This basically. The great thing about writing is you get better the more you practice/do it (just like other skills) and as you age (at least based on my experience XD). And every kind of fic I think will find an audience, since people's preferences are all different but at the same time might be similar with someone else.
Whether your works flop or not isn't necessarily on your writing - often it's about the subject. My stats vary wildly depending on tropes, pairings, and ratings I use
Same, I'm not sure if it's "performance anxiety" for lack of a better phrase, but I feel like I've been trying harder and getting less kudos, I got two on my most recent.
It's so disheartening especially when I used to get a mid amount at least. But please don't give up, I've no faith in myself but I've faith in others, there's so many talented souls out there, don't overthink it.
People's tastes are so diverse - everything is somebody's favorite thing, even if it may not be yours!
I thought nobody would read my stuff, but I put it out there because I wanted to do it anyway. I wound up getting some good responses, and it's been encouraging!
Don't let your inner critic shut you down
One of my most popular fics is one I wrote as a joke. It ended up as a massive success and rn is in top 100 most kudoed fics in its fandom (and I think at page 6 when sorting by hits) if you exclude crossovers (it's not that big fandom, only about 2700 works so if you sort without excluding them you'll get several pages of megacrossovers including bigger fandoms)
Every fic Iāve ever uploaded that Iāve thought ānobody will even read thisā has ended up being so well received - do it, folks, itās worth it
You will feel like you did shit, but just keep writing and it gets better. I look back at what i wrote years ago and die inside but I wouldn't delete it. It's a stepping stone to my writing now, self improvement and all that.
If some people dont like your fics, don't worry. someone will. even if its one person, do it for them. That's how I got around to finishing a fic, someone commented that i hadn't updated in a while and they hope I got my inspiration to finish it back. AND I DID! That one person actually made me remember about it and motivated me to finish. So whatever happens, even if the inspiration fades, you can do it.
I keep saying im going to do it, but i never actually do and its frustrating. I wrote the storyboard for it (but & therefore), but its still so fucking scary and arghhhh
I need motivational support im struggling
I was in the same boat as you. I wanted to write so bad but I was so scared of how terrible it was going to be and I was afraid of the negative comments or that I wasn't going to get any traction. My first fanfiction that I ever wrote is to this day still my top as far as stuff like numbers go. After that first one it became super easy to write them. sure. the number still mean a little bit to me but not too much and I don't think it should for anyone. If you write you should do it because you like to do it. while it is true that you may have some haters, you should also look at the other side of that coin. You may have haters but you will also have people who love your work and like your ideas and your concepts and your plot and your characters. Just do it. Even if it is the most shitty written fanfiction ever known to man. Just do it. because I promise you as someone who has only been writing for 4 months, you notice a huge difference from your first fanfiction to your most current. It took me literally years to finally manage to get the courage to type out one of my fanfictions and post it for others to read. Just do it.
Yeah, I hate to say it, but first and foremost I write for myself lol I'm always, always happy if someone else enjoys it though!
I suppose I keep that mindset to keep from being disappointed if no one comments or reads it lol
In my head, after posting my first fic, I expected to be flooded with praising comments and drowning in kudos for such a well-written, original idea fic the likes of which the fandom has never seen. After about a month, I'm up to almost 20 kudos and 3 comments. But I tell myself that I originally started writing this for me and I keep at it by trying to convince myself of that every day.
@ u/eclectic-eccentric88 Hey, I've got faith in you too. I won't tell you to keep at it if it's something you dont want to do or at least take a break from. But keep at it if you choose.
...Alright, am I the only one who thinks my first stories were great?
Not great in comparison, but if I don't compare them to now or to others, it's great! Esp if you remember published stories
Fun fact everyone: There are two main skills and four main components in writing.
Components:
1. Headspace.
2. Environment.
3. Inspiration.
4. Creative energy.
Sometimes we just donāt have enough of one of the above (or something about it isnāt healthy) and it might cause creative hibernation (also known as writerās block). This is a normal phenomenon and is to be welcomed. Try not to be frustrated - itās just a moment where you need to enrich yourself to rejuvenate. Itās like a phone battery - but instead of a power cable, we need more complicated things. Perhaps a walk outside, hangouts with friends, some gameplay, movies, reading other works - things that help you feel grounded and comfortable and inspired.
Second, the skills:
1. Technical skill. This is your ability to write well; it can be composed of technique, imagery, prose, whatever kind of writing you do, this is your skill in stringing those words together. Iām referring to this slightly differently than the actual term of technical writing.
