When the Views Don’t Come, and You Just Want to Quit

[Edenc2708]

I won’t lie.
Low engagement.
Low views.
Silence.
It eats at you.
It kills me.
You pour everything into your story, your ideas, your heart, your time. And then you sit there, watching the numbers barely move, wondering if any of it was worth it.
Desperate. Frustrated. Tired.
You want to give up.
And tonight, I almost did.
But then something strange happened. I imagined one of my own characters speaking to me.
Not as a punchline.
Not as a plot device.
But like a friend.

“Hey. You there.
Yeah, you with the keyboard and the eye bags.
You think I got reincarnated into a dice for the views?
No, man. I got reincarnated because some part of fate needed you to laugh.
To cry.
To feel.
So roll me again tomorrow.
Or next week.
I’ll still be here.
Because you’re not done yet.
And neither am I.”

And I broke down a little.
Not because it fixed anything.
But because it reminded me why I started this in the first place.
We don’t write for numbers.
We write because something inside us needs to speak.
And sometimes, the first person our story saves… is ourselves.
So if you’re like me, struggling, doubting, aching for a reason to keep going.
Maybe let your characters speak to you too.
Maybe they’ll remind you, like mine did:
You’re not done yet.
And neither are they.
I hope this little message reaches someone out there who needs a reason.
A moment of comfort just to be yourself.
We feel you.
And whether out loud or telepathically and in our own quiet, special way, we’ll remind each other to keep going.

 

[Macha]

We don’t write for numbers.
We write because something inside us needs to speak.

The human body is 80% water.
So basically we are just cucumbers with anxiety.
That cucumber needs to speak.

 

[Edenc2708]

The human body is 80% water.
So basically we are just cucumbers with anxiety.
That cucumber needs to speak.

LOL you made me curious so I googled them!
Honestly, I didn’t expect my pain post to end with cucumber enlightenment, but here we are.
Thank you for the supportand for reminding me that even anxious vegetables deserve a voice. ?

 

[Macha]

LOL you made me curious so I googled them!
Honestly, I didn’t expect my pain post to end with cucumber enlightenment, but here we are.
Thank you for the supportand for reminding me that even anxious vegetables deserve a voice. ?

The best part about cucumber is that it can't get you pregnant and leave you to avoid child support.

 

[Edenc2708]

The best part about cucumber is that it can't get you pregnant and leave you to avoid child support.

lol you are something my friend and you remind me of something, instead of cucumber someone used eggplant and somehow it break and stuck inside...they need minor surgery for it...not sure if it's true story or not lol

 

[Macha]

lol you are something my friend and you remind me of something, instead of cucumber someone used eggplant and somehow it break and stuck inside...they need minor surgery for it...not sure if it's true story or not lol

Skill issues.

 

[Edenc2708]

Skill issues.

Are you accepting apprentices?

 

[Madmcgee]

I don't know how much I can't stress this enough, but if any new authors see it,

Do not release all of your story, all at once!

It's so exciting when you first upload something, like a rush, like hitting your number at roulette. Yet, time and time again, I see new authors put out 4, 6, even 10 chapters in a single day, and I just want to smack my head.

Hey, I did it too, but for as much as people told me you've got to have 'something' to entise readers to the story, some meat for them to bother with it, I've found your story gets drowned in all the others without regular updates, it doesn't matter if there's a bulky chunk, people just wont see it.

Upload slow, but upload consistently. Even if you're super excited after getting a rating or a like. Best way to go!

 

[Fairemont]

This is such a mood. I feel the same.

Always disappointed in myself and my writing for not doing well. Or perhaps, more appropriately, doing as well as Id like to.

On top of that, I then see authors who are less skilled than me, and stories of lower quality than mine, greatly out performing me and that just hurts.

 

[Edenc2708]

Do not release all of your story, all at once!

It's so exciting when you first upload something, like a rush, like hitting your number at roulette. Yet, time and time again, I see new authors put out 4, 6, even 10 chapters in a single day, and I just want to smack my head.

I did exactly that hahaha, I think new author disease...

Upload slow, but upload consistently. Even if you're super excited after getting a rating or a like. Best way to go!

Yes, I will stick to this now~~ anyway thank you so much for the kind suggestion, this will help others too

This is such a mood. I feel the same.

Always disappointed in myself and my writing for not doing well. Or perhaps, more appropriately, doing as well as Id like to.

On top of that, I then see authors who are less skilled than me, and stories of lower quality than mine, greatly out performing me and that just hurts.

So believe in yourself. Stick to it, persistently.
One day, we’ll be proud of ourselves when we finish the story, whatever the outcome is.

 

[JayMark]

The human body is 80% water.
So basically we are just cucumbers with anxiety.
That cucumber needs to speak.

Mandatory reference.

 

[Fairemont]

Da Cucumba

full of all the things you need

 

[RainingFish]

Yea, I feel like that a lot. My new strategy is to try to write the whole story before posting it so even if it doesn't get a good reaction, at least it will still be finished. I just want to get at least one story done for once.

 

[Edenc2708]

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Mandatory reference.

this reference is illegal, it comes with small pimple on the sides...MANY will attempt this cucamba project

Yea, I feel like that a lot. My new strategy is to try to write the whole story before posting it so even if it doesn't get a good reaction, at least it will still be finished. I just want to get at least one story done for once.

Keep sailing the ship until it reach our final destination