#as we say before we put on our clown make up and soloqueue in overwatch : GLHF <3< /div> Explore tagged Tumblr posts

[majorbaby]

I don't know if you would give advice but I followed you for a few months and I want to ask if you have any advice for promoting my fic. I worked really hard on it but it didn't get many hits, forget about comments or kudos. I know I can't expect anyone to give my fic attention but it's still kind of disappointing.

It feels even worse in a small fandom because it's not like if I write a supernatural fic I would be surprised if it got overlooked. Do you have any advice for how to make friends who might do exchanges or something else? I just don't know where to start.

i think the number one piece of advice i'd have is to literally just talk to people. initiate more of the interactions you'd like to have - leave comments and kudos, follow people, reblog their work and comment on it in the tags.

don't feel bad about self-reblogging or cross-posting your work. i actually should be better about self-reblogging my own stuff, idk why it feels so weird to do - this is my blog, i can do whatever i want forever here.

there's some strategic things you can do. write to popular tropes or ships or what have you. i'm personally something of an "i write for myself" absolutist, so i don't have experience with that but there is a reason why popular things are popular, so if that's important to you, there's an option. i also don't know how well i would do in an exchange because as i said, i don't want to write something that i wouldn't read, but fic fests are an option. for a smaller fandom like MASH, general fandom events e.g. flufftober and kinktober are probably easier to find.

if you're willing to write to prompts, you can reblog some of those ask games where you write a drabble for someone based on a prompt. if you're looking to make friends, you can stipulate that only non-anon asks will be answered.

this is my objective advice, but if you want my personal opinion, i think it's worth it to ask yourself what kind of attention you're looking for and how much of it do you think you need in order to feel satisfied. i'm not saying it's bad to want or enjoy attention but it's harder to achieve goals that rely on the contributions of others (how other people view your work) than it is to achieve goals that rely on your own contributions, or the input of people you know and trust (how you and your friends view your work).