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gq1sev | writing_train | 0.79 | How does one actually come up with a compelling, original plot? I've struggled for almost a decade and haven't finished a single, full-length story. I have no problem churning out poetry that I really think is pretty good, I write songs, and I can do a decent short story here and there. I have always desperately wanted to write an actual story. Even 50 pages would be more than enough to encourage me. I've been writing seriously since just before high school, and it has always been a passion. I just can't figure out how some writers create a plot. I know it sounds ridiculous. I have good ideas for universe building, character development, etc. I just... don't know what I want to write. Or what people want to read, I guess. My husband and I have a baby now, and I so badly want to write her some good books to grow up cherishing. I draw comics, and I can't finish the comic book story I started for my husband two Christmases ago because I have an exposition, I have a universe, I have characters - all the elements are there. It should work, but it doesn't. I have no clue how to turn it into a cohesive story. Can decade-long writer's block exist? 🙃 I would really appreciate some advice from anyone who has overcome this. I can sit for hours in front of a paper, but I'm not sure I've ever gotten past page ten or so of a story before I utterly lose it and set it aside to "come back to one day". This is truly starting to be demoralizing. Do I just make one up as I go even if it's stupid, terrible, and doesn't make any sense just so I can get it out of my system and write something more refined later? | frs2its | frs6txm | 1,590,423,248 | 1,590,425,481 | 2 | 3 | I think you can solve this by changing your expectations. "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." If you aim for a "compelling, original plot" you may be disappointed just like someone trying to cook a "succulent, perfectly seared steak" might be disappointed. If you change your goal and make your target writing "a single, full-length story," you may find it much easier to do, and you may actually get to the point where you write a "compelling, original plot." | Lester Dent's pulp fiction formula is always worth a read: http://www.paper-dragon.com/1939/dent.html The way it's laid out, it's for a 6,000 word short story, but the concepts are valid for anything. The basic idea is that you come up with an interesting character in an interesting setting and then repeatedly heap trouble on him faster than he can get out of it, so he's in worse and worse trouble until the end. The thing about frameworks like this is that the actual story usually isn't visible, just as few people can look at a skeleton and see the beautiful woman it once belonged to. It's not like preliminary sketches for an oil painting, where often the sketches are more alive than the finished painting. Quite the opposite. At the same time, I'd warn against grandiose, universe-shattering danger as a starting point, since it's a zillion times harder to threaten the whole world than ... um ... to retrieve the old lady's lost cat around whose neck her dangerously erratic and violent nephew put her diamond bracelet by way of stealing it. Just because it's done before doesn't mean yours won't be the go-to version. Characterize the main characters unobviously, pick a setting that's not too terribly overused, and make Our Hero a little different from the first half-dozen who come to mind, and you're home free. It helps if you're utterly shameless, too. In one my stories, the two young lovers are about to have their first kiss in the young man's living room, but this is interrupted by a zombie attempting to break down the door. This is okay because surprising the readers is good: twists *should* seem inexplicable at first—totally unrelated to the action so far—until the curtain is pulled back a little and the context is revealed. I think this is where people have trouble with outlining, too: the twists are usually unguessable from what the characters, the reader, and even the author know at this point in the story. First they happen, then, later, we discover why. This is why intuitive writers ("pantsers") will just slap in any old thing and keep writing. They hope their unconscious mind has come up with something they can work with later on, and if not, they'll have to go back and replace the twist with something more manageable. Either way, though, they don't try to *prove* to themselves that it's the right development. They just run with it. Successful plotters do the same thing, I suspect (I don't do outlines anymore, so I can't really say). | 0 | 2,233 | 1.5 | ||
q9h210 | writing_train | 0.82 | I'm beginning to write as a hobby and I would appreciate any advice to help someone like me who desires to write almost exclusively dark stories with villain/immorral protagonists. Possibly from other dark writers. As a disclaimer i feel compelled to mention I'm a pretty new writer. I've written a tiny bit a while back but I've ultimately decided to start actually taking it seriously and I really want to pursue it as a hobby and Just a hobby, unless I ever get more confident/comfortable with showing it. Also Before you might say it yes I know writing villain protagonists/immoral is something that even seasoned and professional may struggle with or at least so I'm told. I'm autistic and ever since I could process what color the sky was I've always been stuck inside my head daydreaming and imagining and I still do it a lot even to this day it's always been comforting and relaxing for me also if you're familiar with autistic lingo, stories in general is my "special interest" While I absolutely adore hero stories. I have for my entire life. Like I was obsessed with Robin hood when I was younger and I watched the Sam rami spider-man movies wayyy to many times, I've always had a darker imagination having always been fascinated with the dark and eerie such as true crime or the fact that fictional villains being some of my all time favorite characters. Ok so I apologize for rambling a bit, just wanted to give some context. The reason I asked this is because every time I looked up advice it was mainly on the hero protagonist since that's pretty much the default and has been for a long time. I want to write dark stories but I can't seem to find any good advice or maybe I just missed it. So I'd deeply appreciate any advice you have for someone like me even if its only one piece I'd love to hear it. I really want to write these stories but most importantly i want to write them the best i can Also just incase someone comments this yes I will be reading more stories with villain protagonists as research | hgxrpb1 | hgw51dd | 1,634,438,130 | 1,634,411,175 | 3 | 1 | I’m new too, but I write exclusively amoral or immoral characters, except for 2. The biggest thing is that they’re terrible people, but they’ve been pushed to do those things by the circumstances they find themselves in. Like my most recent story. It follows three characters in a post apocalyptic setting just trying to survive. Before the collapse they were not bad people, even immediately after they were not bad. It’s only after they were pushed into a lifestyle they couldn’t handle responsibly. So what I’m saying is: give them a reason to act the way they do. Don’t just make them cruel for cruelty’s sake. Yeah there are some people out there who seem cruel and terrible for no reason but there is always a reason for it. Look at it in this light: “everyone is born a blank slate” if you make characters based on that then you are able to make better characters. It’s like legos. | Of the novels I have written (hobby, none ever submitted for publication) my favorite ones are where the protagonist is deeply flawed but not from the onset. In the beginning they may have issues but it is as they progress that they get darker. Sometimes they redeem themselves, sometimes not. | 1 | 26,955 | 3 | ||
q9h210 | writing_train | 0.82 | I'm beginning to write as a hobby and I would appreciate any advice to help someone like me who desires to write almost exclusively dark stories with villain/immorral protagonists. Possibly from other dark writers. As a disclaimer i feel compelled to mention I'm a pretty new writer. I've written a tiny bit a while back but I've ultimately decided to start actually taking it seriously and I really want to pursue it as a hobby and Just a hobby, unless I ever get more confident/comfortable with showing it. Also Before you might say it yes I know writing villain protagonists/immoral is something that even seasoned and professional may struggle with or at least so I'm told. I'm autistic and ever since I could process what color the sky was I've always been stuck inside my head daydreaming and imagining and I still do it a lot even to this day it's always been comforting and relaxing for me also if you're familiar with autistic lingo, stories in general is my "special interest" While I absolutely adore hero stories. I have for my entire life. Like I was obsessed with Robin hood when I was younger and I watched the Sam rami spider-man movies wayyy to many times, I've always had a darker imagination having always been fascinated with the dark and eerie such as true crime or the fact that fictional villains being some of my all time favorite characters. Ok so I apologize for rambling a bit, just wanted to give some context. The reason I asked this is because every time I looked up advice it was mainly on the hero protagonist since that's pretty much the default and has been for a long time. I want to write dark stories but I can't seem to find any good advice or maybe I just missed it. So I'd deeply appreciate any advice you have for someone like me even if its only one piece I'd love to hear it. I really want to write these stories but most importantly i want to write them the best i can Also just incase someone comments this yes I will be reading more stories with villain protagonists as research | hgw9fy0 | hgxrpb1 | 1,634,413,046 | 1,634,438,130 | 1 | 3 | I’m also a fan of villains. I even used to play villains whenever I played video games with my brother growing up. I relate to your daydreaming My advice is to have your protagonist kinda deceive the reader. We don’t know the dark stuff they’re capable of, we have a false sense of security, since the guy we’re following is the protagonist so we assume some sort of decency For example, an evil character asks the protagonist to do something bad. That mutually benefits them. Maybe the protagonist objects. But to the reader’s surprise, they’re not opposed to doing the deed, they just want compensation! Scenarios like that early on are a great way to introduce the protagonist’s dark side. For indirect reference, I suggest the movie Taxi Driver, a classic | I’m new too, but I write exclusively amoral or immoral characters, except for 2. The biggest thing is that they’re terrible people, but they’ve been pushed to do those things by the circumstances they find themselves in. Like my most recent story. It follows three characters in a post apocalyptic setting just trying to survive. Before the collapse they were not bad people, even immediately after they were not bad. It’s only after they were pushed into a lifestyle they couldn’t handle responsibly. So what I’m saying is: give them a reason to act the way they do. Don’t just make them cruel for cruelty’s sake. Yeah there are some people out there who seem cruel and terrible for no reason but there is always a reason for it. Look at it in this light: “everyone is born a blank slate” if you make characters based on that then you are able to make better characters. It’s like legos. | 0 | 25,084 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwc71qa | iwc95qt | 1,668,440,947 | 1,668,441,808 | 40 | 136 | Just don't read your reviews, if you feel sensitive about it (especially stay away from Goodreads, just as an FYI. They have a reputation for having really rough reviewers) | Two things: 1) It is completely natural to feel sensitive about your work. It is hours of your life poured into one singular thing. The book is an extension of yourself because it contains your emotions, your history, the very neurochemistry of your brain that thought of all the story aspects. 