NingZuoYouXiaYu Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa omgg you make me blush !!!! You are too kind, seriouslyyy.

I totally agree with you (again)! Maybe because I came from fanfic origins too? hehe

I even think of myself as very self centered at times & I'm seriously trying to change it & become a better person. Interacting with my readers helps a lot.

NingZuoYouXiaYu The truth is, we do not realize how much readers actually care about our stories. We only look at things from our perspective

I have to admit that I'm guilty of doing this a looot in the past. (Looking at some of the old responses I have seriously make me cringe because I sound so entitled/arrogant). I think what you said-- how it's about bringing these two groups of people (readers & writers) together-- is so true. You word it a lot better than I do though :joy:

      i actually want my readers to talk to me to give me encouragement and tell me where I should improve .i am a first-time writer and have always had trouble sharing my writing. this is a major step for me. I barely even graduated from school. So I write how I talk. I would like for the readers to tell me which characters they like and which ones we can do without.

        Snowin Because it's true? There are no positives for me to focus on at all.

        Also, what story of mine has a 4.3 rating? Are you sure you got the right author? The only story I have that has a rating only has a rating of 2.3. Did you make some mistake?

            Tomoyuki OMG. Did you just delete all your reviews to get your rating down to 2.3 ?

            How come you have 12 reviews now? Are you mad?????

                whoknowwhat What are you talking about? I always had a rating of 2.3 and only 12 reviews. Nothing changed at all.

                    Tomoyuki Whenever I read your post, I sometimes wonder if you're just asking people for sympathy (because almost all your posts are like self-pity galore) or if that's truly what you think of yourself (which is sad) or if you're just simply trolling us. 😅 Sorry if that offends you. 😣

                        Sighgray It is truly what I think of myself. I have often been told by readers and friends that I don't deserve to live and I should just kill myself because I'm such a failure. They are correct. I have done absolutely nothing in my life that I can be proud of, I have not achieved anything I can confidently call a "success," and I recognize that I am a worthless human being who is a waste of space and resources. Ghosty and all the other writers are right. I am nothing but a shame on all the other authors here, and should just rid the world of me before I make even more people such as Snowin or ShaneM25 angry.

                        The only reason why I haven't killed myself yet is because of my family, but I'm starting to reconsider because I have been nothing but a financial and emotional burden to them throughout my entire life.

                            Tomoyuki im not angry. Its just annoying and uncomfortable to see you always post the same things. If you truly feel this way, webnovel's forum isn't the place for you to tell yourself you're a failure. Talk with your friends and family. Talk with people that are close to you. You need a mindset change, and a goal to accomplish.
                            Obviously, its easier said than done but constantly telling yourself about your failures is worthless. You need a positive mindset; start by complimenting your success's and throw away the failures.
                            Im not an expert, so its just some words of advice. Hope that helps, Good luck.

                                Tomoyuki well, you definitely shouldn't listen to people on the internet, that's for certain. But I'm also another person on the internet, so you don't have to listen to me either
                                edit: that doesn't sound like a friend, just saying

                                    Wow, I'm happy that this thread of mine has become such a healthy place of discussion. Thank you so much, everyone, for participating in the thread~~~

                                    Snowin It is indeed pathetic. However, before you nag at him, you should first look at it from another perspective. Picture in your mind an ambitious writer trying to make a name for himself. He would reply to every comment, review, and would communicate with his readers. One day, he received a negative comment. 'It's normal to receive a negative comment.' He thought. However, a time came where he only received negative comments. 'This isn't normal anymore... Is my book... really that bad?' He thought. As the negative comments increased, he slowly started to believe the comments to be true. It's a psychological effect that happens when the more you are exposed to something, the more you believe it to be true. Thereafter, he started to believe that his book is bad. It doesn't matter if someone complimented his book as he would almost always regard that compliment to be false, that someone only complimented him to cheer him up.

                                    I don't know if that is what Tomoyuki really experienced, but I myself could relate to what he's been going through (In fact, what I wrote above was my own experience).

                                    In conclusion: Repeated exposure to negative comments could lead to an author to think that his work that he tirelssly created day and night, is nothing but utter garbage.

                                    Maybe... the reason why Tomoyuki is always ranting in the forums is because he thought that if he did, he might see someone that has a similar experience to him as well. This is a forum for writers, and he thought that he has much higher chances of meeting a kindred spirit if he ranted in it.

                                    But hey, that's just theory. A film theory!

                                    (Sorry for the long post.)

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