This... is a rant. It's full of sarcasm, vitriol and deep seated annoyance
I post products of my creativity on these forums. I don't know if anyone's noticed, but I do. In fact I've actually been posting a script for a half hour hard-boiled detective show with dinosaurs. That could be a great read. Some people on this forum have read it, but if I didn't watch the 'views' count, I wouldn't know, because apparently the people reading my stuf have no hands! So ofcourse they can't type a response or critique or even a simple little comment. It's amazing they are even able to log in.
I also write short stories. Again, the same issue hits me square between the eyes. Granted, after the second story, I got a good flurry of responses, which was fantastic. But then I wrote another story and got no feedback. Then I wrote another story and got no feedback. then I wrote another story and got no feedback. Then I wrote another story and got no feedback. On one of them I even wrote
I would like to know if anyone is actually reading this stuff... probably not.
A while ago, I had a poetry thread, and it was a great thread. I'm rather proud of what I wrote and indeed used half of them in my first year university assignment, getting a first. 14 out of 15 marks. How many people read it?... One person... Aquawolf. I am massively grateful for his comments and support, and indeed when he left, I posted nine poems before I realized that he isnt coming back and nobody else is reading. In fact the last post said
yikes, havent done this in ages... probably cus i was distracted... doesnt matter anyway, nobody reads this stuff.
Now my art thread has had far more activity and I thank you all for that, but when I go through 6 posts without anyone saying anything... well... it starts to get a bit familiar.
The main reason I post these things is to get feedback, to get praise, to get criticism, to get anything at all. It doesnt matter if it's scathing unfounded attacks or gushing highly exaggerated praise. I do not post them to find a silent audience. I'm not asking every person to reply to every word I've written, but at least something, anything. I'm just sick of this.
You know what, I'm done with posting stories on this site when I get nothing out of it. I'm done.