2) Almost contradictory, why care? Your favorite books have negative reviews. The "greatest" books in history have people who thought they were bad. There is no escaping that. But, and I'm going to assume, you write for yourself. You write because you love it and you love these characters and their story. And because there's a part of you that hopes your book will help your readers; that it will make them feel seen, teach them something about themselves, or even give them a few hours of happiness. That is infinitely more meaningful than what those negatives will say, and there will probably be a few because there's always a few, but at least you'll have also reached the people you wanted to reach. | 0 | 861 | 3.4 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwc94l1 | iwc95qt | 1,668,441,795 | 1,668,441,808 | 8 | 136 | Some people find the Sistine Chapel to be gauche. It’s life. Not reading reviews helps a lot. | Two things: 1) It is completely natural to feel sensitive about your work. It is hours of your life poured into one singular thing. The book is an extension of yourself because it contains your emotions, your history, the very neurochemistry of your brain that thought of all the story aspects. 2) Almost contradictory, why care? Your favorite books have negative reviews. The "greatest" books in history have people who thought they were bad. There is no escaping that. But, and I'm going to assume, you write for yourself. You write because you love it and you love these characters and their story. And because there's a part of you that hopes your book will help your readers; that it will make them feel seen, teach them something about themselves, or even give them a few hours of happiness. That is infinitely more meaningful than what those negatives will say, and there will probably be a few because there's always a few, but at least you'll have also reached the people you wanted to reach. | 0 | 13 | 17 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwca7iv | iwcdxnu | 1,668,442,237 | 1,668,443,766 | 18 | 21 | Thousands of people love James Patterson novels, for me I fall asleep after the first page. Plus you should WANT 2 and 3 star reviews, seriously I dont read 5 star reviews for books. I want to see why someone didn't like it and then make up my own mind. I go out of my way to read debut novels, if the 2 and 3 star reviews are just the normal newbie mistakes, I will read that book. Dont view them as bad reviews, view them as ways to learn and see what a total stranger sees about your book. | Personally, being cognizant of the fact that devout flat-earthers exist helps me to contextualize a lot of difficult things. Not sure if that helps here 😅 | 0 | 1,529 | 1.166667 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwc94l1 | iwcdxnu | 1,668,441,795 | 1,668,443,766 | 8 | 21 | Some people find the Sistine Chapel to be gauche. It’s life. Not reading reviews helps a lot. | Personally, being cognizant of the fact that devout flat-earthers exist helps me to contextualize a lot of difficult things. Not sure if that helps here 😅 | 0 | 1,971 | 2.625 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcdxnu | iwccjik | 1,668,443,766 | 1,668,443,193 | 21 | 2 | Personally, being cognizant of the fact that devout flat-earthers exist helps me to contextualize a lot of difficult things. Not sure if that helps here 😅 | Don't worry too much about it; even Jesus had haters. Actually, it's a good thing that someone doesn't like your work. Some people can be trolls, but for those who actually read your story and disliked it, you can take two things from it: 1. You have critical eyes pointing out means of improvement. 2. You have disturbed somebody enough just doing you. | 1 | 573 | 10.5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcav56 | iwcdxnu | 1,668,442,504 | 1,668,443,766 | 1 | 21 | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | Personally, being cognizant of the fact that devout flat-earthers exist helps me to contextualize a lot of difficult things. Not sure if that helps here 😅 | 0 | 1,262 | 21 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwc94l1 | iwca7iv | 1,668,441,795 | 1,668,442,237 | 8 | 18 | Some people find the Sistine Chapel to be gauche. It’s life. Not reading reviews helps a lot. | Thousands of people love James Patterson novels, for me I fall asleep after the first page. Plus you should WANT 2 and 3 star reviews, seriously I dont read 5 star reviews for books. I want to see why someone didn't like it and then make up my own mind. I go out of my way to read debut novels, if the 2 and 3 star reviews are just the normal newbie mistakes, I will read that book. Dont view them as bad reviews, view them as ways to learn and see what a total stranger sees about your book. | 0 | 442 | 2.25 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwce0no | iwc94l1 | 1,668,443,800 | 1,668,441,795 | 10 | 8 | Well I don't like Nutella, guess no one's perfect. | Some people find the Sistine Chapel to be gauche. It’s life. Not reading reviews helps a lot. | 1 | 2,005 | 1.25 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwccjik | iwce0no | 1,668,443,193 | 1,668,443,800 | 2 | 10 | Don't worry too much about it; even Jesus had haters. Actually, it's a good thing that someone doesn't like your work. Some people can be trolls, but for those who actually read your story and disliked it, you can take two things from it: 1. You have critical eyes pointing out means of improvement. 2. You have disturbed somebody enough just doing you. | Well I don't like Nutella, guess no one's perfect. | 0 | 607 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwce0no | iwcav56 | 1,668,443,800 | 1,668,442,504 | 10 | 1 | Well I don't like Nutella, guess no one's perfect. | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | 1 | 1,296 | 10 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwce73x | iwcui1y | 1,668,443,872 | 1,668,450,285 | 4 | 6 | The most beloved stories in history have loads of negative reviews. The only important thing is if you are happy with your work. If even a single other person enjoys it, well, that's just a bonus. Write for yourself 1st, your fans 2nd, and your critics never. | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | 0 | 6,413 | 1.5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcf641 | iwcui1y | 1,668,444,265 | 1,668,450,285 | 3 | 6 | Writing can be a deeply personal form of expression, and letting people see the part of yourself in your writing is a lot like allowing yourself to be exposed to the world. It’s natural to feel sensitive and gravitate to the negative reactions as being potentially the unvarnished criticism that everyone is hiding behind niceties. That’s true of every review process for every kind of art from. It’s important for a creative person to see the flaws in their work that others see, to know what can be improved upon, but it’s equally important to take in the praise for what worked well. Fixation upon any single perspective of how what you have created is received is not doing justice to the whole picture of how your work is received. The vast array of genres and sub-genres of creative work means that your potential audience has people who are looking for what you can deliver, and plenty who are looking for something else. Reviews that in turn balance what was made well, and what can be improved are the more receptive and helpful reviews, because they show interest in seeing what your work could become with further refinement and practice. There are of course, trolls who take pleasure in naysaying, and those should largely be ignored. | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | 0 | 6,020 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcui1y | iwcgno8 | 1,668,450,285 | 1,668,444,866 | 6 | 3 | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | Well, probably the easiest answer is to just experience it firsthand and then adapt to the sad feeling. Kinda like how you get over rejection when trying to date. There’s no easy answer or way to prep yourself, you just have to go through it and build a thicker skin, keep moving forward and telling yourself it will work out at some point. Also at least in the case of writing you can hopefully use rejection as a learning opportunity to improve your writing (assuming you were rejected based on something that can be improved on, that’s known to you). | 1 | 5,419 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwciw9k | iwcui1y | 1,668,445,761 | 1,668,450,285 | 3 | 6 | Not everyone loves J.R.R Tolkien, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Fonda Lee, or Patrick Rothfuss. A lot of people don't like Brandon Sandersom, and I personally think Robert Jordan's writing is wank. Write for yourself, and the people who like your writing. Fuck the haters. | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | 0 | 4,524 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcn25m | iwcui1y | 1,668,447,399 | 1,668,450,285 | 3 | 6 | To you, your book is huge, you threw a lot of heart and effort into it. You're reasonable, you realize that's skewed, but you can't help it. None of us can, it's okay. All time-consuming, life-consuming art affects creators like this. You want to know if readers liked it, or what they hated! But, book reviews aren't for the authors. Have someone else point out good ones, if you must, but understand that we are free to express our opinions and **we do not expect you to be in the room**, so to speak. Readers are picky, those who review might be pickier, because we're busy and there are many books, and it is hard to find the ones that match our current needs. Reviews help us--and often it's the low-star ones that sell a book to someone else. So. Everyone telling you don't read reviews? They're right. Additionally, EVERY review counts on amazon, regardless of # of stars. Every review regardless of contents helps you game that system. Reviewers do you a solid by posting on sales sites. Goodreads does sell books, I can attest. :) Resist snooping, you're too likely to regret it. | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | 0 | 2,886 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwccjik | iwcui1y | 1,668,443,193 | 1,668,450,285 | 2 | 6 | Don't worry too much about it; even Jesus had haters. Actually, it's a good thing that someone doesn't like your work. Some people can be trolls, but for those who actually read your story and disliked it, you can take two things from it: 1. You have critical eyes pointing out means of improvement. 