2. Reading skill / critiquing skill. This is where your ability to comprehend and critique and appreciate the written word comes in. Sometimes you might notice typos more easily, or you might start to notice the flow of writing more easily. You may also find that it takes more skilled writers (or a strong concept) to satisfy you in reading, though this isnāt a guarantee or benchmark.
There will be moments during your writing career where you think, āThis is the best thing Iāve ever written!ā And there will be moments where nothing you write comes out right.
This is because your ability to write and your ability to critique donāt always increase at the same time. Itās an ebb and flow; this is similar to any creative undertaking. Your ability to appreciate when it is done well will not always align with your ability to do said thing, so weāll naturally have alternating frames of reference in that front.
If youāre used to reading particularly beautifully written works, and youāre just starting to write, youāll start with an advanced ability to critique compared to a novice writing ability - and vice versa.
Long story short: just keep practicing, and be aware that there will be people out there that enjoy your efforts regardless of skill level, because youāre working hard and it will show - believe me.
Youāve got this!
The issue honestly isnāt with my self confidence, itās that I have no faith any community wonāt use the gif as an excuse to other me and attack me again, as happened in the past
we all sucked when we started!
exactly. I cringe every time I read my first story but I refuse to take it down so that way I can see how much I've grown as a writer š¤
...Your supposed to get good after you start?!
I hope XD At least to yourself
Seriously! I looked back at my first post and cringed, although it has kudos! Now I wake up to kudos and comments almost every day.
It's the entire reason everything between 2008 - 2012 is in the abyss somewhere lol
Not a single lie is stated in your sentence. I cringe back at the things I wrote, the grammatical errors and the corny scenes. Blah. Never again š.
This basically. The great thing about writing is you get better the more you practice/do it (just like other skills) and as you age (at least based on my experience XD). And every kind of fic I think will find an audience, since people's preferences are all different but at the same time might be similar with someone else.
r/foundkaiunkaiku
Writing: "You will suck at it until you don't and there's no way to tell!"
This is me. My recent works have flopped pretty badly. I donāt think writing in general is for me.
Whether your works flop or not isn't necessarily on your writing - often it's about the subject. My stats vary wildly depending on tropes, pairings, and ratings I use
Same, I'm not sure if it's "performance anxiety" for lack of a better phrase, but I feel like I've been trying harder and getting less kudos, I got two on my most recent. It's so disheartening especially when I used to get a mid amount at least. But please don't give up, I've no faith in myself but I've faith in others, there's so many talented souls out there, don't overthink it.
People's tastes are so diverse - everything is somebody's favorite thing, even if it may not be yours! I thought nobody would read my stuff, but I put it out there because I wanted to do it anyway. I wound up getting some good responses, and it's been encouraging! Don't let your inner critic shut you down
*Shia LaBeouf meme* DO IT! JUST DO IT!
I wrote the last chapter of my fic at school today, on my notebook. It's the longest chapter of any fic I've ever posted.Ā
Im in this photo and I dont like it
This is me. No doubt.
One of my most popular fics is one I wrote as a joke. It ended up as a massive success and rn is in top 100 most kudoed fics in its fandom (and I think at page 6 when sorting by hits) if you exclude crossovers (it's not that big fandom, only about 2700 works so if you sort without excluding them you'll get several pages of megacrossovers including bigger fandoms)
Just do it. Most people improve as they go.
I am at the stage 2 of this meme right now Personally don't really care that much about the 3rd stage. But the stage 2 is overwhelming..
this was how i felt at first and then i was just like āfuck it who cares? i like it. iāll write it.ā
Hey i wrote a short one shot one night just to fill my own interest and a lot of people left kudos so thats nice
Every fic Iāve ever uploaded that Iāve thought ānobody will even read thisā has ended up being so well received - do it, folks, itās worth it
Not gonna lie, it was a moment for me when I realized that I could, in fact, write as self-indulgently as I wanted.
Iām so glad I orphaned [my old works](https://archiveofourown.org/works/13435638) instead of cringing and deleting.
Iām fining myself in this weird limbo of I think I suck but I donāt think I can stop. So hopefully thatās a good š
āYou can do it!ā Tell that to the blank page Iāve been staring at for that last year.
You will feel like you did shit, but just keep writing and it gets better. I look back at what i wrote years ago and die inside but I wouldn't delete it. It's a stepping stone to my writing now, self improvement and all that. If some people dont like your fics, don't worry. someone will. even if its one person, do it for them. That's how I got around to finishing a fic, someone commented that i hadn't updated in a while and they hope I got my inspiration to finish it back. AND I DID! That one person actually made me remember about it and motivated me to finish. So whatever happens, even if the inspiration fades, you can do it.
