Hey... · 7:20pm Oct 26th, 2014
Hi guys, Y.Q.M. here with, quite frankly, more of an emotion dump than a true honest to goodness blog post. Anyone who has been following Darkness of Ages will notice something about it, namely the proportion of likes to dislikes. I realize I'm not the best writer, but I really do try my best. Currently I have three likes and seven dislikes, and... well, frankly I'm feeling a bit down. I pour all I have into that story, I give it to the public so they can see it. Being a writer, or really and type of content producer, you hope and wish that people will like your story in the very least, but by what I'm seeing, it seems others don't exactly share my feelings for it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for a pity party, I'm just... trying to get this off my chest. The story has gotten to the point where when I open it up to see how its doing I think 'Let's see how many more dislike I got this time' and really, that wears down on a person.
When I put my work up I wish for people to give me feedback, even negative, but when I have seven people giving me negative without reason it... well, it hurts a bit. I've poured myself into this story, but it seems that I've only been giving for this story without receiving anything in turn that I can appreciate. To those three people who gave me the thumbs up, I say thank you, but really understand that having a vastly out measured negative feedback on my story is just really devastating to me with how much I put into this story.
What really gets to me is how I see other stories that seem like the person barely even cares about it and gets massively positive reviews when I as a reader gag each time I read, and not just because of the topic matter, but also because of how poor the grammar is. I know my work isn't top notch, but really, I believe the amount of effort I put into it is evident. Here we are, getting towards the real conflict of the story, but instead of having people saying how they wish the story was or how much they like it I just have a few people going to my story to push a thumbs down button, and it hurts me to see that something I have put so much into seems to incur the displeasure of so many in comparison to those who give me a positive sign.
I'm sorry for putting all on you guys, but really, it's been hard lately with all the pressure of the upcoming NANOWRIMO and having to work extra hard on chapter to have a backlog for the weeks I won't being putting up chapters and seeing the story I'm trying to get them for doing so poorly. So again, I'm sorry for weighing you all down with this. Until next time, this is YoungQuillMaster signing out.
Y.Q.M.
2556435 Thanks mate