"Acarb90;c-16205803" wrote:
Hi everyone
So the past few weeks I have started to feel really discouraged with my story. When I first posted METRO back in June I had so many views and comments and I feel like people were more into it. Then I decided to reboot and for the first two chapters I was getting lots of feedback. Now when I post chapters I feel like I'm not getting any feedback or views. Like I get really excited when I post a good chapter (I thought my most recent one was the best since I had some funny scenes involving Sal and some really deep scenes involving Kendra), but then days go by with no comments or likes and it just really brings me down.
Also I used to be more involved with the writer's lounge, but I feel like my posts are getting looked over :( . I know it seems like I am just dumping updates and not really interacting with anyone else's stories, but there are just so many! I am catching up on my own, but its hard to talk about these stories since I am so far behind.
I loved making my reading circle and I really enjoyed talking with everyone that joined, but they all had at least 30+ chapters up already so I couldn't really start any discussions since I was still catching up. I think for me it's best to just read one story at a time.
Grr I hate feeling/talking like this because it sort of makes me look like an attention seeker. I just really don't know what to do so I posted here :(
It's okay to want attention. Humans are a social species. We're wired to want attention and to talk to others and to want recognition that we exist and that we matter and that what we do has meaning. You're normal and okay. :)
Like everyone else has said, we've all been there. Which it makes me happy to see people being honest about that, after all this time. :)
I don't know how helpful this will be to you since it's based in my experiences, but at this point in my Sims writing career I don't care about the stats page much at all, really, and I am happy as long as I have a few close friends who read and tell me their thoughts. I had a lot of readers once, and while it had its rewarding bits it was also an incredible amount of stress, and I still feel the effects of the stalking and the hate and the gossip and the ostracism that having all those readers brought all these years later, and I do not want to repeat the experience.
So these days I focus on the very few people I've found in the community who I can trust and who are decent and whose opinions I care about, and if I write for anyone other than me I write for them. So maybe it would help to find a few friends to focus on? Which I guess is what your reading circle ideally was going to be, but eh, things don't always work out the way we expect them to.
Also it can take time to make those few close friends, and a lot of it is down to luck and circumstance, really.
But hey, we have this thread, and personally I think that counts for a lot, having a space where you can be honest and be supported. I hope you find more readers soon.