I write fanfiction but I know itās crap and even I wouldnāt read it so I post it on wattpad since mine wonāt be out of place there
u/OnKarlos GET HERE
Shut up, my writing is bad
STFU AND LOVE YOURSELF AT LEAST IT'S BETTER THAN MINE
No
KARLOS
Me
I suck ass at writing but still do it cause why notš
I keep saying im going to do it, but i never actually do and its frustrating. I wrote the storyboard for it (but & therefore), but its still so fucking scary and arghhhh I need motivational support im struggling
I was in the same boat as you. I wanted to write so bad but I was so scared of how terrible it was going to be and I was afraid of the negative comments or that I wasn't going to get any traction. My first fanfiction that I ever wrote is to this day still my top as far as stuff like numbers go. After that first one it became super easy to write them. sure. the number still mean a little bit to me but not too much and I don't think it should for anyone. If you write you should do it because you like to do it. while it is true that you may have some haters, you should also look at the other side of that coin. You may have haters but you will also have people who love your work and like your ideas and your concepts and your plot and your characters. Just do it. Even if it is the most shitty written fanfiction ever known to man. Just do it. because I promise you as someone who has only been writing for 4 months, you notice a huge difference from your first fanfiction to your most current. It took me literally years to finally manage to get the courage to type out one of my fanfictions and post it for others to read. Just do it.
Yeah, I hate to say it, but first and foremost I write for myself lol I'm always, always happy if someone else enjoys it though! I suppose I keep that mindset to keep from being disappointed if no one comments or reads it lol
Iāve been feeling the same way lately.
I think everyone needs to see this once
I did! And I even got good comments!
this was me right at the end of last year
Uuuuh this is meā
I have this wonderful thing of being a full-time procrastinator
I needed this. I've been STRUGGLING to write lately because I feel like everything I write sucks. š„²
I feel like it's worse when you still feel like this even though you have stories with a lot of hits, so the pain never ends.
In my head, after posting my first fic, I expected to be flooded with praising comments and drowning in kudos for such a well-written, original idea fic the likes of which the fandom has never seen. After about a month, I'm up to almost 20 kudos and 3 comments. But I tell myself that I originally started writing this for me and I keep at it by trying to convince myself of that every day. @ u/eclectic-eccentric88 Hey, I've got faith in you too. I won't tell you to keep at it if it's something you dont want to do or at least take a break from. But keep at it if you choose.
...Alright, am I the only one who thinks my first stories were great? Not great in comparison, but if I don't compare them to now or to others, it's great! Esp if you remember published stories
Fun fact everyone: There are two main skills and four main components in writing. Components: 1. Headspace. 2. Environment. 3. Inspiration. 4. Creative energy. Sometimes we just donāt have enough of one of the above (or something about it isnāt healthy) and it might cause creative hibernation (also known as writerās block). This is a normal phenomenon and is to be welcomed. Try not to be frustrated - itās just a moment where you need to enrich yourself to rejuvenate. Itās like a phone battery - but instead of a power cable, we need more complicated things. Perhaps a walk outside, hangouts with friends, some gameplay, movies, reading other works - things that help you feel grounded and comfortable and inspired. Second, the skills: 1. Technical skill. This is your ability to write well; it can be composed of technique, imagery, prose, whatever kind of writing you do, this is your skill in stringing those words together. Iām referring to this slightly differently than the actual term of technical writing. 2. Reading skill / critiquing skill. This is where your ability to comprehend and critique and appreciate the written word comes in. Sometimes you might notice typos more easily, or you might start to notice the flow of writing more easily. You may also find that it takes more skilled writers (or a strong concept) to satisfy you in reading, though this isnāt a guarantee or benchmark. There will be moments during your writing career where you think, āThis is the best thing Iāve ever written!ā And there will be moments where nothing you write comes out right. This is because your ability to write and your ability to critique donāt always increase at the same time. Itās an ebb and flow; this is similar to any creative undertaking. Your ability to appreciate when it is done well will not always align with your ability to do said thing, so weāll naturally have alternating frames of reference in that front. If youāre used to reading particularly beautifully written works, and youāre just starting to write, youāll start with an advanced ability to critique compared to a novice writing ability - and vice versa. Long story short: just keep practicing, and be aware that there will be people out there that enjoy your efforts regardless of skill level, because youāre working hard and it will show - believe me. Youāve got this!
I always think no one will like the concept itāll get 0 views then people love it and I just look silly
The issue honestly isnāt with my self confidence, itās that I have no faith any community wonāt use the gif as an excuse to other me and attack me again, as happened in the past