#fluff writers

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I have been mulling over this issue for a while now, and I think it is time to say it out.

As a fic writer, I have chosen to only write fluffs, angst and the occasional AUs. It is my personal preference that I do not want to write smut as 1) I am uncomfortable with the thought of writing smut (as much as I do enjoy reading it), and 2) I feel that I am unable to portray a smut realistically and as descriptive as possible for my readers to be able to imagine that scene as if they were physically experiencing it. I am sure that there are writers out there beyond the community I write for and beyond the tumblr community that feel the same way.

I understand the amount of work, effort, blood, sweat and tears that go into writing every piece of work first hand. I started off as a reader, and I am inspired by many other wonderful, talented writers out there to create worlds of my own. My writing is not perfect, it is not the best, but I would like to pose this question to all readers of fanfiction on Tumblr, on Wattpad, on AO3, fanfiction.net, anywhere online and free.

Why are smuts give more notes, kudos, likes compared to fluff and angst, when all these were written with excruciating effort, taking up laborious hours each day, written with the purest intention of sharing creative work to the world?

As a writer, sometimes I do get discouraged when I do not see enough notes on my work. Is it because it wasn’t written well enough? Or is this content not what my readers want? I see other fic writers who write smut and the note count on the fics with smut are significantly higher than any other genre written.

Yes, smut is enjoyable, I admit. Note/kudo/like count is not an indicator of how good a fic is, maybe. But to someone who’s doing their work willingly, and freely for the entire world to see, would giving a comment such as “Keep the good work up!”, just a simple thumbs up emoji, or clicking the like/kudo/reblog button for a fluff or angst fic kill? It serves as motivation for us to write more, to see that we are appreciated for the time and effort that we put in. In that 10 minutes that you spent reading a fic, any writer could have spent from minutes to weeks over it.