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Mancunian

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  1. Mancunian's post in Writing and Beyond was marked as the answer   
    If you enjoy writing then there is a point to it, first and foremost is that you should do what brings you enjoyment so write your stories for yourself. If sharing your stories would enhance your enjoyment then share them, but do so without expecting others to automatically enjoy what you write as we all have different tastes, maybe your outlet is too small for those with the same taste in your stories to see them. By posting on you personal website you may have limited your reading audience to people who haven't grasped the idea of giving you feedback, maybe they don't feel confident enough or feel that they are 'qualified' to comment. Maybe the following will give you something to consider before you decide what to do.
    Think about why you are writing. If you write for your own enjoyment then write and be damned, your enjoyment is what matters. If you are writing because you want others to notice and praise you then you doing it for the wrong reasons. Some of the best authors on GA do not always get many comments or reactions, but they still write because they are doing what they enjoy and do not necessarily need the feedback. My stories do not receive a lot of feedback by way of either reactions or feedback, I do get some which I appreciate but I am writing for me. Even though it's not something that I ever thought I would do I now find it satisfying.
    Consider where you want to post your stories, posting on a personal site can limit your reading audience, posting on GA or a similar site will increase your available audience. I would suggest posting on GA. By posting on GA readers can leave feedback and/or reactions to your story and you can see how many have viewed your story. The number of views will be vastly greater that the total of any feedback/reactions but don't let that put you off, many read without commenting or reacting. 
    Check your story for spelling and grammar, using Microsoft Word can help with both of those. Also check for consistency and continuity in the story, if you mistakenly change someones name half way through it causes confusion. So put it to one side for a while then go back to it later and reread it, then you are more likely to find any errors. If you want help from an editor or beta reader look among the forums and you will find where you can request that help, it take a while and it's not guaranteed that you find them but it's always worth asking.
    That's my thoughts some will agree others won't, some will only agree with some of what I have said but read other replies and decide for yourself, what ever you decide it should be your decision alone.
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