User blog comment:KoopaKidJr./Something I Need To Get Off My Chest! PLEASE READ!!!/@comment-1874924-20100422024952

Koops, I'm one of the "guilty" parties that haven't read your stories--not because I'm shunning you or anyone else, but because I really don't have time to read long stories right now. My vocabulary and comprehension have always been excellent, but my reading speed is about 2 steps above "glacial". (The Slow gene runs in my family.)

Furthermore, I'll confess that my preference is generally for noncompetition stories with canon characters in central roles, although I am hoping to get to some competition stories within a few weeks. (I've started TD Infinity, but haven't gotten very far yet.)

As for your stories getting no feedback, I (partly) feel your pain. I currently have 2 stories posted. Legacy is getting plenty of love, but my Fake Souls chapter has gotten no feedback at all, except from people whom I have directly asked for their impressions. (I found this especially curious, because I used a device that I was sure would have moved someone to comment, even if they didn't like it.) Furthermore, because my FS chapter is part of an anthology, as opposed to being a standalone story, I can't even use the Most Visited Pages listing to see what kind of traffic it's getting.

In response to a point that Emmy and Shane made, it's all very well to be here because we like writing; but it's harder to improve if we have no feedback on what people think of our writing. (Of course, it's patently unreasonable to expect everyone to comment on every story they read, but still...)

For an example of this, I turn once again to my FS chapter. When I asked Spenny what he thought of it, he told me that he didn't much like it--and, more importantly, he told me why. One of the beauties of the wiki format is that we can go back and make revisions, so I tweaked the story to address his criticism, and now he likes it. (And, to be honest, I think the revisions do improve the story.)