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#it's variable and inconsistent as fuck and that's why tying your self worth to it is guaranteed to be upsetting
theghostofashton
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#i keep thinking about that post from yesterday abt like someone using a ratio of 1 kudos to 10 hits to decide if a fic is worth trying
#the notes are full of people criticizing that method (rightfully)
#but i also think there's something to be said about the critiques writers get for caring about stats
#yet at the same time people admitting shit like this
#like how can you scoff at writers for being upset their fics have low hits or kudos or whatever
#if that is how people decide what fics are 'worthy of their time'
#as someone who for a period of time had such an unhealthy relationship with stats
#it really is just such a vicious cycle like you always want more and you keep increasing the number in your head
#you're aiming for a certain number regularly until that number becomes consistent and then you want more
#it just never stops and you find yourself focused more on that than anything else
#there was a point where i was writing whatever i could rushing stuff out in like an hour because i was so desperate for comments
#i'm so glad to have let that mindset go but like
#if we want to let it go entirely as fic writers readers need to also not be saying shit like this
#if you don't want stats to matter stop insisting that they do
#there is genuinely so much that goes into why certain fics get more popular and others don't
#having so much to do with what's going on in the fandom or what happened in the media or what the fic is about
#it's variable and inconsistent as fuck and that's why tying your self worth to it is guaranteed to be upsetting
#sometimes just the way people go in on fic writers for......daring to want people to read stuff we worked hard on is just so. beyond words
#it is natural and normal to want attention on something you've created when you share it publicly. there is nothing wrong w that
#idk idk what my point is here just. be kind to fic authors
#read fics with 'low stats'
#read things that look interesting remember every person posting fic is just someone who loves the thing they're writing about
#so much that they wanted to share it with you
#don't lose sight of that
#neha rambles
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