more fic woes
Feel free to just scroll on by. Most of you have heard it before, anyway, or something very much like it. Ugh.
It kind of hurts when you spend weeks (or even months) working on a fic, trying to get things just right, making sure your characterization is good, your plot has as few holes as possible, your prose isn't too purple, and then you post to the sound of crickets.
Personally, I like both Victorious and Rebellious. I like the AU 'verse where they live. There's some good stuff in there, even if I have to say it myself. I worked hard on those fics and while Victorious has some awesome feedback, Rebellious has been live, available to read for nearly a week now and I have one review. One. And that's from my wonderful beta.
A fic I worked hard on for weeks has one comment and 6 kudos. A fic that I spent literally 20 minutes on has 2 comments and 5 kudos.
Yet again, I find myself wondering why I bother, except that I know very well why - I love writing. And I love the Hunger Games 'verse. I'm not done with it yet. Or it's not done with me. Whatever. When I started writing in this fandom, people read everything; now people read Everlark modern-day AUs and that's about it. What changed? Why? I don't get it.
I'm going to keep writing in this fandom until the ideas dry up. I love playing with these characters and this world, but damn it, it's not much fun when you have to play alone.
It kind of hurts when you spend weeks (or even months) working on a fic, trying to get things just right, making sure your characterization is good, your plot has as few holes as possible, your prose isn't too purple, and then you post to the sound of crickets.
Personally, I like both Victorious and Rebellious. I like the AU 'verse where they live. There's some good stuff in there, even if I have to say it myself. I worked hard on those fics and while Victorious has some awesome feedback, Rebellious has been live, available to read for nearly a week now and I have one review. One. And that's from my wonderful beta.
A fic I worked hard on for weeks has one comment and 6 kudos. A fic that I spent literally 20 minutes on has 2 comments and 5 kudos.
Yet again, I find myself wondering why I bother, except that I know very well why - I love writing. And I love the Hunger Games 'verse. I'm not done with it yet. Or it's not done with me. Whatever. When I started writing in this fandom, people read everything; now people read Everlark modern-day AUs and that's about it. What changed? Why? I don't get it.
I'm going to keep writing in this fandom until the ideas dry up. I love playing with these characters and this world, but damn it, it's not much fun when you have to play alone.