for, no... the porn. I don't mind writing porn, but I am not a porn writer. I'm an author and porn-related stories just happen to be a little side hobby of mine. It irks me when they get more recognition than the stories I really want people to read.
So I'm considering halting my writing all together. I love it dearly, but if have to write something I don't want to all the time just to get feedback, then I refuse to write at all. I became a writer to write what I want, not to write only smut for everyone to fap to. So enjoy what I have now, because there might not be anymore.
I'm done.
But yeah I understand if you don't want to continue writing things if it doesn't feel like anyone really reads them. D=
My morning is kinda rough right now with major college crap blowing up that could cost me hundreds of dollars and the first chapter really put a bright spot in my morning!
more of my response there.
oh, and as for more response on our smut, the red boxes really draw eyes.
Also, on art sites like FA or DA (I'm on that one too, not sure if you are.), the literature doesn't get a lot of notice, red boxes being the exception. Sad but true.
But i will check you on DA. I'm blu-hell-smith on DA