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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
RokofAges75:
I know we all say we write for ourselves, but...
Have you ever written a story just to get more readers?
Have you ever continued/finished a story just to please your readers?
usako:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 07, 2013, 10:29:20 PM ---I know we all say we write for ourselves, but...
Have you ever written a story just to get more readers?
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No, or I wouldn't be writing slash. :D :D :D I mean, I might have the thought but it died pretty much quickly because I'm not able to write something that I don't feel or that I don't like.
--- Quote ---Have you ever continued/finished a story just to please your readers?
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Yes, especially if they aksed me to continue it. At least you know that someone is gonna read it. :D
mare:
Have you ever written a story just to get more readers?
No, I can say I have never done that. I do have hopes that sometimes people who have never read my stuff might decide to click on it one day and give it a try but in the end I always tend to write mainly for myself and the readers I currently have because I know they will usually click and read most of what I write. I call them my faithful five (or so) lol
I think we all have more of a diversity of people reading our stuff than we think. I know I am surprised by the amount of people who say "Oh I've read that story!" knowing I had no idea until they mention it. Once again it all comes down to who actually takes the time to review. One thing I have noticed, and I'm not sure if it happens to anyone else, but sometimes the people that say that to me are the same people who DO tend to leave regular reviews for others. That baffles me. It's almost like they are embarrassed to admit it or something lol and the majority of people who say that are authors which once again goes back to that peeve of people who don't take the time to let others know they have read!
Have you ever continued/finished a story just to please your readers?
One of the goals I set for myself when I started writing fanfic was to never leave my readers hanging forever so with that in mind, I knew no matter how hard it would be, I would complete every story I started to post. Now, I can say the readers are the ones that helped me get through that. I think I'd still be working on Scars if it hadn't been for the push I got from my regular readers on that one.
Alexsgirl_ritz:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 07, 2013, 10:29:20 PM ---I know we all say we write for ourselves, but...
Have you ever written a story just to get more readers?
Have you ever continued/finished a story just to please your readers?
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Not really. I write because I want to write but you're secretly hoping that it would attract more readers, so you're putting into consideration what would most of the readers want when you're writing.
Not to please my readers, but I am making them my inspiration to continue writing and finish it because they appreciates my work.
Regarding the worst review I've ever received, I've been lucky because telling me that The Other side of NC is boring is the worst I've received so far. And that's not really bad at all... lol
mare:
Have you ever deleted a review you disapproved of?
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