while creating for yourself is good, and yes, every writer should primarily write stories They want to write, we tend to forget that, being submerged in fandom culture, fics are a form of communication with other fans.
Of course, it stings when the dialogue gets one-sided
This is dumb and vulnerable and I may regret asking and delete, but here goes anyway: fic writers, how do you deal with the heartbreak of having a project you were very excited about absolutely flopping? I had a bunch more planned & written. I can’t bring myself to open the doc