Rant: Readers + Commenters + Discontinuation of GTN7

The Discontinuation of GTN7 Series

As you can see from the title, I’ve decided to discontinue all the fics I have written under the GTN7 series excluding trilogies (which are the Bad Behaviour and Growing Up ).

While my reasons may sound silly, I thought that it might be best for me to explain, rather than letting my readers (if there’s still any lol) waiting for any update.

GTN7 is not the first fic I’ve created on this website because I have been on this website since it was first created, but I have deactivated my account (this happened because winglin was shut down lmao – and my first story would be featuring Choi Minho regarding an arranged marriage, which was quite well known here, but I decided to delete it anyways).

I have to admit that I enjoyed writing GTN7 more than I supposed to, and before I began to lose my inspiration and motivation, I was writing for myself and for those two people who had stuck by me from the beginning until the end.

As you all can see, Young & Wasted is the only chaptered fic under GTN7 that I have finished. The reason? I was motivated to write it. I knew the storyline; I knew where the story is going. I enjoyed writing it because it felt like I’m sharing a small part of me with you all. And I really loved writing Y&W because I had supportive readers, who managed to motivate me and made my day.

But now that the people whom I wrote for are no longer on this website, it felt like I have no more purpose to write. I’m very sorry.

 

As for the other fanfics, I just lost my inspiration to write them. Not to mention that I am no longer updated with kpop as I am trying to get kpop out of my system for the umpteenth time.

Right now, I am only seeing the idols as mere models for me to write. I am just a normal fan, you see. I abandoned my twitter and blogs because I’m slowly starting to lose interest. And I hate to say this, lack of comments actually made me lose motivation.

Which is why, I’d rather not continue the fics.

I hope you all understand how hard it was for me to continue writing when it felt as if there was no one out there to read it. I’m not even going to go on how hard life outside asianfanfics now, because I’m pretty sure how you all know what it feels like when you’re going through A Levels.

 

 

What’s Going to Happen Bad Behaviour Series?

Calm your .

I’m not gonna lie when I said I enjoyed writing Dirty Little Secrets despite my lack experience of writing but I need you to calm your ing .

I’m not trying to be rude, but I noticed some of my readers from this fic, are very insolent. I’m not going to say names (if the shoe fits, then well…) but I extremely hate it when people just give me meaningless comments after reading my fic and then pressured to me to write a sequel.

I hate that this fic received so many subscribers, yet out of 3000+ (YES CAN U BELIEVE IT, 3000+) subscribers, only a few bothered to comment. And don’t get me started on the SO-MOTIVATIONAL-COMMENTS.

I don’t mind writing a sequel for you all, but a “sequel plz” “CONTINUE” “that’s all?” are really ty okay it made me feel like .

I feel so unappreciated??????

So of course, I decided to write a sequel if I managed to reach certain number of upvotes because that’s another way for THOSE WHO DOESN’T COMMENT OR LEAVE TY COMMENTS, would let me know that they do appreciate the hard work I put in writing this fic.

Funfact: I hate writing fics.

Funfact #2: I actually made research in writing , so the description would be less crappy.

Funfact #3: writing Dirty Little Secret (The Submissives’ Desire) was actually an experiment to see how many fans are there in asianfanfics.

So yeah, there ya go.

Conclusion from my experiment:

  • Writing oneshot, although it’s ty, can make you able to reach a huge number of subscribers
  • But of course, only a few would click the upvote button
  • Drawback: only a few would bother to comment sincerely
  • Another drawback: 85% of the commenters would ask for sequel, and 94.2% would comment stupid things in less than 10 words.

 

Also, there is one thing I really want to mention about me trying to get more subscribers and upvoters – it’s true lmao. I’m not gonna lie but I feel so underappreciated writing this fic, only to have more subscribers but so little comments. Trust me, the comments actually made my day more.

One user had the nerve to attack me, saying something along the lines of “you already have enough subscribers, what more do you want?” and "don't ask too much" and also "is this a trick"

And as much as I wanted to fire back, I only replied nicely because that’s what I do – being nice. But I’m done. I think. Lol.

To Whom It May Concern, do you really want to know what I want? I want you to start telling me the reason why I should create the sequel and the reason why you enjoyed my fic but yet, only comment ONCE just to tell me this. I want you to tell me the reason why you are still subscribed to my story, but never bother to comment or leave an upvote. I want you to tell me the reason why you enjoyed or did not enjoy my story at all.

This user had the nerve to ask me that when she/he commented once, which was that rude comment, but proceeded to subscribe to the sequel of DLS(TSD) as if she/he’s not guilty at all.

That comment hurt me like a , because that just shows how underappreciated I am (or how that user really is. I mean, cmon, really? What the , man?!)

One tip: before you decide to be rude to a writer, can you please at least have a good comment etiquette or something? At least tell me something that you think regarding the fic I wrote rather than being a little .

And oh, yeah, obviously I would still be writing the sequel.

In fact, I already wrote like ¼ of it which was the introduction. I have not yet done my research on the section.

 

 

If you are reading up until here, then you are very appreciated.

I am sorry for being a in this blogpost, but there are just some things that I wanted my readers to know (especially that rude person).

If you have any difficulty in commenting, then please google it or something. There is actually a guide to comment etiquette, you know?

Thank you so much for reading this blogpost.

Hope y’all had a good day.

