Should I continue my fan-fic?

[Clockworkz]

See thread title.
I'm getting fewer and fewer reviewers, and I just feel like no one cares. I'm thinking about dropping the project altogether, but I want to know what you think I should do. Should I stop writing/updating my fan-fic? Link is in the sig.

 

[Jetx]

Start PMing more reviewers that'll help you out, or ones you think'll like it.

 

[IceKing]

Nah, you don't write for the reviewers, you write for fun! Of course, reviewers are fun, but you shouldn't get frustrated if you don't get reviewers. If you want more reviewers, you should start reviewing other fics and maybe some of the people you review will you review you (I got 4 reviewers that way...though I didn't review them for the sole purpose of getting a review), try using the fanfic reviewer thread, try and make your self a bit more known. You never know when you'll finally start getting reviewers. In my original fic, I only had 1-2 regular reviewers for the first half and for the second half I had 4-6. So just keep writing and worry about reviewers last ^^

BTW, I'm reviewing you sometime this week. You were on my list because Tale recommended me to you

 

[Guitar dude bill]

Use the reviewers thread. If it's a pokemon fic; loads of people will review it. I used the reviewers thread for my fic. It wasn't easy at first, 'cos no one would read non-pokemon fics, but I got enough in the end. Go use the reviewers thread and the happy fun get the word out there thread. Maybe I'll read it.

 

[Dragonfree]

Write.

You know, I as a very determined person frankly despise it when people whine about their lack of reviews and how they're just going to quit writing. What do you expect to achieve that way? I'm finishing my fic if it's the last thing I do, reviews or not. Get some ambition instead of just sitting down and giving up.

 

[Act]

Stop whining and get out there and do something if you want more reviews.

Do it because you enjoy it, not because you enjoy praise.

 

[Saya]

Pretty much what everyone else said. I, personally, LOVE recieving reviews, and they motivate me greatly to write. I know I get kind of discouraged when I don't get reviews but I continue writing anyway, because fanfiction is not my life's goal. Writing a novel is and so I just keep on writing in hopes that one day I'll be good enough to actually get something published. Even if no one reads your story, which I guarentee you some do (you may have closet readers, you never know), you should just write for the sake of writing because you love it. If you write only to recieve reviews then you are writing for all the wrong reasons.

 

[Nylf]

I have one reviewer for New Lands, New Heroes V2. Has that stopped me writing it? Not in the least.

New Lands, new Heroes Part 1 Descending Shadow, the full titles, is my favourite of the Lands, series, and I'll be Salamence before I quit it just because I have one reviewer.

What i'm saying is, do you like your story? Are you not overworked? Should you not care about reviews? If you answered yes to all those, just go ahead with it. If you answered no to the second one or first one, then MAYBE, MAYB it may be an idea. NL, NH is on V2 because I felt overworked with V1. Don't quite because of lack of reviews. The following people didn't:

Zerodius
AlastorDMc

They're great writers, who for a long time didn't have many, if ANY reviewers, yet they never quit. And now, they have a few more reviewers.

The amount of reviews doesn't make a story worthwhile, the story makes a story worthwhile.

So yeah, what everyone else said. :/

 

[Psychic]

Oh, give me a break.
So you didn't get reviews. Big whoop. Are you just writing to get fans? So you can become known?
Then stop writing.

Seriously, you shouldn't be writing for attention; you should be writing because you like to- because you think it's fun.


You know what? I don't get many reviewers any more. But I don't care- I just go review for other people. A lot of people will review your fic in return without even being asked. Nobody is stopping me from writing- granted, it doesn't seem like I've been writing much for the past while, but if you saw half the fics on my computer, you'd know my lack of reviewers isn't affecting me at all, and Hell, it shouldn't affect you either.
If you want reviewers, use the thread and PM people. It isn't hard. Just ask.

There's no need to get all worked up because of a lack of reviews...


~Psychic

 

[Clockworkz]

It's not really why; I just feel like I'm being ignored; I don't really want reviews so much as I just want a little reminder that someone's reading it and liking it. That's all >___>

 

[Kamex]

It's not really why; I just feel like I'm being ignored; I don't really want reviews so much as I just want a little reminder that someone's reading it and liking it. That's all >___>

As long as there's somebody sticking through the fanfic, everything should be fine. I mean, you are taking the advice of your reviewers, right? There must be a reason they're leaving.

And I can't help but think this thread's an attempt at pity and ultimately more reviewers. >_>

 

[Clockworkz]

well, its not; I'm seriously contemplating not updating it on this site at least, and just writing for me. I dunno; I just don't know. This is what happens when angst and depression from real life events combine with dissapoinment, I guess.

 

[Seiryu]

Well, one thing you can always do is take a look at how much the view count for the fic thread increases with each reply. If it increases by even a little bit and you're sure that it's not because of you, then that does likely mean that someone is taking the time to read your work and is checking back to see if a new chapter has been posted. Also remember that while you may have some closet readers that are members here, you might also have some that aren't, and I think that the view count increases no matter who checks the thread, member or not (but don't quote me on this >..>;; ). I know that's how I worked, anyways. I was quite the closet reader myself for more than a year before I joined the forums early this year. So just so long as the view count increases even a little with each reply, you can be sure that at least someone is reading.

