Felicia's Rants | Two
Writing TherapyRants Two | Advertising
Please don’t let me catch you advertising your other stories on one story. Seriously. I’m a BOYFRIEND fan so I try to read a BOYFRIEND stories to read naturally. One time I found this one story, the foreword seemed pretty promising and then, I saw it.
Freaking ten advertisements and links to other stories! Like what?! These stories didn’t even have BOYFRIEND in it. How are the two related then? I wanted to read about BOYFRIEND. Period. Not about EXO. If I wanted EXO, I’ll find an EXO story to read.
It’s awful. You will find in novels, the additional works by the same author but I’m always really disappointed when I see this on AFF. In my opinion, it’s fine to advertise AFTER you complete the story. At the end of the last chapter, a link to your newest fic? Totally fine. But in the foreword? No. Gods no.
Advertising seems like you’re begging or whining for readers, which ticks me off frankly. I believe that if you’re a good writer, you’ll get the audience and readers you deserve. But if you sorely want readers and subscribers by all means go ahead.
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