Stories that left you disappointed for a reason

[yourstalkeroutside]

The defensiveness and the username are what led me to believe this. If the username wasn't aggressive, like the author when they're upset, then I wouldn't have ever thought it was the author, friend of theirs and or another author. People in this thread have assumed accounts are authors for way less. Another hint for me is that iirc the defender also assumes a lot of other peoples finances just like the author. It comes from a place of privilege where in the authors words, it's only $5. Different currencies exist and not everyone is able to freely spend $5. Regardless of whether or not these people want to pay for their patreon, many of them cannot. It could just be a fan who spewed the same talking points in defense of them and promptly left but it's not a big deal. Just posting something I thought about.

TBH it would explain why they got so defensive when I said that money shouldn't be your only motivation when it comes to writing.

 

[seneya]

money shouldn't be your only motivation when it comes to writing

tbh I feel like more are writing for attention (likes / comments) than money. Then they see that attention can be converted into money via patreon followers... But it does feel odd to see a new author with a new WiP with a single chapter posted already launch a patreon.
Many (most?) would likely not keep at it if there's no attention.

 

[Harwoof]

tbh I feel like more are writing for attention (likes / comments) than money. Then they see that attention can be converted into money via patreon followers... But it does feel odd to see a new author with a new WiP with a single chapter posted already launch a patreon.
Many (most?) would likely not keep at it if there's no attention.

It was another make 1 chapter. Go patreon release s1htty smut, lore and romance tidbids once in a month and earn money type shill. We have a lot of them these days.

Daoimmerser, cultivatoranon, nicky(even though I hate poma) and numberedentity are the only exceptions who keep up the grind despite having a patreon and decent success. Else ripping off your patrons has become a norm.

 

[seneya]

Daoimmerser, cultivatoranon, nicky

funny how these are all martial arts ifs lol. a true martial artist keeps grinding no matter what!

 

[Serpent]

TBH it would explain why they got so defensive when I said that money shouldn't be your only motivation when it comes to writing.

What account was it though I only recall that one account on here that defended CC Hill which is insane, but yeah, aside from that I don't recall this event

 

[Serpent]

It was another make 1 chapter. Go patreon release s1htty smut, lore and romance tidbids once in a month and earn money type shill. We have a lot of them these days.

Daoimmerser, cultivatoranon, nicky(even though I hate poma) and numberedentity are the only exceptions who keep up the grind despite having a patreon and decent success. Else ripping off your patrons has become a norm.

Pretty much, yeah

 

[seneya]

What account was it though

I think it was the God-Cursed author? But I might be misremembering
She made a big post on tumblr afterwards and the demo password was changed to something like "itsonly4fuckingdollars"

 

[Serpent]

I think it was the God-Cursed author? But I might be misremembering
She made a big post on tumblr afterwards and the demo password was changed to something like "itsonly4fuckingdollars"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA yeeeaaah, it was that bich aight Tell me you made a fake account on a pirating website to be a little *****, without telling me you did it

 

[seneya]

Nah but really, I do wonder: if no money and no attention, how many would continue writing just because they like the process and want to tell their story?

 

[Harwoof]

Nah but really, I do wonder: if no money and no attention, how many would continue writing just because they like the process and want to tell their story?

Pre patreon era authors used to do that and mainly depended on final sales for money.
That was unironically when we got the most gems and most releases every year. After patreon's success we have more wips than ever and barely any yearly releases.

 

[Serpent]

Nah but really, I do wonder: if no money and no attention, how many would continue writing just because they like the process and want to tell their story?

I think L was actually talking about this at one point And personally, I don't even think it's the money, but rather the attention, though tbf money is the case for a majority of writers

 

[Serpent]

Pre patreon era authors used to do that and mainly depended on final sales for money.
That was unironically when we got the most gems and most releases every year. After patreon's success we have more wips than ever and barely any yearly releases.

That's true, because IFs back then were considered like regular games. You wanted to profit off of it? You have to make the whole thing
But with the rise of Wayhaven, CC and others, yeah, they made the blueprint for this bs

 

[Serpent]

Nah but really, I do wonder: if no money and no attention, how many would continue writing just because they like the process and want to tell their story?

But to answer your question, I think maybe a tiny handful of authors, who are either the older ones who came before the whole patreon thing, or the ones truly passionate about it

 

[seneya]

maybe a tiny handful of authors, who

...might also feel like failures next to the big ones pulling in a ton of attention, and money off patreon smut.
World ain't fair, man. and audiences are also a part of the problem