Motivation to write?

[QuidProQuo77]

The comments people leave really mean a lot to me, even if it's only a few words. I'm much more productive and motivated to write when I get comments.

The other thing is my characters. If I like them I feel like writing more for them, and usually do a better job in developing them.

Anyone else feel the same? What gets you on top of your game?

 

[Carnevil9]

Yes, I love the comments, either positive or negative. When I don't get enough comments to keep me happy, I write some deliberate troll-bate to post in Loving Wives. That never fails to generate enough comments to get me my fix.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Yes, I love the comments, either positive or negative. When I don't get enough comments to keep me happy, I write some deliberate troll-bate to post in Loving Wives. That never fails to generate enough comments to get me my fix.

i've got a great troll you can borrow. next time he plasters comments all over the place, like a madman's shit, i'll copy you in - if you like. he's amusing.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I almost never get comments.

I write to test ideas and measure their effect and affect on readers.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

I almost never get comments.

I write to test ideas and measure their effect and affect on readers.

are those submissions up yet?

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

are those submissions up yet?

One went live today.

 

[FantasyXY]

The comments people leave really mean a lot to me, even if it's only a few words. I'm much more productive and motivated to write when I get comments.

The other thing is my characters. If I like them I feel like writing more for them, and usually do a better job in developing them.

Anyone else feel the same? What gets you on top of your game?

I am motivated to write when I have a story that I can't get out of my head. For me it's all about the plot, the twists, the turns. The characters are secondary. Getting the story onto "paper" lets my brain work on more important things.

That being said, I do like getting comments. Unfortunately the majority of the comments are about either the characters or the sex, and not the story.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

One went live today.

got a link?

 

[49greg]

I love comments. Except for a brief foray into Loving Wives my stories just don't generate that many comments, even when the stories are fresh.

Gotta say the part about me 'loving comments' is only for comments that talk about the story, the ones that tell me about all my personal failings or threaten my life don't turn me on all that much.

 

[spellslave]

Music ordinarily helps. I'm presently in a rut with writing and just about anything else creative thanks to unrelated matters. So I'll say that my emotions tie in heavily to my writing as well, for better or for worse.

 

[MatthewVett]

It's always great and uplifting to get feedback from readers. I really love when someone takes the time out of their day to send me a message after reading my stories, even if it's just something brief. I've even made a few pen pals that way.

 

[PervOtaku]

I am motivated to write when I have a story that I can't get out of my head. For me it's all about the plot, the twists, the turns. The characters are secondary. Getting the story onto "paper" lets my brain work on more important things.

That being said, I do like getting comments. Unfortunately the majority of the comments are about either the characters or the sex, and not the story.

This. Even the ideas that aren't yet fully formed will nag at me until I develop them out and get them on the page. I usually have some specific key scenes or sections of dialogue that play through my head over and over until I banish them out with the keyboard.

Comments are great, of course. They are the lingering joy for the stories that have already been evicted from my mind.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Comments are great. I treasure 'em.

 

[blushrush]

I like to day dream if I'm stuck. I drop my characters down in the middle of a scene and just see what they do. Sometimes they come up with something new and that leads me off in a new direction. Other times, I don't get anything worth writing about but it's still good to give them a bit of exercise.

 

[Blind_Justice]

Fame, fortune and collecting exotic underwear.

Wait, what?

Joking aside, I write for the heck of it. I love to come up with interesting stories, and there are some things you can't tell at a D&D gaming table without making things uncomfortable for at least some in the party. Going by the amount of red H's in my stories, people other than my gaming group seem to like what I'm doing, which is a nice bonus.

My girlfriend always jokes that I should get paid for all those all-nighters, but I don't see much money in dirty D&D fanfic. That market is cornered by people who are leaps and bounds better than I am

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Comments are great. I treasure 'em.

Remind to stick some comments up your ass.

 

[JKendallDane]

I get motivated when the plot bunnies have crapped all over the desk so badly, that I have no choice but to do some clean up. The damn things just reproduce so easily!

http://troll.me/images2/plot-bunnies/the-plot-bunnies-have-taken-over.jpg

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[SikFuk]

Music ordinarily helps. I'm presently in a rut with writing and just about anything else creative thanks to unrelated matters. So I'll say that my emotions tie in heavily to my writing as well, for better or for worse.

If you're only writing erotica, what if you started a story with the intention of including no erotic content, keeping in mind you could aways add it if that's where the story leads? I thinks sometimes the erotic aspect of writing can overwhelm the story aspect, leaving us with nothing to say.

Back to the OP: As a person with low self esteem, I thrive on positive comments, even though I don't deserve them.

 

[DreamCloud]

Comments plus a fifth of Four Roses. Mix well and add a keyboard.
Such a delightful recipe.

 

[1handslapping]

I get motivated when the plot bunnies have crapped all over the desk so badly, that I have no choice but to do some clean up. The damn things just reproduce so easily!

http://troll.me/images2/plot-bunnies/the-plot-bunnies-have-taken-over.jpg

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I rely on my Muse to get me going

http://oglaf.com/blank-page/

 

[Hypoxia]

What motivates me to write? I dunno, I haven't been motivated much this year. I guess it's just the raw NEED to emit some words. Robert Frost ended an interview by saying, "Excuse me, I must LET a poem," like letting a fart. Ya gotta when ya gotta. If ya don't gotta, ya ain't gonna.

Good or bad, comments are a reward. Comments mean I've provoked people enough that they feel a need to respond. Comments mean I've done my job.