Writing a story takes a lot out of a person.

[petpleasureyes]

i wrote a story "gary's First Dog Show" and submitted it in June, i believe. Since then, more than 6000 people have read it, but only 2 of those people ever rated and reviewed it. They were both good reviews, but it's so much work for so little in return. i'm sure other authors feel the same, especially knowing it only takes a few moments to review and rate a story.

[rob.wilson]

I've not read your story, but I will be happy to do so. And I'll be glad to give you a review.

I write a lot of non-fiction for a few websites, so I know how frustrating it is to put something out there and not get any feedback on it.

[petpleasureyes]

It is kind of frustrating when so many people read your story and no one comments on it. i did receive a few emails from people, all good, when i first posted it. i always give a review on the stories i read knowing that the person put their story out there hoping to receive comments and aproval. Anyhow, i hope you enjoy the story. Thanks again.
gary

[Powerone]

But think of it the other way. 6,000 people read your story Even the big sites like Literotica, you can have 100,000 people read your story and get 220 votes.

Powerone

[petpleasureyes]

Yes, i do actually look at it that way as well. Over 100 read it this month and it excites me to see that so many people have read it. i don't know if i posted this up above or not, but i'm visiting a new Mistress in May who's interested in continuing my training as an animal fucker. If things work out, i'll be relocating in July or August to make this permanent. Anyhow, thanks again and if You read my story, i hope You enjoy it.
slave gary

[Tiger]

This thread brings up the question about how to setup the review system. When you see a review here, you know that person took the trouble to register as a user, probably read your story already and spent some time and actually wrote something about your story. These may all sound trival to you, but believe me, most readers don't want to go through all that even if they think your story is good.

The registration process will make reviewers think again about what they say. They will have more sense of responsibility to their reviews, not like anonymous reviewing. Taking Powerone's example, that's about 1 vote out of 500 readers. And voting at Literotica doesn't require you to do anything else except clicking a button. So most readers don't even want to do such a simple thing to support your hard work. How sad is that!