Apparently I Have Bad Taste

[XineFury]

I've only been on Scribble Hub for about a month, and I've been uploading a bunch of short stories I wrote years ago. One of the strangest things I've learned is just how bad I am at judging my own work. The stories I thought were the worst are the ones getting favorited the most, and vice versa. I deemed a couple of the stories so dull, I debated on whether to upload them at all. Those are the ones getting five stars.
Anybody else a bad judge of their own work?

 

[TheKillingAlice]

I've only been on Scribble Hub for about a month, and I've been uploading a bunch of short stories I wrote years ago. One of the strangest things I've learned is just how bad I am at judging my own work. The stories I thought were the worst are the ones getting favorited the most, and vice versa. I deemed a couple of the stories so dull, I debated on whether to upload them at all. Those are the ones getting five stars.
Anybody else a bad judge of their own work?

The only story I actually wrote down but cared very little about was also the only full novel I ever published through a publishing house.
Sure, I didn't try with my newer ones, so I can't technically state they would be rejected, but the story closest to my heart was definitely brushed off back in the day. It was only received well by a very small imprint. Ironically enough, they told me to go to other publishing houses and try my luck there, because they really liked it, but the ones I tried didn't want it, so I self-published it.
I can't get over it. I just can't.

 

[worldismyne]

Boy oh boy, when I tell you the things I put my whole heart in will connect strongly with like one guy, I really appreciate that one guy. Then the stuff I make on a whim gets liked by the right person and that's the one people want follow ups for. It's like that with art too. I got one print that sold out and the others sit there not being like their brother lol.

Only solution is to share everything and hope for the best lol

 

[XineFury]

Boy oh boy, when I tell you the things I put my whole heart in will connect strongly with like one guy, I really appreciate that one guy. Then the stuff I make on a whim gets liked by the right person and that's the one people want follow ups for. It's like that with art too. I got one print that sold out and the others sit there not being like their brother lol.

Only solution is to share everything and hope for the best lol

Heh, my first novel, Bloodhunters, technically took me more than 30 years to write. It includes ideas I've had since my childhood, and I put more thought into it than anything else I've written. It's also, objectively speaking, the worst thing I've written. But we live to improve.

 

[Ytiamy]

I judge my work severely. I end up not liking them.

I've only been on Scribble Hub for about a month, and I've been uploading a bunch of short stories I wrote years ago. One of the strangest things I've learned is just how bad I am at judging my own work. The stories I thought were the worst are the ones getting favorited the most, and vice versa. I deemed a couple of the stories so dull, I debated on whether to upload them at all. Those are the ones getting five stars.
Anybody else a bad judge of their own work?

 

[Representing_Tromba]

I am known here more for my joke one shot about my friend taking ownership of a thigh than my main story about time traveling supernatural hunters. Taste is a preference that seems to be accompanied by a loaded gun of dissapointment.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

I judge my work as brilliant. I have to. It keeps me sane.

Problem is, the wide majority sees my work as brilliant too.

 

[Jerynboe]

The important thing to remember is that since you have no idea why people like the stuff you don’t, it probably won’t work if you try to cater to them. Just keep trying to write the best stuff you can lol.

 

[NotProudofmySmut]

I’ve painfully realized just how much easier it is to get smut readers. I have a slice-of-life story that I think is great, but in the end, only my smut gets read.
I mean, I enjoy both, but it would be cool if both kinds of stories resonated with readers.^^

 

[XineFury]

I’ve painfully realized just how much easier it is to get smut readers. I have a slice-of-life story that I think is great, but in the end, only my smut gets read.
I mean, I enjoy both, but it would be cool if both kinds of stories resonated with readers.^^

Sometimes I wish I could write smut, but my mind just doesn't work that way.

 

[Ellie_in_Pink]

I don't think it's a matter of bad taste, so much as what resonates with people. I think that the art that creators usually gets most attached to are the ones that are the most specific. The ones that really speak to us and tell a story from a unique perspective. Which the few people who get will ... really f-ing get. But the ones that are broader will naturally appeal to a wider audience.

Also, it's really not just you. I think most creators of any sort are usually surprised by which thing they have created resonate with more people. I think that's why publishing teams are so successful, whether we like it or not. Because they study and refine stories to *be* widely marketable, even if it conflicts with the sort of specificity artists gravitate toward.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

I’ve painfully realized just how much easier it is to get smut readers. I have a slice-of-life story that I think is great, but in the end, only my smut gets read.
I mean, I enjoy both, but it would be cool if both kinds of stories resonated with readers.^^

Try writing slice of life in a brothel?

You never really know what will connect with readers and what won't until it does (or doesn't).

 

[NotProudofmySmut]

Try writing slice of life in a brothel?

You never really know what will connect with readers and what won't until it does (or doesn't).

Not the worst idea ^^
Sadly, i already work on 4 different stories at the same time.

 

[LiteraryWho]

I prefer to think of my taste as generous.

 

[VanVeleca]

Never forget, you are your own harshest critic! Maybe those stories are only "bad" from your POV when in reality they're pretty alright

 

[Rovan_Eryk]

I've only been on Scribble Hub for about a month, and I've been uploading a bunch of short stories I wrote years ago. One of the strangest things I've learned is just how bad I am at judging my own work. The stories I thought were the worst are the ones getting favorited the most, and vice versa. I deemed a couple of the stories so dull, I debated on whether to upload them at all. Those are the ones getting five stars.
Anybody else a bad judge of their own work?

Isn't always how it goes?

 

[MC-Stories]

Blood of the Were-Raptor Hero!

In the Chaotic world of Superheroes, follow the adventures of Ellie, a newly awakened Metahuman with the power to morph into her dinosaur persona, Ms. Raptor! as Elle balances her school life and her new life as a superhero, the world around her is starting to unravel as the chaos...

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To be honest, i didn't think that this story would get very far, but i was proven wrong

Sometimes I wish I could write smut, but my mind just doesn't work that way.

i try to write smut, but my damn brain can't put it into words

 

[Arkus86]

Keep in mind the average reader is dumb, and a story might get disliked simply because it dumps too many words at them all at once, or because they can't remember what happened in the previous chapter. Or even because they skipped half of the chapter and don't understand what's going on. Or just plain don't understand what's going on even if they read everything. And yes, I have seen all of the above.

 

[XineFury]

i try to write smut, but my damn brain can't put it into words

I can't even talk dirty. I'm not offended by it or anything (I've read my share of smut), but I'm just not comfortable writing it.