Are you happy?

[Deleted member 68927]

Are you happy when your old stories are getting binged, but your newer ones are being passed over? I honestly should be happy that stories which were completed 2 years ago are still being read, but when I see that my newer ones are a desert, I just sit in the dumps.

On AO3 is the same. Old stories are getting views, probably get downloaded too, and the newest stories which I update right now get like 2–3 views per update.

I should be happy, really, but I ask myself if people would only give my stories a chance once they are updated to the end.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Again?

 

[Deleted member 68927]

Again?

Again what?

 

[Corty]

People tend to pick up either finished books or those that have ample chapters.

I always pick up readers and steam after I have passed the 100th chapter mark. One of my current books finally past it, and I have been back on trending once again.

Weird how people don't even pick up something until it has chapter 100 posted.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Again what?

I won't elaborate. If you understand, you understand. If not, it's better to stay that way.

 

[Bartun]

My story isn't complete yet but I'm happy with how is it going.

 

[RepresentingPride]

People tend to pick up either finished books or those that have ample chapters.

I always pick up readers and steam after I have passed the 100th chapter mark. One of my current books finally past it, and I have been back on trending once again.

Weird how people don't even pick up something until it has chapter 100 posted.

I do the same when reading to be honest. Everything under 100 get read too fast and even 100 didn't took that much of time.

 

[John_Owl]

Are you happy when your old stories are getting binged, but your newer ones are being passed over? I honestly should be happy that stories which were completed 2 years ago are still being read, but when I see that my newer ones are a desert, I just sit in the dumps.

On AO3 is the same. Old stories are getting views, probably get downloaded too, and the newest stories which I update right now get like 2–3 views per update.

I should be happy, really, but I ask myself if people would only give my stories a chance once they are updated to the end.

My current story is slow going. And it's a bit of a shock after going from my last one to this one, dropping from 100+ reads 24 hours after upload to now only seeing 20-30. But yeah I'm happy. I'm writing for myself. Sure, reads and comments give me a mood boost, but in the end, I write because *I* want to, not because others want me to.

 

[Sylver]

Not as happy as people say I should be :/ progress isn't going the way I would like. Favorites aren't as high, views are a bit slow, and the Reader count is okay-ish.

But when I look at other stories around my chapter count or that were published recently, they have more favorites, readers, or views.

What's the secret behind the better reception? I don't know, a part of me worries that my writing just isn't that good.

We'll see, but damn it hurts when progress isn't going the way I envisioned it would go x)