You know what bothers me?
When you spend two days writing a 10,000 word chapter for an expected epic fanfic, post it, and get no reviews for it at all.
I know that readers aren't under any obligation to review, but I just... want some reassurance that what I wrote is good. I mean, it's flattering and all when people add the fic to their alerts or favorites, but I just wish that one person would spare the time to jot off a quick note, just to say that they enjoyed the fic. I'm not asking for the massive reviews I send off when I read a fic I like, but just a quick "I liked it" would suffice.
Not that I'll hold my story hostage, of course, or that I'm somehow bitter toward my readers. I just wish that I knew how they liked it.
However, writing so much has made me remember how much I missed it. I missed the feeling of words flying from my fingers, of page after page getting filled up with words I wrote, words that I brought out to the surface. I missed watching my word count steadily increase. I missed giggling when I wrote a scene I loved, or feeling sad when I wrote a depressing scene. I just... missed writing.
I should write more, and not just fanfiction. I just can't seem to get the "Write every day" mentality stuck in my head. (Come to that, I can't get "Read my Bible every day" to stick either, or "Read every day." Which is so sad.)
I hope to change that. Because...
I love writing. So much. And I want to get a book published... I've been kind of forgetting that lately, and I need to bring that back to mind. I will, though.
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(By the way, if you're interested,
this is the link to my new Harry Potter fanfic,
Out of Desperation. It reads like one of the typical "Marauders read Harry Potter" stories floating around, but it will be so much more than that, I assure you. So... if you're interested, check it out? And maybe... tell me what you think?
/end plug)
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