Hey, I get it, I feel this way too, and thats probably one of the reasons I stoppes writing. But I’ll be honest, fanfics for me was never really about the likes, they are awesome! But I always did it because I wanted to write a story. And I sometimes published bullshit chapers because back In the day I was posting every week. But for me at least, going into it with an approach that is more: I’ll write what I feel like when I feel like it. That, makes me Much happier. Does it make for messier fics and terrible Updating? Sure. But I figure as a reader, when you like a fic, youll come back to it. So Maybe I only update half a year, but I think it has been a healthy way for me to approach it. Because now likes and stuff are just a bonus and not something that I have to Care about.
im very happy for you if you like it like that, its amazing. but tbh, most of the people who make art want it out in the world, and most of us do it to share it, to get feedback, and for people to enjoy it. wanting feedback, notes, comments and reblogs is not wrong. and i think it would be good if we started to ask readers to open up to the writers instead to ask writers to write "for fun" i mean of course we write because we love it. its a hobby, so when i write, i do it because its the thing i love doing the most in the world. that being said, it doesnt mean i cant also want comments and notes. theyre not mutually exclusive, you know? i update because i want to, i write because i love it, but i still want readers, and i want people to tell me what they like, didnt like, how they felt and that theyre excited for more. and i do not want to feel guilty for wanting that.
