♪ Kingdom of ships around me and it looks like I'm the queen ♫
...But you don't publish them for fear of how others will react to them being updated for the first time in literal months.
That and they might not have been worth the wait haha
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This is the only reaction I have for your concerns:
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Just publish.
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Obvi not now. Whose gonna see it at this hour, owls? HAAAAAAAAAA... I'm very tired.
In the words of Shia labeouf... you know whats next
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Also, I should probs look at it in the morning, when my eyes aren't tired and I'm delirious. Chapters need to be edited, ofc.
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STOP JUDGING ME.
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If it makes you feel better I have a huge chapter ready to publish for a story that hasn't been updated since August... of 2014.
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YEAH I KNOW THAT FEEL. Heh.
Hey anything is better than nothing. At least that's how I see it.
I'm with literally all other replies. Publish soon, cause really, all of us wait on your updates anyways. Why not make it a shorter wait? Either way you'll probably get many "about damn time" comments so just get that over with.
Send 'em out! What's the worst that could happen?
This is me every time I update Sweetie's Shadow lol
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"TO PUBLISH OR NOT TO PUBLISH."
-the struggle of every creator ever
I published Serving A Queen, but I'm real iffy about publishing Lovey's new chapter because... I only got three commentators last chapter. Total. Even though I worked hard on that chapter... I dunno, I know I shouldn't expect people to just give me hundreds of comments for a single chapter, but it felt a bit disheartening to see that. That and I got a bit of a strong critique that, while I understand was well-meaning and meant to help me... Kinda hurt to read.
That's why I'm scared to publish. Because I published a chapter over two weeks ago and no one really said anything about it.
3647505 I can certainly sympathies with all of that. Critiques specifically will always hurt the content creator. One moment you think what you did was perfect and worthy of people's attention, the next someone tells you otherwise. It stings.
My first fics were blasted with 'critiques'. Some were real criticisms, others just hateful comments masquerading as critiques. Every time they got too much for me, I simply pulled my story. That is, until Shadow's Enigma. That was the first time I really, truly wanted to go through with it all the way.
Needless to say, I managed to pull it off. But I had to shake off those comments. I had to persevere.
I know it's hard, but keep at it, hun. I know you can do amazing work. And if you ever need to talk out some story speed bumps, I'm always a PM away. (seriously though, I check fimfic on my phone like every hour. idk why)
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I actually had someone say, "There was hardly anything about this chapter that was 'good'"... Like, OK, not like that's hurtful. They elaborated onto why they didn't like chapter, but I dunno, that first comment still bothers me so much...
3647505 It's definitely hard to publish when you're emotionally invested in something you've written. It's quite rare that I'll look at one of my stories and think "This is actually really good", but when I do, I get super anxious find it really intimidating to hit the submit button - because I've put a lot of time and effort into it and if people don't like it I'll just die! Well, that's how it feels, anyway
It's always easier to publish something you've done in a day and don't really care about.
Seeing a strong critique like that just seems to justify the worrying, and make you feel like rubbish. Likewise with getting very few comments, that can be really disheartening when you've put in a lot of effort (although that one's not so bad for me - as long as I get a few comments that people enjoyed it, I'm happy enough
).
I haven't really decided what to do about that yet though. On the one hand, it's pointless to needlessly stress myself out over something I do for a hobby, so maybe I should quit it and write easy stuff. On the other hand, if I'm not writing and sharing stories that I care about, it kind of defeats the object of writing in the first place
I guess what you have to ask yourself is, are you writing specifically to please people, or are you writing because you enjoy it and just want to share it with like-minded people? If it's the former, you'll have to get used to (and encourage) those nasty constructive critiques. If it's the latter, then you can work on ignoring them and focusing on the positive comments. That's what I continually try
and failto do. Either way, I say publish the chapters! It's better to share it, and give people a chance to enjoy it, rather than leave it locked up forever on your hard drive.That's what I think, anyway
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Well, I can only really speak for myself, but I'm not quite sure that was born out of any dislike. When somethjng on the internet is good, I don't tend to comment at all, because why would I need to? It's good! The creator obviously must be drowning praise, because this is really good, so my voice would only be lost in the crowd.
Like I said, I can only speak for myself, but I'm fairly certain that I'm not alone in this. And since I failed to do so before, I'll say it now: I really enjoyed the last chapter of Lovestruck. I'd have to read through it again to recall exactly why (and it's so late where I am that it's early, so that's not really an option), but I know for a fact that I enjoyed it.
Do please, post it. It'll stop tearing you up inside, and I'm sure it will be a lovely chapter. And I'll be sure to comment thus time.