Mark NewmanGetting appreciation for writers (or artists) is always difficult. I find the following helps.
* Communicate with your readers. Respond to comments. Show your readers’ that you appreciate their contributions too.
* Make story writing a two way process, so that readers feel they are part of a dialogue.
* Comment on other writers’ works. Other writers have the same needs you do. Join the community.
To answer the other post, sometimes happy endings just don’t work for me. But I hear you guys, I really do! Now tell me what is a happy ending? For example, are we FMG fetishists happier when guys regain their strength or when the girl keeps it? Certainly sometimes we’re happier when the guy and girl stay together, but who should be on top?
Maybe this should be a separate topic: "Alternative story endings I would have preferred."