Offensive Bias: I used to be like you TM, because when I started, everyone replied. And I loved the attention. It gets to your head, it makes you feel unloved and uncared for if you don't get as many readers. Your first FF got a lot of attention, it went to your head, and now you're still in the stages of feeling disheartened. But, I remembered a little thing Chuckles told me (Or was it Vigil?) Don't write for the people. Write for yourself. As long as you enjoy what you write, who cares who comments? It all comes down to whether or not YOU! like your writing. Remember that TM, because it's all true. Even though it took me a whole year to realise. And I have been busy over at HWjunkies, I moderate the Library there soooo. Yeah.
You have a talent. Don't let it go to waste because of a lack of interest from the public. I for one, would be honoured to track this FF. I would have wrote something last wek if not for a sever lack of imagination due to real life issues. I'm losing my hair over stress. But, I promised Vigil that I would write something by next week. And I have almost finished another installment of my halo epic.
Offensive this lightened my mood a little, if I have been a little arrogant lately I am sorry. But in one way you sort of proved my point.
Isolation was not my first FF, Remnants was, it was so unnoticed in the forums that few even acknowlegded its existence. You probaly read it, well at least some of it. But I didn't give up there, I wrote Isolation, and got praise from it. I took this praise and tried to write others. All of which died soon after their prologues.
I have not meant to be like Socom, who I watched as he slowly announced himself as a great writer after 1 successful story. It was annoying to see fame go to someone's head, and if this has happened to me I was blind to it, for self-reflection is not my greatest area.
And I do not blame you for not writing, everyone has stressful periods in their life. You have established yourself as a great writer, so you can easily take a break from writing and your stories will still saty on the first page, but my stories die easily. I am not by any means famous on these forums, nor do I compare to most of the writers who come here, which is why I rarely give criticism on other stories, because I didn't want the arrogance of success(as slight as it was) to go to my head. All I have is a creative mind, with a poorly developed exit to vent it through.
"Die?"Kurt laughed."Didn't you know?"he told the Elite. "...Spartans never die."