Help me please.

[Kamelingil]

Well, I haven't been writing lately cause some accident with my phone, I really want to write again,but am afraid of my reader expectations even to the point of disregarding their comment about my work, am not even brave enough to read it,what do I need to get up from this,do I just need to stop give a damn about them and not let their expectations affect my motivation to write?,I am in dismay right now,it really affect me mentally,hope someone can give me suggestions about this.

Don't let criticism get into you, write what you want. If you keep thinking about that, your novel is doomed to fall.

 

[Nexus_English]

i can help you make cookies

 

[MasFaqih]

Well its actually because am afraid that other will think I Abaddon the series,even though am not,after not writing the continuation of the series for at least a month ,I started to feel like my creativity was down to worse,I can't think of anything even though I have some goal,some kind of ending in my mind but I can't realize it,I already put up an announcement for hiatus,but maybe because of overworking,my mind was so messed up right now.

 

[Arisaka_Hiroshi]

Every time you see a negative comment, hop on youtube or your secret stash and watch cute videos of puppies, kittens, or pandas.

I can confirm this actually works lol

 

[whitesculptor]

Take comments as positive/negative feedback.
Tools that may help you in the long run if willing to stick with writing.
I enjoy reading reviews from professionally published books after reading said pieces.
You come to learn a lot :)
Cheers, don't give up, life's short.

 

[Yokem]

Well, I haven't been writing lately cause some accident with my phone, I really want to write again,but am afraid of my reader expectations even to the point of disregarding their comment about my work, am not even brave enough to read it,what do I need to get up from this,do I just need to stop give a damn about them and not let their expectations affect my motivation to write?,I am in dismay right now,it really affect me mentally,hope someone can give me suggestions about this.

Grow a spine, and argue back. Especially when they are rude, hypocritical and deluded. Anything else they will read as a sign of weakness. My favorites are the ones who never wrote a single word to the wider public aside from a few comments, but give you the sage advice to how to be successful in writing with the arrogance of a tyrant.

Just treat them the way they treat you. I can guarantee that when the trolls see how previous ones of their kind were burned and crucified in the comment section for all to see. They will think twice before starting some funny business with you.

Pros: Peace of mind. No anger issues, and a general smug feeling.

Cons: More one stars because jerks apparently don't like to be treated the way they treat others.

Unfortunately, you have to have a certain sense of self-assurance in what you do to know what comments are worth thinking about and what is complete crap.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

One old games magazine had a great format for reviews, but one that is hard to follow, especially when reviewing chapters: "Opening Paragraph: List overall impression, three good and three bad things. If the review is mostly positive, then have three paragraphs, one for each negative point, then another three for each positive point, and summarize with which of the six points did the most to shape your view in a final paragraph."

So if I critique something, either I will give a generic positive response (if I liked it but nothing really stood out), or I will try to follow this (though usually only two or four total points) system.

But online, people tend to either say nothing if they have a negative opinion, or go all-out savage attack.
On the other hand, they tend to just give a positive rating and move on if they do like it without saying anything.

Just assume that, unless every comment is negative AND you have a very low rating, more people liked it and said nothing than disliked it.
And if you have a lot of negative comments, especially if they keep talking about the same points, AND a low rating, then maybe you need to take the criticisms to heart and start over - but only if you really want to.

Well its actually because am afraid that other will think I Abaddon the series,even though am not,after not writing the continuation of the series for at least a month ,I started to feel like my creativity was down to worse,I can't think of anything even though I have some goal,some kind of ending in my mind but I can't realize it,I already put up an announcement for hiatus,but maybe because of overworking,my mind was so messed up right now.

Ah - one reason why I have a lot of stories I'm working on is this. I only have one up here (with 11 chapters written but only four posted), but have others with between one and just over fifty chapters sitting around on hard drives or my phone or my Google Docs account. I just bounce between them when I feel "stuck" (as they tend to be in different genres that helps a lot - if I don't feel like writing the romance story, I can jump over to the fantasy adventure one, or the Western, or one of the superhero ones or even the alien invader one, or the neo-noir/horror/superhero mashup I have here)

 

[Goodmann]

And grammar corrections are love, not nitpicking -- someone is taking the time to post, to make your writing just a bit smoother!