2. You have disturbed somebody enough just doing you. | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | 0 | 7,092 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcui1y | iwcfwr9 | 1,668,450,285 | 1,668,444,564 | 6 | 1 | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | Dude just subscribe to r/books and let the absolute state of that subreddit inform you as to how inane it would be to hope that all or even most people will enjoy your work. I read through regular threads shitting on authors like Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, Rothfuss, you name it. Nobody has any of their own work to share mind you but they'll happily be levying some pretty gnarly accusations regarding the quality of the work these authors do. So, you'll learn to do as any author does and shrug and say 'it's not for them'. All you can do buddy, I sympathize. | 1 | 5,721 | 6 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcgbk6 | iwcui1y | 1,668,444,731 | 1,668,450,285 | 1 | 6 | The few % of those criticisms which are constructive and help you improve your writing are worth the pain reading the others. I suffered a lot of backlash early on, but two criticisms, very hard to take, pushed me to some extreme measures which turned very fruitful. It’s double edged because they almost made me drop the project and feel like a bad person… The advice is : - the moment criticisms are about you and not your work, just ignore and skip - ask others about those specific points (even professional or paid contractors) - keep faith, stay true to your vision, but keep learning the craft | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | 0 | 5,554 | 6 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcav56 | iwcui1y | 1,668,442,504 | 1,668,450,285 | 1 | 6 | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | 0 | 7,781 | 6 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcui1y | iwcfcmn | 1,668,450,285 | 1,668,444,338 | 6 | 1 | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | I write for me not them. | 1 | 5,947 | 6 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcui1y | iwch5rr | 1,668,450,285 | 1,668,445,066 | 6 | 1 | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | I usually start with self-hate. Thinking that my writing fucking suck and no one will ever like it. | 1 | 5,219 | 6 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwchj4j | iwcui1y | 1,668,445,214 | 1,668,450,285 | 1 | 6 | I just tell myself this very easy truth. “It ain’t my problem.” You did your best, and many like it. Some read it and hate it. Oh well! | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | 0 | 5,071 | 6 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwchjfp | iwcui1y | 1,668,445,218 | 1,668,450,285 | 1 | 6 | Nothing brings a writer more inner peace than not reading reviews. They're not for you, anyway; they're for readers. Stay away from Goodreads in particular because it's Satan's colon, where reviewers try to out-edgy other reviewers and sharpen their mean girl claws, using gifs and melodrama and more gifs. Good luck out there! Remember, you're not alone. :) | Here's an anecdote that I find really useful when I'm spending too much mental energy worrying about what others think about me/my work. My best friend is smart, educated, charismatic, kind, just a really fantastic and widely-liked person with a huge network of friends and acquaintances who all respect her opinions and seek her out for advice. She hates pizza. She would rather go hungry than eat even a single slice of the best pizza in town. If presented with a live bug and a slice of pizza, she would give serious consideration to eating the bug. So you could be pizza, one of the best-loved food items of all time, and no matter what kind of pizza you were, my smart, talented, nice best friend would be disgusted by you. So it's truly impossible to please everybody. So why bother? Do what excites you, do no deliberate harm, and just don't worry about it. | 0 | 5,067 | 6 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcvrtt | iwce73x | 1,668,450,775 | 1,668,443,872 | 5 | 4 | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | The most beloved stories in history have loads of negative reviews. The only important thing is if you are happy with your work. If even a single other person enjoys it, well, that's just a bonus. Write for yourself 1st, your fans 2nd, and your critics never. | 1 | 6,903 | 1.25 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcf641 | iwcvrtt | 1,668,444,265 | 1,668,450,775 | 3 | 5 | Writing can be a deeply personal form of expression, and letting people see the part of yourself in your writing is a lot like allowing yourself to be exposed to the world. It’s natural to feel sensitive and gravitate to the negative reactions as being potentially the unvarnished criticism that everyone is hiding behind niceties. That’s true of every review process for every kind of art from. It’s important for a creative person to see the flaws in their work that others see, to know what can be improved upon, but it’s equally important to take in the praise for what worked well. Fixation upon any single perspective of how what you have created is received is not doing justice to the whole picture of how your work is received. The vast array of genres and sub-genres of creative work means that your potential audience has people who are looking for what you can deliver, and plenty who are looking for something else. Reviews that in turn balance what was made well, and what can be improved are the more receptive and helpful reviews, because they show interest in seeing what your work could become with further refinement and practice. There are of course, trolls who take pleasure in naysaying, and those should largely be ignored. | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | 0 | 6,510 | 1.666667 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcvrtt | iwcgno8 | 1,668,450,775 | 1,668,444,866 | 5 | 3 | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | Well, probably the easiest answer is to just experience it firsthand and then adapt to the sad feeling. Kinda like how you get over rejection when trying to date. There’s no easy answer or way to prep yourself, you just have to go through it and build a thicker skin, keep moving forward and telling yourself it will work out at some point. Also at least in the case of writing you can hopefully use rejection as a learning opportunity to improve your writing (assuming you were rejected based on something that can be improved on, that’s known to you). | 1 | 5,909 | 1.666667 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwciw9k | iwcvrtt | 1,668,445,761 | 1,668,450,775 | 3 | 5 | Not everyone loves J.R.R Tolkien, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Fonda Lee, or Patrick Rothfuss. A lot of people don't like Brandon Sandersom, and I personally think Robert Jordan's writing is wank. Write for yourself, and the people who like your writing. Fuck the haters. | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | 0 | 5,014 | 1.666667 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcn25m | iwcvrtt | 1,668,447,399 | 1,668,450,775 | 3 | 5 | To you, your book is huge, you threw a lot of heart and effort into it. You're reasonable, you realize that's skewed, but you can't help it. None of us can, it's okay. All time-consuming, life-consuming art affects creators like this. You want to know if readers liked it, or what they hated! But, book reviews aren't for the authors. Have someone else point out good ones, if you must, but understand that we are free to express our opinions and **we do not expect you to be in the room**, so to speak. Readers are picky, those who review might be pickier, because we're busy and there are many books, and it is hard to find the ones that match our current needs. Reviews help us--and often it's the low-star ones that sell a book to someone else. So. Everyone telling you don't read reviews? They're right. Additionally, EVERY review counts on amazon, regardless of # of stars. Every review regardless of contents helps you game that system. Reviewers do you a solid by posting on sales sites. Goodreads does sell books, I can attest. :) Resist snooping, you're too likely to regret it. | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | 0 | 3,376 | 1.666667 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcvrtt | iwccjik | 1,668,450,775 | 1,668,443,193 | 5 | 2 | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | Don't worry too much about it; even Jesus had haters. Actually, it's a good thing that someone doesn't like your work. Some people can be trolls, but for those who actually read your story and disliked it, you can take two things from it: 1. You have critical eyes pointing out means of improvement. 2. You have disturbed somebody enough just doing you. | 1 | 7,582 | 2.5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcul8a | iwcvrtt | 1,668,450,319 | 1,668,450,775 | 2 | 5 | Negative reviews are good for the soul. They keep you from getting a gigantic ego, and they may point out some flaws in your writing that even your editors miss. They should also give a goal to strive for: winning over the people who didn’t like your previous work. | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | 0 | 456 | 2.5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcvrtt | iwcfwr9 | 1,668,450,775 | 1,668,444,564 | 5 | 1 | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | Dude just subscribe to r/books and let the absolute state of that subreddit inform you as to how inane it would be to hope that all or even most people will enjoy your work. I read through regular threads shitting on authors like Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, Rothfuss, you name it. Nobody has any of their own work to share mind you but they'll happily be levying some pretty gnarly accusations regarding the quality of the work these authors do. So, you'll learn to do as any author does and shrug and say 'it's not for them'. All you can do buddy, I sympathize. | 1 | 6,211 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcvrtt | iwcgbk6 | 1,668,450,775 | 1,668,444,731 | 5 | 1 | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | The few % of those criticisms which are constructive and help you improve your writing are worth the pain reading the others. I suffered a lot of backlash early on, but two criticisms, very hard to take, pushed me to some extreme measures which turned very fruitful. It’s double edged because they almost made me drop the project and feel like a bad person… The advice is : - the moment criticisms are about you and not your work, just ignore and skip - ask others about those specific points (even professional or paid contractors) - keep faith, stay