[ SECRET POST #2868 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2868 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not going to tell you're terrible, OP (somewhat an overreaction, considering 'don't read WIPs' is a common enough precaution), but I get the sense that this is probably going to be terrible for your motivation in the long run.

Eventually you'll resent your readers for not being positive enough and lose your motivation as they don't realise this is a compliment slot machine.

[(Anonymous)]

As someone who's lived your last sentence, I can only agree with this.

OP you're doing huge amounts of damage to your own sense of self-worth by equating the work you're doing with praise, when your self-worth should only be dependent on realizing you've done the work, that you've created and acomplished something great in and of itself.

Enjoy comments and feedback as/when you get them. But to make them the dealbreaker your creative effort turns by is terribly harmful to you in ways that go beyond writing fanfic. Trust me on that, please.

[(Anonymous)]

But the OP has already written the fic, ie they write for themselves. They only delay posting it.

How is that harmful for their self-esteem? The writing itself is not dependent on the praise they receive.

[(Anonymous)]

Because they've said themselves it affects their momentum and motivation. It's only a very tiny step from that to not writing the next thing because the previous thing didn't get the reaction you thought it should, etc.

[(Anonymous)]

They're still tying their writing into some pretty arbitrary reward system.

Like the anon above says, once that's your frame of reference when it comes to your creative works then you're setting yourself up for unproductivity because if the reward you associate with your work doesn't come - and it's never guaranteed to - then eventually it's "why bother making the work at all?" you know?