To be old or not to be?
I’ve decided that I’m too old for ff.net and that’s why nobody’s reading my stories. I’m not fourteen anymore and I can’t write non-description little fluffy stories than are only 500 words long.
Sheesh. They can read Harry Potter with its 800+ pages, but my story gets passed over for being too long. Not that I really blame them for Harry. I’v been completely absorbed in that world again…
Is it really a comfort to know that I’m getting older and can’t even pretend to be in a teenager mindset anymore? I don’t know. All I know is that getting only 4 reviews for my last chapter sucked. Even some of my Old Faithful reviewers didn’t live up to their nickname. I know my story’s different–heck that’s why I wrote it! But surely people are getting tired of reading about how Tristan comes back from military school all changed or how Rory becomes a bad girl or how Jess leaves Rory pregnant! Surely? Right?
It makes continuing more difficult. I told myself that I wasn’t writing for praise–well, I guess I’d better prove that now.
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Aww, I’m sorry you feel like this — I (if it helps) still read and adore your stories …. because well, they’re not so cliche, not so overly done …. they’re easy to pass through and to get seeped into. I don’t know if any of what I’m saying will help/encourage you at all — I just thought maybe I’d tell you my view. But I do hope you’ll keep writing … because I’ll be on the lookout 🙂
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But surely people are getting tired of reading about how Tristan comes back from military school all changed or how Rory becomes a bad girl or how Jess leaves Rory pregnant!
Yesss.
I just read the first chapter of Like Never Before, and I really enjoyed it. When I have more time later this week and this weekend, I hope to catch up on all the chapters I’ve missed.
I’m sorry that you haven’t gotten very many reviews. It seems so many of the better stories on ff.net can get maybe 40 reviews total, and a 700-word story about Tristan returning from military school and Rory suddenly falling madly in love with him can get twice that many reviews.
I’m glad that there are still some writers in the GG section at ff.net that put some real thought and effort into their writing. That’s not always so easy to find. I hope you don’t get too down about this. 🙂
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You know, I’m the same way. I’ve had fics that have gotten absolutely no reviews at all. It’s so frustrating when you do see all the reviews for those stories with no honorable content whatsoever, though one consolation is knowing that almost every review is of the “this rockz! more chapters pleeeezzz! r/j 4eva!” kind.
It’s hard to rise above and not expect reviews but you just have to keep hoping for a change. Eventually the “4eva!” ‘shippers will grow up, y’know?
lol I feel like a kindred spirit, what with you mentioning feeling too old for fanfiction.net, not being fourteen anymore, because it’s a realization I’ve come to as well. I’m no longer going to have any special respect from some readers in fandoms just because of my age. Now I’ll be just one of the rest.
And it sucks. Doesn’t it?