Cheers! x

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esaxula #1
thats sad, i liked ur mark tuan must die story
ratedbeetle
#2
Wow, I'm here and it's already 2018 yet I feel the same way about the comments, upvotes, and silent readers thingy. I mean- I am an author of several fanfics as well, and to be more honest I feel the exact same way you feel about those three things. I have around hundreds of subscribers, 1/3 of them read an update, but only 1/30 that actually leave a comment and upvotes. I mean, we work really hard to make one decent update/story for them, bunch of lines and words, yet they have not enough time to write appreciative comments about at least what they think about an update. I sometimes feel like stopping as well, but I still have a few loyal readers. And maybe that- that will help me moving forward.

Anyway, I am lucky to find you here!
Hope you still do what you love💖
Lacheta-rosae
#3
ahh i totally understand you. i felt the same way before because wrote before, using my previous account that i deleted. i dont write fic, though. there were readers that write such thinks like 'nice chapter' and 'great. update soon please :)' its annoying sometimes, but i keep on keeping a positive thoughts, 'maybe they dont know what to say' but enough is enough and i discontinued every single fics Iwrote that time and leave aff . i felt discouraged of some readers but i gotta admit, there are many great readers and i thought why not i just ignore the bad comments and the oh-so-supportive-comments / well-at-least-I-commented kinda comments and start over using a back up account i have (which is this one)

so yeah, im not great with words, but authors writes and wanted readers to know if readers like it or not, enjoy it or not, or have any ideas on making the story better. authors also want to know what readers think about their stores, not just to see comments rushing them to update faster.
PinkBlossom_97
#4
You're so out spoken but I like it because you're honest with your words. haha
abrarbelly #5
Well I'm not a writer but seriously this thing can take hours or days yet we read it in less than 15 mins no one would handle this commitment as it's very hard to reread every chapter and edit it grammatically or change somthing in the plot not to mention find an inspiration or motivation to continue I read young and wasted and just finished it i thought it would continue to a sequel and then i would comment on it yet a
I found some series and said why not ! giving an overall comment after subscribing to all of them first my bad but seriously you're an amazing writer Y&W held so much emotions and struggling I felt like I'm living in the story with'em like I can relate to and understand each one of them yes they're missed up kids and their lives but that's all because everyone of them is holding a huge pain and rage on this life plus the lack of guidance and good role models
Caniwi
#6
Wow... This situation you went through surely very much. I just recently found your fics (today lol) and when I decided to check them out I found this xD oh well, I hope you are better off like this. Rude readers are horrible, they don't even appreciate the effort one makes to write something .-.
Well, I hope you are doing well! It's sad you want to give up on K-Pop but I hope you are happy after it ^^
Also, to some comments that I have seen here... Age doesn't mean anything. You don't need to be underage to leave a rude comment and definetely not all rude comments are from underage people. This is specially towards the user down here (chmayn), I don't mean t be rude, but being is not bad and it doesn't make you an spoiled brat right away.
Have a good day ^^
maoaher #7
I understand what you're going through, from most of the comments I see on any fanfic are "UPDATE!" Or "sequel please" and they expect the author to just writer something to entertain them. You as an author is gifted with something that cannot be learned. You have imagination which is greatly needed in society now. I am sad that you have chose to discontinued the GTN7 series but I hope whatever you choose to do next is something we, as your subscribers, can do is to support your decision.
chmayn #8
If you came from winglin then you must be pretty old at kpop thingy, because me too yeayy!! Back in the days I was frustated bcs winglin got more and more crappy then I found this new fanfic site. And I totally understand if it's about time we give up on kpop :') About your story, I really love Young and Wasted but I was late to find it as I read it when it was already completed (just started liking got7 recently) so I didn't recall leaving any comment, I was sorry though. And I don't log in as often as before. One thing I gotta say is, this site now are full with rude and underage readers who love and kink and don't bother to appreciate the author :( Such a pity to have the series discontinued but whatever your decision is I'll be understanding, thank you for giving us a good read ^^
cece_mytlover
#9
i completely understand because i get subscribers for my fic too, but the comments do mean more and I like your fic because the plot was really interesting and had good drama, sorry if you feel unappreciated but i really sincerely like your fic :) sorry if i didnt comment enough im working on that especially since im now a new writer and im starting to know how that feels ha
yuto-da #10
Some people don't feel comfortable commenting on a fic bc it'd be like "that was hot, storyline was cute" and well, it's semi-awkward. I'm a author and that's just one thing I've grown to accept-- ppl are less likely to comment on something that centers around unless the plot is much longer than the portion.

For everything else, I completely agree. The worst comments EVER are "update soon!" and "sequel pls!" It makes you feel like you haven't written well enough, as if your story wasn't good enough. I think the mindset behind those are "I really love this and would love more behind this au!" but regardless of the good intentions behind the comments, it sounds like the commenter feels entitled for you to write.

I could go on and on about how I agree with you, but I'll stop here.
jooyeon15
#11
omgg who did that authornim give me their name and im gonna hunt them all just for you ~~

they just dont know how hard to write a story right..erghh i hate people that not appreciated this story...

~~always smile and dont stressed out authornim ^^
silver_liningg #12
I'm sorry that you feel that way :/ I'm a silent reader, so I dont usually comment or upvote fics even if I had really enjoyed them, so I'm sorry if that had bothered you.. anyway good luck with your a levels! :)
exomen #13
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I really like all ur GTN7 series but I respect ur decision and all and sorry if I don't comment much but yeah. Hope ur happy ^^