But the people who always stick a "Review please!!" at the end of their stuff, or worse, bitch about getting no reviews in their notes? STFU, brats.
Yeah, that's tacky. On the other hand, writing a story that apparently connects with NO ONE, or maybe with your friend/beta reader and no one else, does leave a bit of a hollow feeling. I mean, an integral part of fandom is interacting with other fans, and if what you write leaves no one with the desire to interact... it's kind of depressing. I used to not care as much, because the stories I was writing were almost all internally generated-- I felt the burning need to write them and make them exist. Now a lot of my story ideas come from prompts, or discussion, or batting ideas around with other people, and feedback feels a lot more like a natural part of the entire process.
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Yeah, that's tacky. On the other hand, writing a story that apparently connects with NO ONE, or maybe with your friend/beta reader and no one else, does leave a bit of a hollow feeling. I mean, an integral part of fandom is interacting with other fans, and if what you write leaves no one with the desire to interact... it's kind of depressing. I used to not care as much, because the stories I was writing were almost all internally generated-- I felt the burning need to write them and make them exist. Now a lot of my story ideas come from prompts, or discussion, or batting ideas around with other people, and feedback feels a lot more like a natural part of the entire process.