Well...I know I try to leave comments for everything I look at, even short ones. But maybe I am a freak o' nature;)

BEB

Personally I write for myself, the majority of stuff I write goes unpublished in any form and only gets read by the few people I trust to give me an honest opinion. However, if I do post something I get obsessed with getting reviews. I don't care if they're good or bad, I just like people to acknowledge my work, I get really disheartened if I don't get some sort of feedback.

I think a lot of it depends on what time you post something and how many fanfics are flooding in at the time, if it's a time when few people are online and there's been little fanfic posted then you're going to get a lot more feedback than if you're posting at heavy load times.

Aaw, c'mon, admit it, we do it for the reviews :)

Seriously, I'm in the same boat here. Don't lose heart. At least this site has that little counter that tells you people are looking at your fics. And I keep finding pieces of mine popping up in other folks' work, which is another not-so-good way of keeping track.

Writing is something you either have to do, or you don't. The reviews are the chocolate-y frosting on the protein cake. It's gone quiet on the site for a while, which is either people on vacation, going back to jobs after the summer, or being scared off by the trolls. I figure that while one person is still reading and reviewing my stuff, it's all good, though. I shall now go and leave reviews for you. Trying not to write the stories in your head will only send you a bit River, so keep flying...