Wow. @lisabee2 that analogy is perfect. I've always tried to think of a way to make the analytics make sense, and seriously, that analogy is perfect. I feel like the shy little bird that hops around picking the ground, chirping here and there when content and happy. I don't leave comments when I read, unless the chaoter is just so good that I can't comment. Even when I comment I don't really know what to say. I wish I could be more like a song bird.
Even with the amazing analogy, it'll probably still hurt when no one reads. It makes me think I'm not good enough, or what I write isn't good enough. I can't help it though...I'm a perfectionist, and I have a deep-seeded need for approval and to be good enough, but I'm really starting to think that if I really want to continue this hobby I need to let it go.
I get stuck in a loop: I think of (what I think is) a good story idea, plan it out, think no one is going to read it, set it up anyway, think it's going to be great, post it with excitement...and then get little to no views after one or two weeks. Then I get depressed and don't want to write anymore. I then take a break for a few weeks to a few months, then I think of another good idea...and it goes on and on.
I have no idea how my husband puts up with me during the 'Active Loop Times'...but he's a saint. I just realized I probably over-shared...but I feel much better after letting it all out.
