[ SECRET POST #5214 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5214 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Holy hell, yes, this.

I also love the argument "I'm not looking to improve" because. they seem to act like people's critiques are telling them to be professional-level writers or something. No, it's just meant as, "Hey, if you feel like you aren't getting a lot of readers or comments, here are some reasons why that might be that you can look at."

Also, if this is really meant to be just a fun hobby, fine. I fully agree, fanfic is supposed to be a fun hobby. So if that's the case, then authors need to stop obsessing over their stats in comparison to other people's, as though it were some kind of competition. And they need to stop with the Patrons and commissions and demands to get some kind of monetary payment for their fic. I totally get wanting and liking kudos and comments and such, I love getting that stuff, too. And I can understand taking some interest in your stats from time to time, for your own personal reasons.

But if you're obsessing that much over your stats, to where you're freaking out because someone else is doing better than you or whatever and turning it into some kind of competition, then you've officially sucked all the fun out of what you claim is supposed to be a hobby, and it makes it much harder to take the "I don't need to improve, I'm just doing this for fun!" argument seriously.

And if you're asking for money for your fics (and I'm setting aside all the legal issues involved in doing that), then that's also an indicator that it's clearly NOT just a fun hobby anymore. If you're at the point where you think you deserve to be paid for your writing, then you should be able to handle some critique of your work.

[(Anonymous)]

I'd love a critique. But I don't care about metrics because I know most of my fanwork is niche, for low-volume fandoms, about characters few people care about anymore, and not slash-of-the-month.

[(Anonymous)]

God, yes. I see people (not just fic writers, I've seen giffers on Tumblr do this too) obsess over stats and how many kudos or hits or likes or reblogs they have and it makes it so obvious that they're creating content for all the wrong reasons. Do it because you love it, not because you want to be popular on the internet. =/