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scarletmorning) wrote2011-03-17 05:04 pm
scarletmorning) wrote2011-03-17 05:04 pm
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Hi. Why yes, I am distracting myself.
I hate Sandman and Neil Gaiman. And Alan Moore writes boring stuff. That's why my brain wanders. And today it made me think about reviews.
This incoherent rambling is not directed at anybody nor is it triggered by someone on my flist. If I would have to name a source of my thoughts, it would be the German ff.de.
So I was thinking about my attitude to reviews and the attitude of other people. And I noticed that yes, I get very few reviews. Especially since I seem to write mostly about minor characters that few people care about (Brokings). I don't think I have a big audience or people interested in what I write. Which is fine for me. There is also always the fact that people might be turned off by my English, but I have to admit that this thought doesn't cross my mind often (Yep, I'm either that confident or that uncaring).
And I don't particular care. I don't really care if a story doesn't get any reviews (like Rose and That dear child on ff.net). I do love every review I get, of course, but getting no reviews doesn't gnaw on my confidence. Now I was contemplating where this sentiment comes from, especially when I read about people being sad or annoyed that nobody comments. And sometimes I don't understand them. Yes, comments are love, but I don't need them.
Part of that I contribute to my personality. In real life I don't care that much about what other people think about me or about what I do (there are always exceptions) as well. So I care even less about the opinion of anonymous internet people.
Then again, I come from a tiny, tiny fandom. And yes, that fandom is Fire Emblem. Let me explain: I've started writing fanfiction in German. And there are whooping 62 Fire Emblem stories on ff.de. There were, I believe, less than 30 when I started. I am used to getting almost no reviews, because that is normal when almost two third of those stories (62) are written by me. There are maybe two or three active writers (I am excluding myself, because I haven't written anyhting in German for months). So I am reverse-spoilt. I'm used to getting no reviews.
I don't know if the people complaining about getting no reviews are used to get many or if they just complaining because. I don't really get it.
Anyway. I'll continue writing minor characters and family and sibling stories and gen and romance nobody cares about. Deal with it. <3
This incoherent rambling is not directed at anybody nor is it triggered by someone on my flist. If I would have to name a source of my thoughts, it would be the German ff.de.
So I was thinking about my attitude to reviews and the attitude of other people. And I noticed that yes, I get very few reviews. Especially since I seem to write mostly about minor characters that few people care about (Brokings). I don't think I have a big audience or people interested in what I write. Which is fine for me. There is also always the fact that people might be turned off by my English, but I have to admit that this thought doesn't cross my mind often (Yep, I'm either that confident or that uncaring).
And I don't particular care. I don't really care if a story doesn't get any reviews (like Rose and That dear child on ff.net). I do love every review I get, of course, but getting no reviews doesn't gnaw on my confidence. Now I was contemplating where this sentiment comes from, especially when I read about people being sad or annoyed that nobody comments. And sometimes I don't understand them. Yes, comments are love, but I don't need them.
Part of that I contribute to my personality. In real life I don't care that much about what other people think about me or about what I do (there are always exceptions) as well. So I care even less about the opinion of anonymous internet people.
Then again, I come from a tiny, tiny fandom. And yes, that fandom is Fire Emblem. Let me explain: I've started writing fanfiction in German. And there are whooping 62 Fire Emblem stories on ff.de. There were, I believe, less than 30 when I started. I am used to getting almost no reviews, because that is normal when almost two third of those stories (62) are written by me. There are maybe two or three active writers (I am excluding myself, because I haven't written anyhting in German for months). So I am reverse-spoilt. I'm used to getting no reviews.
I don't know if the people complaining about getting no reviews are used to get many or if they just complaining because. I don't really get it.
Anyway. I'll continue writing minor characters and family and sibling stories and gen and romance nobody cares about. Deal with it. <3
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I mean, I feel good whenever I see notification for one in my inbox, but really? Reviews really don't matter that much, and the authors who always ask for one, IMO, are just attention seekers.
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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.
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