She is, Forsaken

by MBC Kizaya Taishuro

She watched. She watched them kill her mother and she was going to be next. Fateful, or not, she was able to escape from being killed. Just as the pursuers had caught up, she fell down a hole and into a place she would never leave for nine years, in complete isolation. As if life didn't torment her enough. Discontinued - Will be rewritten

25. Pretty Important To Read

Eventually, if I ever get my butt to actually be satisfied with the numerous rewriting-I'm mostly dissatisfied with my writing style. . Reason why? It actually has a lot of grammatical errors and I haven't actually been reading books lately. As for the actual reason behind my months of disappearance? Well, you know, I do have a life. As well as a lot of shit having went on. With school, I've had to drop several subjects and reschedule my whole senior years to a more suitable time table (and give myself more time). The changes were pretty recent (and I'm undergoing exams right now) so now I'll finally be able to get some breathing space.

Also recent review - Pretty much the above paragraph. Everyone has a life? There are a lot of writers who I do see abandoning their stories for legitimate reasons. Not everyone has the time to work on a hobby, much less when it doesn't gain much recognition. This website lets you see the statistics of the amount of readers of each chapter. And it's pretty much a common sight to see the reader count declining with each chapter. It is rather underestimated on how much this affects the writer's motivation. A lot of fanfiction writers just give up because of factors like this. Either life has gotten too busy, or they lost motivation from lack of confidence.

If you check on websites like Tumblr, there are frequent posts about readers who don't comment as often, or even give it a fav (moreso like a thumbs up on YouTube). It allows writers to know that someone is actually reading their work, that someone is actually giving our hard work attention. However, it is well-known that even things like original art, or just fan fictions in general, are getting less and less recognition. People just read a chapter and then never return. We put so much of our effort, our own time, our knowledge, and even our sweat, blood and tears into these chapters-only for it to never get appreciated.

It's a common tragedy and I'm sure you readers see this happening often.

But enough of the negative bs, I'll probably delete the old fanfictions and replace it with something else. Also, sort of going between Ao3/Tumblr and this website. Hectic publishing to do. For now, I've been putting my own life as first priority (which makes sense, right? Or is selfishness the modern ethics nowadays?) and will return probably by the end of this year.