 

[Avenger Angel]

Say hello to the person who wrote stories that were over 300+ pages in MS Word, but the number of readers fell down to only two members of my immediate family. Many of my previous stories were over 100+ pages, and yet no one read them, I just wrote them for my own enjoyment even though many of them were never finished. That was even before I knew of online reviewers.

You write because you have a passion for your own story and your own characters. Why do you think even J K Rowling cries when she kills off one of her own characters? I know, sometimes that passion can be absurdly strong, but it is possible. You do NOT write for reviewers, you write to bring your imagination and your wild ideas to life on a piece of paper or computer screen. If you really care about your story, you'll want to keep writing it because you care enough about it to see that the legacy you've created comes to conclusion the way it's supposed to. And if you really care about it, you'll think about your story even when you're not writing.

Reviewers are just a byproduct that should not be necessary for the survival of the story. Feedback is good and it will definitely help, but if you're really serious about writing a story, you'll write it for yourself. Posting it on a forum is just so you can bring it to others so they can enjoy your story, NOT so you can get attention.

And if you've lost that passion for your story, then think about why you started it in the first place. Read the first beginning chapers of your own story and I'm quite sure you'll see it in time.

 

[Act]

well, its not; I'm seriously contemplating not updating it on this site at least, and just writing for me. I dunno; I just don't know. This is what happens when angst and depression from real life events combine with dissapoinment, I guess.

Oh, boo hoo. Seriously, it's been done before, 'My fish just died, so I'm allowed to make threads about how you should feel sorry for me and read my fic.'

It's like the message board equilvalent of a publicity stunt.

If you're thinking about stopping, make a post in your fic thread and do it. Yeah, stuff in real life happens, but I don't know how it logically leads to a 'pity me' thread in a fanfic forum.

To quote a friend: "Don't give me this self-depricating crud just because you're fishing for a compliment."

Do what you're going to do, and do it inside you're own thread. We all want more reviewers, and we all have lives. Yet, we all deal.

 

[Saffire Persian]

I bet most every writer on this forum doesn't get the number of reviews he or she would love to have.. that's just how it goes. You probably have many closet readers and stuff that ARE reading your story, even if they don't reply. ^_^.... I wouldn't just quit because things aren't going your way, persevere.

As they say, when life gives you lemons, made lemonade. ^_^

 

[Elemental Charizam]

This just seems to me to be blatant advertising so you get more reviews. then again, I think that about a great deal of AC threads.

Write.

You know, I as a very determined person frankly despise it when people whine about their lack of reviews and how they're just going to quit writing. What do you expect to achieve that way? I'm finishing my fic if it's the last thing I do, reviews or not. Get some ambition instead of just sitting down and giving up.

Blindly going on when you aren'rt achieving anything is hardly, in my opinion, a desirable trait. If something really isn't helping you or anyone, then just being stubborn about it is silly. like if somebody ordered a car and then cancelled, ypou wouldn't make the car anyway just because you said you were going to do so, would you? and an ambitious person would try and get as far as possible as quickly as possible - desperately struggling with a doomed project wouldn't do that.

Anyway, as already mentioned, barely anybody gets the number of reviewers they like. Moaning won't really do any good though; each time the same old solutions are offered. Really, if you want reviewers that bad, request them via PM (only those in the Reviewiing thread). You might become a better writer if you listen to them (if they know what they're doing, anyway), and thus you should get more reviews. if not, then sheer bloody minded persistance will earn you some in the end, though it might not be the best road to go down.

 

[billy5772]

Yeah. I wouldn't condemn you for lack of intrinsic motivation or anything like that because if the writing you're doing is purely intrinsically motivated, then why post on a board? Summary of thread:

Go to the Reviewer's thread
Take reviewer's advice
Don't whine

THE END???

 

[Dragonfree]

Blindly going on when you aren'rt achieving anything is hardly, in my opinion, a desirable trait. If something really isn't helping you or anyone, then just being stubborn about it is silly. like if somebody ordered a car and then cancelled, ypou wouldn't make the car anyway just because you said you were going to do so, would you? and an ambitious person would try and get as far as possible as quickly as possible - desperately struggling with a doomed project wouldn't do that.

You are achieving something by going on, while you're exactly not achieving anything and officially letting all the time you already spent writing it completely down the drain if you do quit. The more time you've already spent writing, the more reason you have to finish it.

"Doomed project"? It's not going to be a "doomed project" unless the case is that you can't write it anymore. Lack of readers is never going to make it a "doomed project".

 

[Clockworkz]

Holy flying shitburgers; I didn't expect you'd all act like such douches about this; I just wanted a few honest opinions, that's all, and instead I get accused of trying to throw a pity party for myself. I'm updating now, just because I damn well feel like it, and if you think I'm fishing for compliments, you're sorely mistaken.
Forgive my bluntness; I'm incredibly stressed out IRL.