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HOW IT ALL BEGAN
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What's this all about? What's your background story? How/Why did this all start? What's the "good cause"?
It all started with friends messaging me over time and venting their lack of motivation to write, having the urge to quit, and the increase of very silent readers that only come here to, well...just read. Which is still fine and dandy tbh because we all can do whatever we please, however, it doesn't change the fact that it's also part of the reason authors are questioning their own work and/or are wanting to flat out quit.
Which brought me to writing this brief blurb
Then moved on to here, making a discussion
So, then I made a chat just in case that's something SOMEONE wants or is more convenient?
At last, I ended up here, making this shop to give people a motive to give back to their authors OTL
Long story short - for those who don't want to read the above or simply want further details/explanation...I'm (Attempting to) committing to working my off ×~×
There's been a significant decrease in upvotes/comments for authors and their stories over the years on AFF. I want to pick it back up and bring back the interactive, fun, loving environment it once was as I've heard from my fellow authors and friends here.
I'm working to get more RECOGNITION AND appreciation for unpopular, deserving stories as opposed to more popular authors/stories or ones that are simply burying everyone else's good, honest, hard work with plagiarism, buying upvotes, etc.
I want to give everyone a chance to get some love for what they put effort into, no matter how long you've been on the site or how new you are, no matter how many loyal subs/friends you have, etc.
Authors are taking breaks, aka going on hiatus, or they are plainly quitting WRITING ALTOGETHER because of this.
So, as an author on two accounts with devoted time and effort to stories and a friend to many very talented authors, I'm doing something about it.
Well.. trying to ;~;
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Q&a
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What is the -Love Exchange exactly?
You pay with love and kindness. I write you a (EXO) one-shot of your choosing OR advertise a story for you with features. Seriously. That's it.
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whAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS SHOP?
THE PURPOSE IS TO HELP SPREAD LOVE AROUND AFF!
GIVE MORE RECOGNITION FOR UNDERAPPRECIATED STORIES!
GIVE/SEND MORE LOVE TO WRITERS!
ENCOURAGE WRITERS!
BETTER THE AFF COMMUNITY!
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What counts as an "underappreciated" story?
× Note: I may decrease these ranges to 100 upvotes and 300 subscribers later on.
Below 200 upvotes.
Below 50 comments.
Below 500 subscribers.
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why is everything cheap?
Well, this shop was opened to help people. as long as no one takes advantage of anything and the purpose of the shop is still fulfilled, all the "prices" will stay the same.
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DO I ALREADY HAVE STORE CREDIT?
* IF YOU HAVE ALREADY COMMENTED ON MY STORIES BEFORE MY SHOP OPENED, YOU ALREADY HAVE 1 STORE CREDIT FOR EACH COMMENT YOU GAVE ME.
EXAMPLES:
• 1 COMMENT = 1 CREDIT = 1 REQUEST
• 5 COMMENTS = 5 CREDITS = 5 REQUESTS
* IF YOU HAVE ALREADY UPVOTED 2 OF MY STORIES BEFORE MY SHOP OPENED, YOU ALREADY HAVE 1 STORE CREDIT.
EXAMPLES:
• 2 UPVOTES = 1 CREDIT = 1 REQUEST
• 8 COMMENTS = 4 CREDITS = 4 REQUESTS
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As a final note...
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It is honestly fine with me and you don't have to ask to share this, my discussion, blog, or chat created for this cause. The more helping, the merrier, the better, and the closer we get to having nice things again ♡
...Also, I'm a little, teeny tiny bit butthurt that some people have said that there's only y or low quality fics on AFF, which I personally know isn't true so...let's change that and continue to prove that wrong ♡
- Love, your very lame aff writer/shop owner (*/×\*)
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