true to your vision, but keep learning the craft | 1 | 6,044 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcav56 | iwcvrtt | 1,668,442,504 | 1,668,450,775 | 1 | 5 | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | 0 | 8,271 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcvrtt | iwcfcmn | 1,668,450,775 | 1,668,444,338 | 5 | 1 | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | I write for me not them. | 1 | 6,437 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwch5rr | iwcvrtt | 1,668,445,066 | 1,668,450,775 | 1 | 5 | I usually start with self-hate. Thinking that my writing fucking suck and no one will ever like it. | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | 0 | 5,709 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwchj4j | iwcvrtt | 1,668,445,214 | 1,668,450,775 | 1 | 5 | I just tell myself this very easy truth. “It ain’t my problem.” You did your best, and many like it. Some read it and hate it. Oh well! | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | 0 | 5,561 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcvrtt | iwchjfp | 1,668,450,775 | 1,668,445,218 | 5 | 1 | F*ck em. I'm awesome. | Nothing brings a writer more inner peace than not reading reviews. They're not for you, anyway; they're for readers. Stay away from Goodreads in particular because it's Satan's colon, where reviewers try to out-edgy other reviewers and sharpen their mean girl claws, using gifs and melodrama and more gifs. Good luck out there! Remember, you're not alone. :) | 1 | 5,557 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwce73x | iwdil38 | 1,668,443,872 | 1,668,459,636 | 4 | 5 | The most beloved stories in history have loads of negative reviews. The only important thing is if you are happy with your work. If even a single other person enjoys it, well, that's just a bonus. Write for yourself 1st, your fans 2nd, and your critics never. | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | 0 | 15,764 | 1.25 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcf641 | iwdil38 | 1,668,444,265 | 1,668,459,636 | 3 | 5 | Writing can be a deeply personal form of expression, and letting people see the part of yourself in your writing is a lot like allowing yourself to be exposed to the world. It’s natural to feel sensitive and gravitate to the negative reactions as being potentially the unvarnished criticism that everyone is hiding behind niceties. That’s true of every review process for every kind of art from. It’s important for a creative person to see the flaws in their work that others see, to know what can be improved upon, but it’s equally important to take in the praise for what worked well. Fixation upon any single perspective of how what you have created is received is not doing justice to the whole picture of how your work is received. The vast array of genres and sub-genres of creative work means that your potential audience has people who are looking for what you can deliver, and plenty who are looking for something else. Reviews that in turn balance what was made well, and what can be improved are the more receptive and helpful reviews, because they show interest in seeing what your work could become with further refinement and practice. There are of course, trolls who take pleasure in naysaying, and those should largely be ignored. | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | 0 | 15,371 | 1.666667 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcgno8 | iwdil38 | 1,668,444,866 | 1,668,459,636 | 3 | 5 | Well, probably the easiest answer is to just experience it firsthand and then adapt to the sad feeling. Kinda like how you get over rejection when trying to date. There’s no easy answer or way to prep yourself, you just have to go through it and build a thicker skin, keep moving forward and telling yourself it will work out at some point. Also at least in the case of writing you can hopefully use rejection as a learning opportunity to improve your writing (assuming you were rejected based on something that can be improved on, that’s known to you). | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | 0 | 14,770 | 1.666667 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwdil38 | iwciw9k | 1,668,459,636 | 1,668,445,761 | 5 | 3 | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | Not everyone loves J.R.R Tolkien, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Fonda Lee, or Patrick Rothfuss. A lot of people don't like Brandon Sandersom, and I personally think Robert Jordan's writing is wank. Write for yourself, and the people who like your writing. Fuck the haters. | 1 | 13,875 | 1.666667 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwdil38 | iwcn25m | 1,668,459,636 | 1,668,447,399 | 5 | 3 | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | To you, your book is huge, you threw a lot of heart and effort into it. You're reasonable, you realize that's skewed, but you can't help it. None of us can, it's okay. All time-consuming, life-consuming art affects creators like this. You want to know if readers liked it, or what they hated! But, book reviews aren't for the authors. Have someone else point out good ones, if you must, but understand that we are free to express our opinions and **we do not expect you to be in the room**, so to speak. Readers are picky, those who review might be pickier, because we're busy and there are many books, and it is hard to find the ones that match our current needs. Reviews help us--and often it's the low-star ones that sell a book to someone else. So. Everyone telling you don't read reviews? They're right. Additionally, EVERY review counts on amazon, regardless of # of stars. Every review regardless of contents helps you game that system. Reviewers do you a solid by posting on sales sites. Goodreads does sell books, I can attest. :) Resist snooping, you're too likely to regret it. | 1 | 12,237 | 1.666667 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwd4lyi | iwdil38 | 1,668,454,205 | 1,668,459,636 | 3 | 5 | Shawshank Redemption is the top-rated film on IMDb, and it has 40,000 one-star reviews. That's a whole baseball stadium full of people that hated what most people loved. If you wrote something marginally controversial... then 1-5% of the public will hate it. And they'll be just as loud as the 90% who love it. Market to your people. People who read books like yours. Don't be afraid to ask readers to leave a review. Build your social media presence. Your email list. Once you get 200+ reviews on a book, then it's easy to brush off the occasional negative review because the 1-star doesn't bring down the rating. If you traditionally publish, your publisher will help build the right buzz. | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | 0 | 5,431 | 1.666667 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwccjik | iwdil38 | 1,668,443,193 | 1,668,459,636 | 2 | 5 | Don't worry too much about it; even Jesus had haters. Actually, it's a good thing that someone doesn't like your work. Some people can be trolls, but for those who actually read your story and disliked it, you can take two things from it: 1. You have critical eyes pointing out means of improvement. 2. You have disturbed somebody enough just doing you. | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | 0 | 16,443 | 2.5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwdil38 | iwcul8a | 1,668,459,636 | 1,668,450,319 | 5 | 2 | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | Negative reviews are good for the soul. They keep you from getting a gigantic ego, and they may point out some flaws in your writing that even your editors miss. They should also give a goal to strive for: winning over the people who didn’t like your previous work. | 1 | 9,317 | 2.5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwdil38 | iwcfwr9 | 1,668,459,636 | 1,668,444,564 | 5 | 1 | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | Dude just subscribe to r/books and let the absolute state of that subreddit inform you as to how inane it would be to hope that all or even most people will enjoy your work. I read through regular threads shitting on authors like Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, Rothfuss, you name it. Nobody has any of their own work to share mind you but they'll happily be levying some pretty gnarly accusations regarding the quality of the work these authors do. So, you'll learn to do as any author does and shrug and say 'it's not for them'. All you can do buddy, I sympathize. | 1 | 15,072 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwdil38 | iwcgbk6 | 1,668,459,636 | 1,668,444,731 | 5 | 1 | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | The few % of those criticisms which are constructive and help you improve your writing are worth the pain reading the others. I suffered a lot of backlash early on, but two criticisms, very hard to take, pushed me to some extreme measures which turned very fruitful. It’s double edged because they almost made me drop the project and feel like a bad person… The advice is : - the moment criticisms are about you and not your work, just ignore and skip - ask others about those specific points (even professional or paid contractors) - keep faith, stay true to your vision, but keep learning the craft | 1 | 14,905 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcav56 | iwdil38 | 1,668,442,504 | 1,668,459,636 | 1 | 5 | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | 0 | 17,132 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcfcmn | iwdil38 | 1,668,444,338 | 1,668,459,636 | 1 | 5 | I write for me not them. | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | 0 | 15,298 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwdil38 | iwch5rr | 1,668,459,636 | 1,668,445,066 | 5 | 1 | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | I usually start with self-hate. Thinking that my writing fucking suck and no one will ever like it. | 1 | 14,570 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwdil38 | iwchj4j | 1,668,459,636 | 1,668,445,214 | 5 | 1 | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | I just tell myself this very easy truth. “It ain’t my problem.” You did your best, and many like it. Some read it and hate it. Oh well! | 1 | 14,422 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwdil38 | iwchjfp | 1,668,459,636 | 1,668,445,218 | 5 | 1 | In addition to all this great advice on here, I’d recommend reading some bad reviews of your favorite books and authors first. Like, the mean 1-star ones for famous authors and books you absolutely love. I think it might help you find some humor and perspective in anything shitty that comes your way. | Nothing brings a writer more inner peace than not reading reviews. They're not for you, anyway; they're for readers. Stay away from Goodreads in particular because it's Satan's colon, where reviewers try to out-edgy other reviewers and sharpen their mean girl claws, using gifs and melodrama and more gifs. Good luck out there! Remember, you're not alone. :) | 1 | 14,418 | 5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwccjik | iwce73x | 1,668,443,193 | 1,668,443,872 | 2 | 4 | Don't worry too much about it; even Jesus had haters. Actually, it's a good thing that someone doesn't like your work. Some people can be trolls, but for those who actually read your story and disliked it, you can take two things from it: 1. You have critical eyes pointing out means of improvement. 