Ah artistic types ...

[blamebrampton]

Very quick poll, NB, the first word of the first answer should be care, but lj won't let me fix it. *Damn you, LJ!*:[Poll #1507051]For my own part, after RL attacks of the last option, I entered fandom determined to work solely for myself, and do sometimes achieve that happy state, but more often it's accompanied by occasional wobblies. Having chatted to several friends on the topic, the wobblies seem a common surprise guest.

What about you lot? And how do you combat the wobblies if you're someone they hit?

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[hanson-phreek.livejournal.com]

When I first started writing I cared about comment count and I actually at one point said that I wouldn't write anymore until I had x number of reviews. But I quickly got over that because I learned that if I did that I'd never write anything. I'd spend all my time waiting for reviews.

Now I write for myself, but I do sometimes wonder if people actually care about what I'm producing. For example, I've been writing this series (my Years series) but I've stopped getting reviews. I'm not going to stop writing it because I'm loving the story, but I do wonder if anyone else actually reads it.

When I get the wobblies, I try to go back to some of my best work and reread it. It makes me proud and want to continue. And if the wobblies are really bad, I track down a close friend and confide in them. They always know how to make me feel better.