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Re: How do authors deal with feeling discouraged?

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt
I've never messed with fill posts all that much. Some of the ones on other memes I've been on are ridiculously clunky, so I stopped. As a result I haven't look at this one yet, so I don't know what it's like. But perhaps I'm not alone?

I also think right now there's a lo of enthusiasm for prompting and, well, for chasing the next sensation and getting the next idea out for everyone to exclaim over, if that makes any sense. So maybe there's less focus on filling atm. Perhaps more frequent prompt freezes would help?

Re: How do authors deal with feeling discouraged?

[(Anonymous)]

*lot of enthusiasm

Re: How do authors deal with feeling discouraged?

[(Anonymous)]

Fills that HAVE been linked on the fills post are also getting minimal response. It's not that people aren't using it, it's that using it makes no difference. People are on this meme to prompt and second, and are not that bothered to read or respond to fills. It's just another long thing to scroll past so they can post another prompt.

Re: How do authors deal with feeling discouraged?

[(Anonymous)]

Well, yes, I agree with you about the focus on prompting. But what I meant about the fills post is that I as a reader don't often check them to see if new prompts have been filled. I tend to have rather slapdash approach to looking for fills, I'll admit. But I may not be the only one. :) But really, I think the focus right now is on prompting and little else and that has to change somehow.

Re: How do authors deal with feeling discouraged?

[(Anonymous)]

Where are you seeing this? A lot of the fills I've read have responses from the OP and other anons.

If you're upset that one fill has 10 responses and another has 2, that's just how it goes. Not every fill is going to get a lot of responses and it might be because non-OP readers don't like that pairing or kink, not for any malicious intent.

Re: How do authors deal with feeling discouraged?

[(Anonymous)]

To be honest, if ten is considered a lot, then this meme is not doing well.

Re: How do authors deal with feeling discouraged?

[(Anonymous)]

I just used ten as an example, but that seems to be the average number of replies.

Really, though, I think it's just that the fandom is so large that there are multiple places for people to get prompts so this kink meme isn't considered the go-to place. I don't know how highly publicized the meme was in the first place. I only found it because I'm old school and always look for prompt memes when I get into a new fandom.

Re: How do authors deal with feeling discouraged?

[(Anonymous)]

+1

I've seen fills on smaller-fandom kinkmemes with 20+ comments. Something is wrong with the force here.

Re: How do authors deal with feeling discouraged?

[(Anonymous)]

More like one fill has 5 responses and ten others have none.

Re: How do authors deal with feeling discouraged?

[(Anonymous)]

the tens are mostly on troll-fills and purposeful badfic.

Re: How do authors deal with feeling discouraged?

[(Anonymous)]

No, a lot of them are on first round fill in the first week or two of the meme. Unless we're considering "This is great!" or "I loved this!" to be trolling comments now.