2. You have disturbed somebody enough just doing you. | The most beloved stories in history have loads of negative reviews. The only important thing is if you are happy with your work. If even a single other person enjoys it, well, that's just a bonus. Write for yourself 1st, your fans 2nd, and your critics never. | 0 | 679 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcav56 | iwce73x | 1,668,442,504 | 1,668,443,872 | 1 | 4 | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | The most beloved stories in history have loads of negative reviews. The only important thing is if you are happy with your work. If even a single other person enjoys it, well, that's just a bonus. Write for yourself 1st, your fans 2nd, and your critics never. | 0 | 1,368 | 4 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwccjik | iwcf641 | 1,668,443,193 | 1,668,444,265 | 2 | 3 | Don't worry too much about it; even Jesus had haters. Actually, it's a good thing that someone doesn't like your work. Some people can be trolls, but for those who actually read your story and disliked it, you can take two things from it: 1. You have critical eyes pointing out means of improvement. 2. You have disturbed somebody enough just doing you. | Writing can be a deeply personal form of expression, and letting people see the part of yourself in your writing is a lot like allowing yourself to be exposed to the world. It’s natural to feel sensitive and gravitate to the negative reactions as being potentially the unvarnished criticism that everyone is hiding behind niceties. That’s true of every review process for every kind of art from. It’s important for a creative person to see the flaws in their work that others see, to know what can be improved upon, but it’s equally important to take in the praise for what worked well. Fixation upon any single perspective of how what you have created is received is not doing justice to the whole picture of how your work is received. The vast array of genres and sub-genres of creative work means that your potential audience has people who are looking for what you can deliver, and plenty who are looking for something else. Reviews that in turn balance what was made well, and what can be improved are the more receptive and helpful reviews, because they show interest in seeing what your work could become with further refinement and practice. There are of course, trolls who take pleasure in naysaying, and those should largely be ignored. | 0 | 1,072 | 1.5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcav56 | iwcf641 | 1,668,442,504 | 1,668,444,265 | 1 | 3 | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | Writing can be a deeply personal form of expression, and letting people see the part of yourself in your writing is a lot like allowing yourself to be exposed to the world. It’s natural to feel sensitive and gravitate to the negative reactions as being potentially the unvarnished criticism that everyone is hiding behind niceties. That’s true of every review process for every kind of art from. It’s important for a creative person to see the flaws in their work that others see, to know what can be improved upon, but it’s equally important to take in the praise for what worked well. Fixation upon any single perspective of how what you have created is received is not doing justice to the whole picture of how your work is received. The vast array of genres and sub-genres of creative work means that your potential audience has people who are looking for what you can deliver, and plenty who are looking for something else. Reviews that in turn balance what was made well, and what can be improved are the more receptive and helpful reviews, because they show interest in seeing what your work could become with further refinement and practice. There are of course, trolls who take pleasure in naysaying, and those should largely be ignored. | 0 | 1,761 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcgno8 | iwccjik | 1,668,444,866 | 1,668,443,193 | 3 | 2 | Well, probably the easiest answer is to just experience it firsthand and then adapt to the sad feeling. Kinda like how you get over rejection when trying to date. There’s no easy answer or way to prep yourself, you just have to go through it and build a thicker skin, keep moving forward and telling yourself it will work out at some point. Also at least in the case of writing you can hopefully use rejection as a learning opportunity to improve your writing (assuming you were rejected based on something that can be improved on, that’s known to you). | Don't worry too much about it; even Jesus had haters. Actually, it's a good thing that someone doesn't like your work. Some people can be trolls, but for those who actually read your story and disliked it, you can take two things from it: 1. You have critical eyes pointing out means of improvement. 2. You have disturbed somebody enough just doing you. | 1 | 1,673 | 1.5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcgno8 | iwcfwr9 | 1,668,444,866 | 1,668,444,564 | 3 | 1 | Well, probably the easiest answer is to just experience it firsthand and then adapt to the sad feeling. Kinda like how you get over rejection when trying to date. There’s no easy answer or way to prep yourself, you just have to go through it and build a thicker skin, keep moving forward and telling yourself it will work out at some point. Also at least in the case of writing you can hopefully use rejection as a learning opportunity to improve your writing (assuming you were rejected based on something that can be improved on, that’s known to you). | Dude just subscribe to r/books and let the absolute state of that subreddit inform you as to how inane it would be to hope that all or even most people will enjoy your work. I read through regular threads shitting on authors like Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, Rothfuss, you name it. Nobody has any of their own work to share mind you but they'll happily be levying some pretty gnarly accusations regarding the quality of the work these authors do. So, you'll learn to do as any author does and shrug and say 'it's not for them'. All you can do buddy, I sympathize. | 1 | 302 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcgbk6 | iwcgno8 | 1,668,444,731 | 1,668,444,866 | 1 | 3 | The few % of those criticisms which are constructive and help you improve your writing are worth the pain reading the others. I suffered a lot of backlash early on, but two criticisms, very hard to take, pushed me to some extreme measures which turned very fruitful. It’s double edged because they almost made me drop the project and feel like a bad person… The advice is : - the moment criticisms are about you and not your work, just ignore and skip - ask others about those specific points (even professional or paid contractors) - keep faith, stay true to your vision, but keep learning the craft | Well, probably the easiest answer is to just experience it firsthand and then adapt to the sad feeling. Kinda like how you get over rejection when trying to date. There’s no easy answer or way to prep yourself, you just have to go through it and build a thicker skin, keep moving forward and telling yourself it will work out at some point. Also at least in the case of writing you can hopefully use rejection as a learning opportunity to improve your writing (assuming you were rejected based on something that can be improved on, that’s known to you). | 0 | 135 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcgno8 | iwcav56 | 1,668,444,866 | 1,668,442,504 | 3 | 1 | Well, probably the easiest answer is to just experience it firsthand and then adapt to the sad feeling. Kinda like how you get over rejection when trying to date. There’s no easy answer or way to prep yourself, you just have to go through it and build a thicker skin, keep moving forward and telling yourself it will work out at some point. Also at least in the case of writing you can hopefully use rejection as a learning opportunity to improve your writing (assuming you were rejected based on something that can be improved on, that’s known to you). | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | 1 | 2,362 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcgno8 | iwcfcmn | 1,668,444,866 | 1,668,444,338 | 3 | 1 | Well, probably the easiest answer is to just experience it firsthand and then adapt to the sad feeling. Kinda like how you get over rejection when trying to date. There’s no easy answer or way to prep yourself, you just have to go through it and build a thicker skin, keep moving forward and telling yourself it will work out at some point. Also at least in the case of writing you can hopefully use rejection as a learning opportunity to improve your writing (assuming you were rejected based on something that can be improved on, that’s known to you). | I write for me not them. | 1 | 528 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwciw9k | iwccjik | 1,668,445,761 | 1,668,443,193 | 3 | 2 | Not everyone loves J.R.R Tolkien, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Fonda Lee, or Patrick Rothfuss. A lot of people don't like Brandon Sandersom, and I personally think Robert Jordan's writing is wank. Write for yourself, and the people who like your writing. Fuck the haters. | Don't worry too much about it; even Jesus had haters. Actually, it's a good thing that someone doesn't like your work. Some people can be trolls, but for those who actually read your story and disliked it, you can take two things from it: 1. You have critical eyes pointing out means of improvement. 