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#so when you get 500 hits and only like 30 kudos? it feels like 470 of those people hated your work)
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i don't make resolutions, but if i did
it would be to finish this fic
(and to be kind to myself for however long it takes to actually do so)
#i'm finishing it if it kills me
#i know i've been writing this makeout scene for 3 weeks but baby that can't last forever
#if we want to get deep and dark and serious for a second i do think a lot of my struggles to write lately have to do with engagement
#and how incredibly low engagement has been on the last few things i've written
#which like. is what it is. i'm not entitled to anybody's time or comments or kudos.
#but when you write stuff you're proud of and it feels like it's barely getting read it's hard to keep momentum.
#this isn't intended as a woe is me or whatever it's just kind of like. there. hovering.
#happens enough times you start to wonder if it's you. am i just writing for the wrong fandom/ship?
#(too bad if so. they're in my bones i'm writing for them and no one can stop me.)
#but yeah. if you ever wonder if authors do care or notice about hits. comments. kudos. buddy i am here to tell you
#not only do we care and FLOURISH we also notice when those things drop off and readers vanish
#and it is a giant bummer. and sometimes makes us wildly paranoid about why that might have happened.
#so if you liked a fic today--not even one of mine. just. anybody's. share it. comment on it.
#kudos at the VERY least (cuz frankly kudos is there to be an 'i got to the end and this was nice' feature.
#so when you get 500 hits and only like 30 kudos? it feels like 470 of those people hated your work)
#anyway. that got out of hand. lil' too raw lil' too honest. happens when you let yourself ramble at 11:30 instead of sleeping
#to sum: let your local fic writer know if they've made you happy
#and as we go into 2024 i am swearing to myself that this fic (and probably several others) are getting finished
#come hell. high water. or dishearteningly low engagement numbers.
#(and then maybe we...actually work on something original. cuz why not. new year same old me but i'll do my best.)
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