Rant/Plea: Comments and Reviews
This rant might seem whiny. That's because it is. Still, if you've found it somehow, will you do me a favor and read it anyway?
I neither beg nor ask for people to comment or review. It's a principle. In my mind, if your fic or whatever else is not worthy of being remarked upon, then lo, it is not remarked upon. Having said that, even the lowliest of stories deserves to have at least one person in the world say, "hey, I read this, and I'm glad I did." Doesn't have to heap praise. Doesn't have to say you bawled your eyes out at the last scene, or squealed for joy at the kiss, or snickered at a snarky line. It just has to say, you know what? That was good.
If I ever come across any fic with decent grammar, any at all, and it has no comment or review, I'll always give my ten cents to the author. No story should be left unread and alone in the world.
I bring this up for an obvious reason. It's been five days since I posted my micro-fic meme, and I was hoping that somehow at least one person on the internet would find it. It's not cross-posted anywhere - mainly because I have no idea where would cross-post (considered doctorwho , but wasn't sure if it'd be accepted). Nevertheless, I am confident in two things: first, this is LJ, and the internet. Almost anything publicly posted with the words "Torchwood" or "Doctor Who" or "fanfiction" or "meme" or the tag "pairing: ten/rose" is found at some point. And second, I know I have people who follow my work. Very few of them, for certain, but they do exist.
/sigh/ I know it's a stretch. But I'd've thought I could get just one person in the world to comment on that, and appreciate it. I write fanfiction because I want to write it, but that's not the reason I put it on the internet. I put fanfiction on the internet so that it can be read, and enjoyed, and shared, and loved, and criticized, and made better. I post fanfiction for other people. Having no reviews makes it feel like a wasted effort. Pointless. It makes me feel like pulling my hair, wondering if it's just because nobody has found the post, or because it's simply that bad. I don't think it's the latter, but there's still that little voice inside that not one person on this Earth gives a banana split that I wrote that fic and put it up for people to see. Frankly, as a result, I feel (however irrationally) like absolute shit right now.
Do the world a favor. Don't let there be lonely, unread, dust-gathering fics and posts. And yes, I'm referring to mine, but I'd like to hope somebody will read this and remember it and take it to heart, choosing to do the same for other fics they find. Just one comment is all it would take to keep me from wanting to bury my head in a pillow, and I'm sure, at least for some writers, it's the same.
I'm off to go try and write fic again, but I think the plot bunnies are going to be on hold until I get over this, one way, or another... (Why yes, I am a melodramatic guilt-tripping witch; any problem with that?)
Later: Thank you, anonymous person. I mean it. A lot.
I neither beg nor ask for people to comment or review. It's a principle. In my mind, if your fic or whatever else is not worthy of being remarked upon, then lo, it is not remarked upon. Having said that, even the lowliest of stories deserves to have at least one person in the world say, "hey, I read this, and I'm glad I did." Doesn't have to heap praise. Doesn't have to say you bawled your eyes out at the last scene, or squealed for joy at the kiss, or snickered at a snarky line. It just has to say, you know what? That was good.
If I ever come across any fic with decent grammar, any at all, and it has no comment or review, I'll always give my ten cents to the author. No story should be left unread and alone in the world.
I bring this up for an obvious reason. It's been five days since I posted my micro-fic meme, and I was hoping that somehow at least one person on the internet would find it. It's not cross-posted anywhere - mainly because I have no idea where would cross-post (considered doctorwho , but wasn't sure if it'd be accepted). Nevertheless, I am confident in two things: first, this is LJ, and the internet. Almost anything publicly posted with the words "Torchwood" or "Doctor Who" or "fanfiction" or "meme" or the tag "pairing: ten/rose" is found at some point. And second, I know I have people who follow my work. Very few of them, for certain, but they do exist.
/sigh/ I know it's a stretch. But I'd've thought I could get just one person in the world to comment on that, and appreciate it. I write fanfiction because I want to write it, but that's not the reason I put it on the internet. I put fanfiction on the internet so that it can be read, and enjoyed, and shared, and loved, and criticized, and made better. I post fanfiction for other people. Having no reviews makes it feel like a wasted effort. Pointless. It makes me feel like pulling my hair, wondering if it's just because nobody has found the post, or because it's simply that bad. I don't think it's the latter, but there's still that little voice inside that not one person on this Earth gives a banana split that I wrote that fic and put it up for people to see. Frankly, as a result, I feel (however irrationally) like absolute shit right now.
Do the world a favor. Don't let there be lonely, unread, dust-gathering fics and posts. And yes, I'm referring to mine, but I'd like to hope somebody will read this and remember it and take it to heart, choosing to do the same for other fics they find. Just one comment is all it would take to keep me from wanting to bury my head in a pillow, and I'm sure, at least for some writers, it's the same.
I'm off to go try and write fic again, but I think the plot bunnies are going to be on hold until I get over this, one way, or another... (Why yes, I am a melodramatic guilt-tripping witch; any problem with that?)
Later: Thank you, anonymous person. I mean it. A lot.