2. You have disturbed somebody enough just doing you. | 1 | 2,568 | 1.5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcfwr9 | iwciw9k | 1,668,444,564 | 1,668,445,761 | 1 | 3 | Dude just subscribe to r/books and let the absolute state of that subreddit inform you as to how inane it would be to hope that all or even most people will enjoy your work. I read through regular threads shitting on authors like Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, Rothfuss, you name it. Nobody has any of their own work to share mind you but they'll happily be levying some pretty gnarly accusations regarding the quality of the work these authors do. So, you'll learn to do as any author does and shrug and say 'it's not for them'. All you can do buddy, I sympathize. | Not everyone loves J.R.R Tolkien, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Fonda Lee, or Patrick Rothfuss. A lot of people don't like Brandon Sandersom, and I personally think Robert Jordan's writing is wank. Write for yourself, and the people who like your writing. Fuck the haters. | 0 | 1,197 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcgbk6 | iwciw9k | 1,668,444,731 | 1,668,445,761 | 1 | 3 | The few % of those criticisms which are constructive and help you improve your writing are worth the pain reading the others. I suffered a lot of backlash early on, but two criticisms, very hard to take, pushed me to some extreme measures which turned very fruitful. It’s double edged because they almost made me drop the project and feel like a bad person… The advice is : - the moment criticisms are about you and not your work, just ignore and skip - ask others about those specific points (even professional or paid contractors) - keep faith, stay true to your vision, but keep learning the craft | Not everyone loves J.R.R Tolkien, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Fonda Lee, or Patrick Rothfuss. A lot of people don't like Brandon Sandersom, and I personally think Robert Jordan's writing is wank. Write for yourself, and the people who like your writing. Fuck the haters. | 0 | 1,030 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcav56 | iwciw9k | 1,668,442,504 | 1,668,445,761 | 1 | 3 | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | Not everyone loves J.R.R Tolkien, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Fonda Lee, or Patrick Rothfuss. A lot of people don't like Brandon Sandersom, and I personally think Robert Jordan's writing is wank. Write for yourself, and the people who like your writing. Fuck the haters. | 0 | 3,257 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwciw9k | iwcfcmn | 1,668,445,761 | 1,668,444,338 | 3 | 1 | Not everyone loves J.R.R Tolkien, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Fonda Lee, or Patrick Rothfuss. A lot of people don't like Brandon Sandersom, and I personally think Robert Jordan's writing is wank. Write for yourself, and the people who like your writing. Fuck the haters. | I write for me not them. | 1 | 1,423 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwciw9k | iwch5rr | 1,668,445,761 | 1,668,445,066 | 3 | 1 | Not everyone loves J.R.R Tolkien, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Fonda Lee, or Patrick Rothfuss. A lot of people don't like Brandon Sandersom, and I personally think Robert Jordan's writing is wank. Write for yourself, and the people who like your writing. Fuck the haters. | I usually start with self-hate. Thinking that my writing fucking suck and no one will ever like it. | 1 | 695 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwciw9k | iwchj4j | 1,668,445,761 | 1,668,445,214 | 3 | 1 | Not everyone loves J.R.R Tolkien, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Fonda Lee, or Patrick Rothfuss. A lot of people don't like Brandon Sandersom, and I personally think Robert Jordan's writing is wank. Write for yourself, and the people who like your writing. Fuck the haters. | I just tell myself this very easy truth. “It ain’t my problem.” You did your best, and many like it. Some read it and hate it. Oh well! | 1 | 547 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwchjfp | iwciw9k | 1,668,445,218 | 1,668,445,761 | 1 | 3 | Nothing brings a writer more inner peace than not reading reviews. They're not for you, anyway; they're for readers. Stay away from Goodreads in particular because it's Satan's colon, where reviewers try to out-edgy other reviewers and sharpen their mean girl claws, using gifs and melodrama and more gifs. Good luck out there! Remember, you're not alone. :) | Not everyone loves J.R.R Tolkien, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Fonda Lee, or Patrick Rothfuss. A lot of people don't like Brandon Sandersom, and I personally think Robert Jordan's writing is wank. Write for yourself, and the people who like your writing. Fuck the haters. | 0 | 543 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcn25m | iwccjik | 1,668,447,399 | 1,668,443,193 | 3 | 2 | To you, your book is huge, you threw a lot of heart and effort into it. You're reasonable, you realize that's skewed, but you can't help it. None of us can, it's okay. All time-consuming, life-consuming art affects creators like this. You want to know if readers liked it, or what they hated! But, book reviews aren't for the authors. Have someone else point out good ones, if you must, but understand that we are free to express our opinions and **we do not expect you to be in the room**, so to speak. Readers are picky, those who review might be pickier, because we're busy and there are many books, and it is hard to find the ones that match our current needs. Reviews help us--and often it's the low-star ones that sell a book to someone else. So. Everyone telling you don't read reviews? They're right. Additionally, EVERY review counts on amazon, regardless of # of stars. Every review regardless of contents helps you game that system. Reviewers do you a solid by posting on sales sites. Goodreads does sell books, I can attest. :) Resist snooping, you're too likely to regret it. | Don't worry too much about it; even Jesus had haters. Actually, it's a good thing that someone doesn't like your work. Some people can be trolls, but for those who actually read your story and disliked it, you can take two things from it: 1. You have critical eyes pointing out means of improvement. 2. You have disturbed somebody enough just doing you. | 1 | 4,206 | 1.5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcfwr9 | iwcn25m | 1,668,444,564 | 1,668,447,399 | 1 | 3 | Dude just subscribe to r/books and let the absolute state of that subreddit inform you as to how inane it would be to hope that all or even most people will enjoy your work. I read through regular threads shitting on authors like Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, Rothfuss, you name it. Nobody has any of their own work to share mind you but they'll happily be levying some pretty gnarly accusations regarding the quality of the work these authors do. So, you'll learn to do as any author does and shrug and say 'it's not for them'. All you can do buddy, I sympathize. | To you, your book is huge, you threw a lot of heart and effort into it. You're reasonable, you realize that's skewed, but you can't help it. None of us can, it's okay. All time-consuming, life-consuming art affects creators like this. You want to know if readers liked it, or what they hated! But, book reviews aren't for the authors. Have someone else point out good ones, if you must, but understand that we are free to express our opinions and **we do not expect you to be in the room**, so to speak. Readers are picky, those who review might be pickier, because we're busy and there are many books, and it is hard to find the ones that match our current needs. Reviews help us--and often it's the low-star ones that sell a book to someone else. So. Everyone telling you don't read reviews? They're right. Additionally, EVERY review counts on amazon, regardless of # of stars. Every review regardless of contents helps you game that system. Reviewers do you a solid by posting on sales sites. Goodreads does sell books, I can attest. :) Resist snooping, you're too likely to regret it. | 0 | 2,835 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcn25m | iwcgbk6 | 1,668,447,399 | 1,668,444,731 | 3 | 1 | To you, your book is huge, you threw a lot of heart and effort into it. You're reasonable, you realize that's skewed, but you can't help it. None of us can, it's okay. All time-consuming, life-consuming art affects creators like this. You want to know if readers liked it, or what they hated! But, book reviews aren't for the authors. Have someone else point out good ones, if you must, but understand that we are free to express our opinions and **we do not expect you to be in the room**, so to speak. Readers are picky, those who review might be pickier, because we're busy and there are many books, and it is hard to find the ones that match our current needs. Reviews help us--and often it's the low-star ones that sell a book to someone else. So. Everyone telling you don't read reviews? They're right. Additionally, EVERY review counts on amazon, regardless of # of stars. Every review regardless of contents helps you game that system. Reviewers do you a solid by posting on sales sites. Goodreads does sell books, I can attest. :) Resist snooping, you're too likely to regret it. | The few % of those criticisms which are constructive and help you improve your writing are worth the pain reading the others. I suffered a lot of backlash early on, but two criticisms, very hard to take, pushed me to some extreme measures which turned very fruitful. It’s double edged because they almost made me drop the project and feel like a bad person… The advice is : - the moment criticisms are about you and not your work, just ignore and skip - ask others about those specific points (even professional or paid contractors) - keep faith, stay true to your vision, but keep learning the craft | 1 | 2,668 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcn25m | iwcav56 | 1,668,447,399 | 1,668,442,504 | 3 | 1 | To you, your book is huge, you threw a lot of heart and effort into it. You're reasonable, you realize that's skewed, but you can't help it. None of us can, it's okay. All time-consuming, life-consuming art affects creators like this. You want to know if readers liked it, or what they hated! But, book reviews aren't for the authors. Have someone else point out good ones, if you must, but understand that we are free to express our opinions and **we do not expect you to be in the room**, so to speak. Readers are picky, those who review might be pickier, because we're busy and there are many books, and it is hard to find the ones that match our current needs. Reviews help us--and often it's the low-star ones that sell a book to someone else. So. Everyone telling you don't read reviews? They're right. Additionally, EVERY review counts on amazon, regardless of # of stars. Every review regardless of contents helps you game that system. Reviewers do you a solid by posting on sales sites. Goodreads does sell books, I can attest. :) Resist snooping, you're too likely to regret it. | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | 1 | 4,895 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcn25m | iwcfcmn | 1,668,447,399 | 1,668,444,338 | 3 | 1 | To you, your book is huge, you threw a lot of heart and effort into it. You're reasonable, you realize that's skewed, but you can't help it. None of us can, it's okay. All time-consuming, life-consuming art affects creators like this. You want to know if readers liked it, or what they hated! But, book reviews aren't for the authors. Have someone else point out good ones, if you must, but understand that we are free to express our opinions and **we do not expect you to be in the room**, so to speak. Readers are picky, those who review might be pickier, because we're busy and there are many books, and it is hard to find the ones that match our current needs. Reviews help us--and often it's the low-star ones that sell a book to someone else. So. Everyone telling you don't read reviews? They're right. Additionally, EVERY review counts on amazon, regardless of # of stars. Every review regardless of contents helps you game that system. Reviewers do you a solid by posting on sales sites. Goodreads does sell books, I can attest. :) Resist snooping, you're too likely to regret it. | I write for me not them. | 1 | 3,061 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwch5rr | iwcn25m | 1,668,445,066 | 1,668,447,399 | 1 | 3 | I usually start with self-hate. Thinking that my writing fucking