bellethewinebae
THANK YOU. I MEAN IT. THANK YOU. For not just reading, but actually diving into the story and living through it. Honestly, you are a major reason apart from a few 4-5 more because of whom I'm still updating on Wattpad. I really have no reason or motivation to do so. There’s already a lot I go through in my personal life and my experience on Wattpad makes it worse. Every week I find myself becoming upset and strongly discouraged after having posted on the Wattpad. There is literally no engagement by the readers except you and 4-5 others. I feel like I'm posting it so enthusiastically, but who is even reading it? Perhaps no one. I feel stupid and awful, and yet I keep coming back with more updates later in the week with hopes that things will improve. They haven’t. Not in the time I have been on Wattpad. I've actually finished writing the Sapphire except for the epilogue. I can simply pull my books off this platform where they are at a huge risk of being plagiarized. This is all my hard work and sweat and time. Yet I am not doing it because of you and those 3-4 others who have trusted me and never left my side so you deserve to read through the finale. I owe it to you. I mean it, I have no other motivation to update here on this platform.
bellethewinebae
@shades_of_silvers I have no shame admitting I'm sick and tired and disgusted of the whole "ghost reading" concept. I do appreciate all the readers who read my book, but I am not going to stop myself from saying out loud that they are selfish. If you told me you can't afford to pay to buy my books, I would understand. But you cannot justify reading my works and not even acknowledging that you are reading it by a simple vote or even a simple thanks. At this point I don't even expect them to leave me a feedback. I felt so cheap asking for it repeatedly. Even though that was the reason I even returned to post on Wattpad. I know so many writers who put conditions that they’d only update when they get “x” number of votes and comments. I never did all of that because I don’t want to make anyone feel forced to do it. But it’s a thing of conscience. I’ve understood by now that it’s a relationship where “I’m the one giving and giving and they’re just taking and I cannot expect anything in return.” I never wanted them to feel grateful. Just wanted them to tell me they appreciate my hard effort and give me their honest opinions. I guess that was too much for me to expect. And no, the thing they keep saying that “we’re too immersed in reading so we don’t do it is not an excuse.” Anyway, I'm sorry for the long rant. This is just to tell you how much I REALLY appreciate your feedbacks from the bottom of my heart.
