I've been writing fanfic since the 1980s and there have ALWAYS been people who don't want to put any effort in.
Maybe not in your circles. Not really in my circles, either, because people who want to *try* to put out good work (even if they don't succeed) tend to find one another. But it was out there.
But I agree with the secret--if you're complaining about the lack of response to your fic, but aren't going to at least try to do the best you are personally capable of (even if that's just "run spellcheck" or "read the thing over before you hit 'post' to be sure that you haven't left in a paragraph of what looks like a history essay," and yes, I have read that), then I have no sympathy.
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Maybe not in your circles. Not really in my circles, either, because people who want to *try* to put out good work (even if they don't succeed) tend to find one another. But it was out there.
But I agree with the secret--if you're complaining about the lack of response to your fic, but aren't going to at least try to do the best you are personally capable of (even if that's just "run spellcheck" or "read the thing over before you hit 'post' to be sure that you haven't left in a paragraph of what looks like a history essay," and yes, I have read that), then I have no sympathy.