suck and no one will ever like it. | To you, your book is huge, you threw a lot of heart and effort into it. You're reasonable, you realize that's skewed, but you can't help it. None of us can, it's okay. All time-consuming, life-consuming art affects creators like this. You want to know if readers liked it, or what they hated! But, book reviews aren't for the authors. Have someone else point out good ones, if you must, but understand that we are free to express our opinions and **we do not expect you to be in the room**, so to speak. Readers are picky, those who review might be pickier, because we're busy and there are many books, and it is hard to find the ones that match our current needs. Reviews help us--and often it's the low-star ones that sell a book to someone else. So. Everyone telling you don't read reviews? They're right. Additionally, EVERY review counts on amazon, regardless of # of stars. Every review regardless of contents helps you game that system. Reviewers do you a solid by posting on sales sites. Goodreads does sell books, I can attest. :) Resist snooping, you're too likely to regret it. | 0 | 2,333 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcn25m | iwchj4j | 1,668,447,399 | 1,668,445,214 | 3 | 1 | To you, your book is huge, you threw a lot of heart and effort into it. You're reasonable, you realize that's skewed, but you can't help it. None of us can, it's okay. All time-consuming, life-consuming art affects creators like this. You want to know if readers liked it, or what they hated! But, book reviews aren't for the authors. Have someone else point out good ones, if you must, but understand that we are free to express our opinions and **we do not expect you to be in the room**, so to speak. Readers are picky, those who review might be pickier, because we're busy and there are many books, and it is hard to find the ones that match our current needs. Reviews help us--and often it's the low-star ones that sell a book to someone else. So. Everyone telling you don't read reviews? They're right. Additionally, EVERY review counts on amazon, regardless of # of stars. Every review regardless of contents helps you game that system. Reviewers do you a solid by posting on sales sites. Goodreads does sell books, I can attest. :) Resist snooping, you're too likely to regret it. | I just tell myself this very easy truth. “It ain’t my problem.” You did your best, and many like it. Some read it and hate it. Oh well! | 1 | 2,185 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwchjfp | iwcn25m | 1,668,445,218 | 1,668,447,399 | 1 | 3 | Nothing brings a writer more inner peace than not reading reviews. They're not for you, anyway; they're for readers. Stay away from Goodreads in particular because it's Satan's colon, where reviewers try to out-edgy other reviewers and sharpen their mean girl claws, using gifs and melodrama and more gifs. Good luck out there! Remember, you're not alone. :) | To you, your book is huge, you threw a lot of heart and effort into it. You're reasonable, you realize that's skewed, but you can't help it. None of us can, it's okay. All time-consuming, life-consuming art affects creators like this. You want to know if readers liked it, or what they hated! But, book reviews aren't for the authors. Have someone else point out good ones, if you must, but understand that we are free to express our opinions and **we do not expect you to be in the room**, so to speak. Readers are picky, those who review might be pickier, because we're busy and there are many books, and it is hard to find the ones that match our current needs. Reviews help us--and often it's the low-star ones that sell a book to someone else. So. Everyone telling you don't read reviews? They're right. Additionally, EVERY review counts on amazon, regardless of # of stars. Every review regardless of contents helps you game that system. Reviewers do you a solid by posting on sales sites. Goodreads does sell books, I can attest. :) Resist snooping, you're too likely to regret it. | 0 | 2,181 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwccjik | iwd4lyi | 1,668,443,193 | 1,668,454,205 | 2 | 3 | Don't worry too much about it; even Jesus had haters. Actually, it's a good thing that someone doesn't like your work. Some people can be trolls, but for those who actually read your story and disliked it, you can take two things from it: 1. You have critical eyes pointing out means of improvement. 2. You have disturbed somebody enough just doing you. | Shawshank Redemption is the top-rated film on IMDb, and it has 40,000 one-star reviews. That's a whole baseball stadium full of people that hated what most people loved. If you wrote something marginally controversial... then 1-5% of the public will hate it. And they'll be just as loud as the 90% who love it. Market to your people. People who read books like yours. Don't be afraid to ask readers to leave a review. Build your social media presence. Your email list. Once you get 200+ reviews on a book, then it's easy to brush off the occasional negative review because the 1-star doesn't bring down the rating. If you traditionally publish, your publisher will help build the right buzz. | 0 | 11,012 | 1.5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwd4lyi | iwcul8a | 1,668,454,205 | 1,668,450,319 | 3 | 2 | Shawshank Redemption is the top-rated film on IMDb, and it has 40,000 one-star reviews. That's a whole baseball stadium full of people that hated what most people loved. If you wrote something marginally controversial... then 1-5% of the public will hate it. And they'll be just as loud as the 90% who love it. Market to your people. People who read books like yours. Don't be afraid to ask readers to leave a review. Build your social media presence. Your email list. Once you get 200+ reviews on a book, then it's easy to brush off the occasional negative review because the 1-star doesn't bring down the rating. If you traditionally publish, your publisher will help build the right buzz. | Negative reviews are good for the soul. They keep you from getting a gigantic ego, and they may point out some flaws in your writing that even your editors miss. They should also give a goal to strive for: winning over the people who didn’t like your previous work. | 1 | 3,886 | 1.5 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcfwr9 | iwd4lyi | 1,668,444,564 | 1,668,454,205 | 1 | 3 | Dude just subscribe to r/books and let the absolute state of that subreddit inform you as to how inane it would be to hope that all or even most people will enjoy your work. I read through regular threads shitting on authors like Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, Rothfuss, you name it. Nobody has any of their own work to share mind you but they'll happily be levying some pretty gnarly accusations regarding the quality of the work these authors do. So, you'll learn to do as any author does and shrug and say 'it's not for them'. All you can do buddy, I sympathize. | Shawshank Redemption is the top-rated film on IMDb, and it has 40,000 one-star reviews. That's a whole baseball stadium full of people that hated what most people loved. If you wrote something marginally controversial... then 1-5% of the public will hate it. And they'll be just as loud as the 90% who love it. Market to your people. People who read books like yours. Don't be afraid to ask readers to leave a review. Build your social media presence. Your email list. Once you get 200+ reviews on a book, then it's easy to brush off the occasional negative review because the 1-star doesn't bring down the rating. If you traditionally publish, your publisher will help build the right buzz. | 0 | 9,641 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwd4lyi | iwcgbk6 | 1,668,454,205 | 1,668,444,731 | 3 | 1 | Shawshank Redemption is the top-rated film on IMDb, and it has 40,000 one-star reviews. That's a whole baseball stadium full of people that hated what most people loved. If you wrote something marginally controversial... then 1-5% of the public will hate it. And they'll be just as loud as the 90% who love it. Market to your people. People who read books like yours. Don't be afraid to ask readers to leave a review. Build your social media presence. Your email list. Once you get 200+ reviews on a book, then it's easy to brush off the occasional negative review because the 1-star doesn't bring down the rating. If you traditionally publish, your publisher will help build the right buzz. | The few % of those criticisms which are constructive and help you improve your writing are worth the pain reading the others. I suffered a lot of backlash early on, but two criticisms, very hard to take, pushed me to some extreme measures which turned very fruitful. It’s double edged because they almost made me drop the project and feel like a bad person… The advice is : - the moment criticisms are about you and not your work, just ignore and skip - ask others about those specific points (even professional or paid contractors) - keep faith, stay true to your vision, but keep learning the craft | 1 | 9,474 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwd4lyi | iwcav56 | 1,668,454,205 | 1,668,442,504 | 3 | 1 | Shawshank Redemption is the top-rated film on IMDb, and it has 40,000 one-star reviews. That's a whole baseball stadium full of people that hated what most people loved. If you wrote something marginally controversial... then 1-5% of the public will hate it. And they'll be just as loud as the 90% who love it. Market to your people. People who read books like yours. Don't be afraid to ask readers to leave a review. Build your social media presence. Your email list. Once you get 200+ reviews on a book, then it's easy to brush off the occasional negative review because the 1-star doesn't bring down the rating. If you traditionally publish, your publisher will help build the right buzz. | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | 1 | 11,701 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcfcmn | iwd4lyi | 1,668,444,338 | 1,668,454,205 | 1 | 3 | I write for me not them. | Shawshank Redemption is the top-rated film on IMDb, and it has 40,000 one-star reviews. That's a whole baseball stadium full of people that hated what most people loved. If you wrote something marginally controversial... then 1-5% of the public will hate it. And they'll be just as loud as the 90% who love it. Market to your people. People who read books like yours. Don't be afraid to ask readers to leave a review. Build your social media presence. Your email list. Once you get 200+ reviews on a book, then it's easy to brush off the occasional negative review because the 1-star doesn't bring down the rating. If you traditionally publish, your publisher will help build the right buzz. | 0 | 9,867 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwch5rr | iwd4lyi | 1,668,445,066 | 1,668,454,205 | 1 | 3 | I usually start with self-hate. Thinking that my writing fucking suck and no one will ever like it. | Shawshank Redemption is the top-rated film on IMDb, and it has 40,000 one-star reviews. That's a whole baseball stadium full of people that hated what most people loved. If you wrote something marginally controversial... then 