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10 years ago
Welcome to WhiteFoxofSimi's Update and life Journal.
Hello everyone, I know that I haven't updated particularly much recently but I've been stuck in a slump as usual and I guess to those that watch me I want to hear your thoughts:
Why do you watch me? For real I wish to know.
Next on the same note sort of: Is my writing interesting? Entertaining?
I've just been looking around lately and unless it has artwork attached to it for a story or if it's just artwork (SFW or NSFW) that folks like myself who write their hearts out get looked over. I do understand that this is a place for Artists to gather and post work and so on but lately I feel like maybe... how many people consider 'Writing' an 'Art'?
I know this is a weighty subject and I'm sorry for bringing it up and all, but if I'm to be blunt: I feel like I'm useless where I'm at. I'm actually unconcerned about how many watchers I have or people that fave my work, but I also don't get feed back or constructive critique... I know I'm only an amateur and I put that above everything else and I even consider myself to be even a beginner at times.
And please, before anyone says 'Why haven't you gone to [Insert Name of Writing/Fan Fiction Site Here]' it's because I don't want to be there. I like a broader spectrum, especially if someone is nice enough to be inspired by something I've done, draw something and I think you get the picture from there. I've had people who inspired me in the past, and I appreciate it every time I look back too.
So to any of you that have read this far in the journal I thank you for listening to me, it may be a fruitless venture to ask others here but I do have hope I get answers from more than just one person.
Sincerely yours and appreciative as always,
Game Boy
Why do you watch me? For real I wish to know.
Next on the same note sort of: Is my writing interesting? Entertaining?
I've just been looking around lately and unless it has artwork attached to it for a story or if it's just artwork (SFW or NSFW) that folks like myself who write their hearts out get looked over. I do understand that this is a place for Artists to gather and post work and so on but lately I feel like maybe... how many people consider 'Writing' an 'Art'?
I know this is a weighty subject and I'm sorry for bringing it up and all, but if I'm to be blunt: I feel like I'm useless where I'm at. I'm actually unconcerned about how many watchers I have or people that fave my work, but I also don't get feed back or constructive critique... I know I'm only an amateur and I put that above everything else and I even consider myself to be even a beginner at times.
And please, before anyone says 'Why haven't you gone to [Insert Name of Writing/Fan Fiction Site Here]' it's because I don't want to be there. I like a broader spectrum, especially if someone is nice enough to be inspired by something I've done, draw something and I think you get the picture from there. I've had people who inspired me in the past, and I appreciate it every time I look back too.
So to any of you that have read this far in the journal I thank you for listening to me, it may be a fruitless venture to ask others here but I do have hope I get answers from more than just one person.
Sincerely yours and appreciative as always,
Game Boy
Sad as it is, I don't think I've read any of your stories. I normally steer clear of fanfiction/RP unless it's troll material. I reach for an actual book if I feel like doing some lengthy reading. Part of this is laziness, part of this personal interest. Part of it is probably due to some of the crazy fiction that arises out of fandoms, whether it be the brony fandom, where Applejack might be written to beat another character to death, or the furry fandom, where 2 kangaroos might be written into an elaborate rape scene. Part of it is that I don't think I'll see fanfiction capable of topping that Hulk Hogan x Arcee shipfic that drifts around the internet.
I believe you're right about the attention that images and writing receive.
-FA's thumbnail system readily conveys the contents of an image, and clicking through and observing and moving on is quick and easy. Stories require someone to click through and devote time and effort just to discern the contents, and devote even more to discern quality.
-A huge portion of FA's userbase (probably a majority) is on the site to look for porn and fetish material. I'd imagine most stories and authors get skipped unless their thumbnails regularly show a fetish content warning and an adult rating.
In terms of watchers, favorites, feedback and critique, they'e intertwined pretty heavily. A person's number of watchers is a count of how many people might be viewing your work using a direct connection (seeing your work when it's posted), while favorites give you attention indirectly when people view each other's profiles. Having more traffic increases the chances that one of them will respond, spread awareness, or maybe become a devoted fan.
However, even if you did change your mind about watches and favorites and sought them out, in addition to writing's disadvantages here you'd probably not be able to outpace FA's decline. Even in my efforts as a consumer of media, without changing my habits of adding watches to artists and favorites to art, I've seen a sharp decline in FA's activity and quality. Even including journal list changes (such as no longer displaying "Journal has been removed" messages), I've gone from getting something like 80+ journal notifications per day to generally 2-5 per day. It's a similar case with receiving art submission notifications, where I receive a fraction per-day compared to what I received previously, and most of them are from the same handful of prolific artists.
I can understand where you're coming from, in regards to not wanting leave FA. Personally I still have friends here, and a fair amount of nostalgia. Rather than leaving FA for another site, I plan to just use more than one site (though FA's offered me plenty of reasons not to visit whatsoever). While I don't know if that's a reasonable option for you, reaching more audiences and communities would definitely be a broader spectrum, and as a writer, most of your effort probably goes into the writing of stories rather than their posting.
Entirely too wordy,
-NF
I want to actually thank you for responding. The insight and actual response is nice because I wanted some truth.
I don't quite know what to say here for the moment but for now I'll analyze what was written rather than quickly jump down and dance about when I don't even know what I want to respond with -yet-.
Thank you in kind,
-GB