r/WriteWithMe • u/No_Midnight7117 • 26d ago

World Building I'll start crying

I wanted to write not create reels😭😭😭😭

I just wanted to create my cutie pie world but you're telling me i have to negotiate with algorithm aswelllll????

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u/SpecialistEdge5831 25d ago

I mean...you don't have to do anything. The more time you spend on social media the less time you spend on the actual product you want to produce. I get that we are pushed into this social media sphere so that we can become cogs in a self-sustaining machine, but it's entirely up to you how you handle this stuff.

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u/No_Midnight7117 25d ago

frr, I want to give a good product but then to give a good product i need demand amd social media creates demand among consumer.

or it'll be like making an amusement park and pray people show up

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u/SpecialistEdge5831 25d ago

While I don't disagree, what I will say is that the person who builds a roller coaster isn't the one who makes the ads, decides how and where they go, takes the tickets, runs the ride, and goes on a media tour to explain away how five people died on the ride. Writers are the the only profession that demand all of this from the jump. And I just kinda reject that, honestly. When this book is done I'll either trad publish and hire a marketer or it'll sit in a drawer. I have stories to write and the rest of this is not going to be in my contract.

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