Silent readers.

It's not that I hate them or dislike them in any matter but I can say that readers who comment on my stories are more valuable to me. I like having feedbacks from readers because it helps me to know what they want to happen rather than a story with no comments at all. It also serves as an energy pill for me to continue the story.

So, ya'know.

If you subscribe to me, at least talk to me as well ;--;

/gets hit

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sophomoric #1 Aug 18, 2015 12:22:08

I think the majority of silent readers aren't writers themselves.
Before I started posting stories, I was a silent reader and I took fan fiction authors for granted. I knew an author who could triple update and I thought it was the norm. But after writing one, I realized that this is hard and writers put in so much effort, so I began commenting avidly because I know how it feels not to get any or how it feels to get "Update soon!" or "I want more!"

Readers don't understand how hard writers work if they've never written and posted and gotten disappointed themselves.

sekaii #2 Aug 17, 2015 14:52:51

I think some of the readers are internet shy.
I admit even I have some stories I've subscribed to and when the authors update, I don't comment. lmaooo, I feel bad thinking about it. If I do comment I feel like I'm going to spoil the chapter because some people depend on comments for reviews.

on the other hand, comments are lovely although they shouldnt be wholly dependent on. I mean you write for your subscribers who have already subscribed to your story. It's nice to have a comment, but just think that whenever you gain a new subscriber that can be your motivation.

Whenever I post a new chapter and gain 1 more subscriber I get all teary cause I'm like holy crap someone likes my . And then I get emotionally attached when they stay subscribed. lmaooo.
I'm so weird, but I'm interested in what kind of story you wrote. I'll go check it out later and also I'll leave a comment or two if I'm don't forget xD

CaptSunRiser #3 Aug 17, 2015 08:22:56

The best energy pill I've ever had is "Do I like my own story?". If I don't like it, I won't want to publish it. I mean, sure, having other feedback is great, but I never complain if I only have one comment that says "I really enjoyed it" and I have 500 views. In fact, I won't complain if I have no comments and only 300 views because I wrote my story for me first and then decided to share it. In fact, I have a couple of stories that I wouldn't share on here because they are very personal to me, but I enjoy re-reading them. But, to be honest, I would prefer to publish a story that I love and nobody commented on instead of a story I thought was barely OK and everyone said "Oh, it's so great, please write more!"