1-5% of the public will hate it. And they'll be just as loud as the 90% who love it. Market to your people. People who read books like yours. Don't be afraid to ask readers to leave a review. Build your social media presence. Your email list. Once you get 200+ reviews on a book, then it's easy to brush off the occasional negative review because the 1-star doesn't bring down the rating. If you traditionally publish, your publisher will help build the right buzz. | 0 | 9,139 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwd4lyi | iwchj4j | 1,668,454,205 | 1,668,445,214 | 3 | 1 | Shawshank Redemption is the top-rated film on IMDb, and it has 40,000 one-star reviews. That's a whole baseball stadium full of people that hated what most people loved. If you wrote something marginally controversial... then 1-5% of the public will hate it. And they'll be just as loud as the 90% who love it. Market to your people. People who read books like yours. Don't be afraid to ask readers to leave a review. Build your social media presence. Your email list. Once you get 200+ reviews on a book, then it's easy to brush off the occasional negative review because the 1-star doesn't bring down the rating. If you traditionally publish, your publisher will help build the right buzz. | I just tell myself this very easy truth. “It ain’t my problem.” You did your best, and many like it. Some read it and hate it. Oh well! | 1 | 8,991 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwd4lyi | iwchjfp | 1,668,454,205 | 1,668,445,218 | 3 | 1 | Shawshank Redemption is the top-rated film on IMDb, and it has 40,000 one-star reviews. That's a whole baseball stadium full of people that hated what most people loved. If you wrote something marginally controversial... then 1-5% of the public will hate it. And they'll be just as loud as the 90% who love it. Market to your people. People who read books like yours. Don't be afraid to ask readers to leave a review. Build your social media presence. Your email list. Once you get 200+ reviews on a book, then it's easy to brush off the occasional negative review because the 1-star doesn't bring down the rating. If you traditionally publish, your publisher will help build the right buzz. | Nothing brings a writer more inner peace than not reading reviews. They're not for you, anyway; they're for readers. Stay away from Goodreads in particular because it's Satan's colon, where reviewers try to out-edgy other reviewers and sharpen their mean girl claws, using gifs and melodrama and more gifs. Good luck out there! Remember, you're not alone. :) | 1 | 8,987 | 3 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwccjik | iwcav56 | 1,668,443,193 | 1,668,442,504 | 2 | 1 | Don't worry too much about it; even Jesus had haters. Actually, it's a good thing that someone doesn't like your work. Some people can be trolls, but for those who actually read your story and disliked it, you can take two things from it: 1. You have critical eyes pointing out means of improvement. 2. You have disturbed somebody enough just doing you. | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | 1 | 689 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcfwr9 | iwcul8a | 1,668,444,564 | 1,668,450,319 | 1 | 2 | Dude just subscribe to r/books and let the absolute state of that subreddit inform you as to how inane it would be to hope that all or even most people will enjoy your work. I read through regular threads shitting on authors like Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, Rothfuss, you name it. Nobody has any of their own work to share mind you but they'll happily be levying some pretty gnarly accusations regarding the quality of the work these authors do. So, you'll learn to do as any author does and shrug and say 'it's not for them'. All you can do buddy, I sympathize. | Negative reviews are good for the soul. They keep you from getting a gigantic ego, and they may point out some flaws in your writing that even your editors miss. They should also give a goal to strive for: winning over the people who didn’t like your previous work. | 0 | 5,755 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcul8a | iwcgbk6 | 1,668,450,319 | 1,668,444,731 | 2 | 1 | Negative reviews are good for the soul. They keep you from getting a gigantic ego, and they may point out some flaws in your writing that even your editors miss. They should also give a goal to strive for: winning over the people who didn’t like your previous work. | The few % of those criticisms which are constructive and help you improve your writing are worth the pain reading the others. I suffered a lot of backlash early on, but two criticisms, very hard to take, pushed me to some extreme measures which turned very fruitful. It’s double edged because they almost made me drop the project and feel like a bad person… The advice is : - the moment criticisms are about you and not your work, just ignore and skip - ask others about those specific points (even professional or paid contractors) - keep faith, stay true to your vision, but keep learning the craft | 1 | 5,588 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcul8a | iwcav56 | 1,668,450,319 | 1,668,442,504 | 2 | 1 | Negative reviews are good for the soul. They keep you from getting a gigantic ego, and they may point out some flaws in your writing that even your editors miss. They should also give a goal to strive for: winning over the people who didn’t like your previous work. | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | 1 | 7,815 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcul8a | iwcfcmn | 1,668,450,319 | 1,668,444,338 | 2 | 1 | Negative reviews are good for the soul. They keep you from getting a gigantic ego, and they may point out some flaws in your writing that even your editors miss. They should also give a goal to strive for: winning over the people who didn’t like your previous work. | I write for me not them. | 1 | 5,981 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcul8a | iwch5rr | 1,668,450,319 | 1,668,445,066 | 2 | 1 | Negative reviews are good for the soul. They keep you from getting a gigantic ego, and they may point out some flaws in your writing that even your editors miss. They should also give a goal to strive for: winning over the people who didn’t like your previous work. | I usually start with self-hate. Thinking that my writing fucking suck and no one will ever like it. | 1 | 5,253 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcul8a | iwchj4j | 1,668,450,319 | 1,668,445,214 | 2 | 1 | Negative reviews are good for the soul. They keep you from getting a gigantic ego, and they may point out some flaws in your writing that even your editors miss. They should also give a goal to strive for: winning over the people who didn’t like your previous work. | I just tell myself this very easy truth. “It ain’t my problem.” You did your best, and many like it. Some read it and hate it. Oh well! | 1 | 5,105 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwchjfp | iwcul8a | 1,668,445,218 | 1,668,450,319 | 1 | 2 | Nothing brings a writer more inner peace than not reading reviews. They're not for you, anyway; they're for readers. Stay away from Goodreads in particular because it's Satan's colon, where reviewers try to out-edgy other reviewers and sharpen their mean girl claws, using gifs and melodrama and more gifs. Good luck out there! Remember, you're not alone. :) | Negative reviews are good for the soul. They keep you from getting a gigantic ego, and they may point out some flaws in your writing that even your editors miss. They should also give a goal to strive for: winning over the people who didn’t like your previous work. | 0 | 5,101 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwdjdaf | iwcfwr9 | 1,668,459,942 | 1,668,444,564 | 2 | 1 | I really don't know, I have the same fear... | Dude just subscribe to r/books and let the absolute state of that subreddit inform you as to how inane it would be to hope that all or even most people will enjoy your work. I read through regular threads shitting on authors like Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, Rothfuss, you name it. Nobody has any of their own work to share mind you but they'll happily be levying some pretty gnarly accusations regarding the quality of the work these authors do. So, you'll learn to do as any author does and shrug and say 'it's not for them'. All you can do buddy, I sympathize. | 1 | 15,378 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwdjdaf | iwcgbk6 | 1,668,459,942 | 1,668,444,731 | 2 | 1 | I really don't know, I have the same fear... | The few % of those criticisms which are constructive and help you improve your writing are worth the pain reading the others. I suffered a lot of backlash early on, but two criticisms, very hard to take, pushed me to some extreme measures which turned very fruitful. It’s double edged because they almost made me drop the project and feel like a bad person… The advice is : - the moment criticisms are about you and not your work, just ignore and skip - ask others about those specific points (even professional or paid contractors) - keep faith, stay true to your vision, but keep learning the craft | 1 | 15,211 | 2 | ||
yv336k | writing_train | 0.92 | How to accept that not everyone will love your work? Hello, sorry if that question sounds rather juvenile or if it's not in the right place, but allow me to explain. I guess I have already accepted that not everyone will love my upcoming novel, which is an NA/Fantasy piece with a lot of darker aspects. Not everyone loves fantasy, of course! And not everyone loves explicit violence, which is completely understandable. But, there's still a pit in stomach when I think of it going live and that, eventually, it will get mediocre or 'meh' reviews, from people who actually enjoy the genre. I know what most will say - the writing world is hugely subjective, it's impossible to cater to everyone. And to that I say, you are correct! But, when I look at other pieces of work somewhat similar to mine, and read the reviews, most of them have outpouring love and are focusing on the good of the work. Yes, there are definitely some two or three star reviews on almost every piece of work I have went through, even work I have personally loved, but I feel my novel is less than a mere month away from being the best it can possibly be, once edits are finished (several years in the making, with a ton of beta readers). So, how does one brace for those eventual 'bad' reviews emotionally? (I am a little sensitive, as you can tell, lol). | iwcav56 | iwdjdaf | 1,668,442,504 | 1,668,459,942 | 1 | 2 | I did that when I saw my first reviews. Seeing that some people didn't get the most normal thing everyone would get made me realize not everyone is going to even start understanding my creation yet like it. Some may like it but don't really understand correctly. Tbt, writing as of today isn't anything more than a hobby with some inncome. That is if you don't make it to be famous enough to do adaptions of your writing in media like animations, comics, movies and... | I really don't know, I have the same fear... | 0 | 17,438 | 2 |
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