I dodged a bullet.

[LewdWhisperer]

Just a few minutes ago I felt like starting a new story. There was one that looked like it had potential, so I was about to click on chapter 1 when I got a nagging feeling that something wasn't right, so I clicked on the author. The author had the "well-known author" tag, which might be a good sign, so I checked out the series he or she has made, and that's when I saw 6 stories, all incomplete, 4 of them in permanent hiatus.

The author almost got me. Writing more stories only to never finish any of them. I swear they do it on purpose. This author can see that all of the stories he or she has posted gained a decent amount of readers, but then the author will just abandon it.

Man fuck it. This thread is bothering me, so I'll just say it. There's no need for an unnamed writer to be mentioned. It's me you're talking about, and I have a very fragile ego, so I'll try and address this.

1. The greatest problem has always been in real life. I get a very narrow window to write, so I write what I've drummed up in short periods in my head. I have to deal with nasty people Irl, and that puts me a terrible mood. Juggling stress, chores, work, makes you bummed out.

2. It's not like I just abandoned it for the sake of it. In my earlier stories, I realized I'm too juvenile of a writer to be able to continue to write it. Those stories aren't dead to me, I'm not ready to finish them out yet. Some needs to be rewritten. The gist of the stories are outlined and are roughly sketched out, I don't write just based on what i'm feeling but where I can take the story. I'll finish those stories, one day, when I'm able to.

3. I'm mentally ill. Who isn't, I won't elaborate.

4. I'm juggling two pen names. I have a growing story 80 chapters in on RR, and it's doing good, and I just can't prioritize this account when I have a potential future elsewhere. I have nearly a collective of thousand fans, on my main penname and If I can make a living out of it, I'm going to take that chance, right or wrong. The majority of writers secretly hope to make a living off their work. People who write for the sake of the art are far in between, else people wouldn't write slop like Reincarnated in a generic fantasy world.

5. To relate to what Arcadiablade said, I only recently realized, I have ADD/inattentive ADHD, my mind is a maze and it runs hotter than my gpu. It's physically impossible for me to focus on one thing at a time, and makes me depressed.

6. You say that people who come in to make money don't succeed. I disagree, I see that commercialized incentive, everywhere, it is nothing to churn out soulless slop, but I won't as it would kill me inside. I sprinkle my smutty slop with a glimmer of love and subtext. Bar the latest slime story which i made purely to try and breach webnovel, i won't be doing that as I am not a slave for qidian. I'm still choosing where to go.

7. Degeneracy? Yes. Very guilty.

8. Maybe addressing this will be seen as childish and will piss some of you off. Then sure, fine. But I had to get it out so I can focus on more important things. Because i've never had this type of exposure, anonymous or not. I'm sorry, it's weird seeing a forum post made about you like you are some lolcow. Hovering above on the front page for everyone to see. Thick skin, I wish I had it.

 

[TASTYLEADPAINT]

Man fuck it. This thread is bothering me, so I'll just say it. There's no need for an unnamed writer to be mentioned. It's me you're talking about, and I have a very fragile ego, so I'll try and address this.

1. The greatest problem has always been in real life. I get a very narrow window to write, so I write what I've drummed up in short periods in my head. I have to deal with nasty people Irl, and that puts me a terrible mood. Juggling stress, chores, work, makes you bummed out.

2. It's not like I just abandoned it for the sake of it. In my earlier stories, I realized I'm too juvenile of a writer to be able to continue to write it. Those stories aren't dead to me, I'm not ready to finish them out yet. Some needs to be rewritten. The gist of the stories are outlined and are roughly sketched out, I don't write just based on what i'm feeling but where I can take the story. I'll finish those stories, one day, when I'm able to.

3. I'm mentally ill. Who isn't, I won't elaborate.

4. I'm juggling two pen names. I have a growing story 80 chapters in on RR, and it's doing good, and I just can't prioritize this account when I have a potential future elsewhere. I have nearly a collective of thousand fans, on my main penname and If I can make a living out of it, I'm going to take that chance, right or wrong. The majority of writers secretly hope to make a living off their work. People who write for the sake of the art are far in between, else people wouldn't write slop like Reincarnated in a generic fantasy world.

5. To relate to what Arcadiablade said, I only recently realized, I have ADD/inattentive ADHD, my mind is a maze and it runs hotter than my gpu. It's physically impossible for me to focus on one thing at a time, and makes me depressed.

6. You say that people who come in to make money don't succeed. I disagree, I see that commercialized incentive, everywhere, it is nothing to churn out soulless slop, but I won't as it would kill me inside. I sprinkle my smutty slop with a glimmer of love and subtext. Bar the latest slime story which i made purely to try and breach webnovel, i won't be doing that as I am not a slave for qidian. I'm still choosing where to go.

7. Degeneracy? Yes. Very guilty.

8. Maybe addressing this will be seen as childish and will piss some of you off. Then sure, fine. But I had to get it out so I can focus on more important things. Because i've never had this type of exposure, anonymous or not. I'm sorry, it's weird seeing a forum post made about you like you are some lolcow. Hovering above on the front page for everyone to see. Thick skin, I wish I had it.

You don't need to defend yourself. You know yourself better than anyone else. If you feel like you can't write those stories then you can't. You write for yourself not for others is what I say. I wrote I story that I find cool it just so happens other people find it cool as well...

 

[JayMark]

Relatable, considering how most authors are not sane people (because no sane person would write stories)

Who wouldn't want to do what we do?
It's no work at all because we enjoy it.
And everyone knows that if you enjoy your job, then your life never feels like work you should never get paid and happily take abuse from anyone willing to dish it out.
But that never happens because everyone loves us and gives us headpats.

Nah, I haven't asked for a dime yet. But now I've taken the abuse that comes with this gig. So if I'm going to get hate anyway, then I want money. If I fail at earning any income from creating, then I'll be doing something else with my time a couple of years from now. Maybe flipping properties or something, idk. I give it five years max with a progress evaluation every year.

 

[TASTYLEADPAINT]

Relatable, considering how most authors are not sane people (because no sane person would write stories)

Hey me and the voices in my head disagree with that statement

 

[Anonjohn20]

I'm juggling two pen names. I have a growing story 80 chapters in on RR, and it's doing good, and I just can't prioritize this account when I have a potential future elsewhere.

I hope you eventually finish that story and not abandon it. I won't read anything on RR, but I'm glad you have a following there too.

 

[LewdWhisperer]

I hope you eventually finish that story and not abandon it. I won't read anything on RR, but I'm glad you have a following there too.

Thank you. Apologies if I came across as defensive.