How did you feel after posting for the first time?

skidiggy 2024-10-01 00:31:24 UTC #20

My first story on Tapas was "Apparent Secrets." I started posting about a month before the "True Love on Tapas" contest submission deadline, and was equal parts anxious and excited.

A bevy of questions came up after first hitting that "submit" button:

What if no one finds/reads my novel? Is this story interesting enough to read? Are the MCs enjoyable and the villains deplorable enough? Is writing about inter-dimensional aliens weird? Does slow-burn romance have a chance in this contest? What if it's bad?

Ultimately, the story kept poking at me, demanding to be written. I had dreams about it, and spent every free moment drafting and revising chapters. For me, the first chapters were the toughest to put out there into the world, and I'm grateful to everyone whose given my story a chance.

If anyone would like to read "Apparent Secrets" from the start, here's an updated link:

Harshitx 2024-10-01 01:26:53 UTC #21

It feels like fun @axelruler after posting for first time...subbed tk you...do sub mine too

finleydeandre 2024-10-01 05:37:47 UTC #22

It was a combination of accomplishment and anxiety because I immediately felt behind schedule lol.

Have a daily comic strip called The Experiment check it out, subscribe let me know if you like it or if you don't either way is cool with me. The Experiment

2DLenzy 2024-10-01 14:56:44 UTC #23

Waves of anxiety, panic attacks and crying It actually helped that I wasn't getting a lot of views at first (less pressure), but I calmed down after a few weeks, and after about, eh, six months I started to get depressed and thought of quitting.

Then I found the forums and eventually things started paying off and I now have more fun with it.

anon51195540 2024-10-02 00:56:16 UTC #24

Bro, before I noticed there was a forum, I posted the link to my story all over the place! XD I'm glad I discovered the existence of the forum early, just a few hours after posting the first chapter.

willianinhospitable 2024-10-02 01:01:56 UTC #25

Feliz e ao mesmo tempo com medo de me frustrar, o que é inevitável se formos falar a curto prazo, mas sigo forte e empenhado em continuar produzindo minha série que inventei por total paixão e por sentimento de vocação mais forte do que eu. O resto é apenas consequência.

anon51195540 2024-10-02 12:14:48 UTC #26

E aí, mano? Outra pessoa que fala português, igual a mim!

LadyMnM 2024-10-02 12:44:02 UTC #27

Honestly, I was scared. The story I posted has been in my brain and on my desk for twelve years. It was a pet project. So to put my darling out there on an impulse was nerve-wracking. It still is weird having it out there.

On the other hand, I feel immense relief as now my brain can release the story. It was exhaling after holding my breath for a long time.

Please do check it out when you have a second: tapas.io/true_north

anon51195540 2024-10-02 13:16:35 UTC #28

The link you put should be written like this:
"https://" + "m.tapas.io/series/true_north/info"

And then, it will appear like this:

PenguinAngel 2024-10-02 13:18:46 UTC #29

i wanted to die

anon51195540 2024-10-02 13:33:33 UTC #30

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willianinhospitable 2024-10-02 23:12:49 UTC #31

Isso é ótimo!! HAHAH

Mansi_Gu 2024-10-02 23:14:43 UTC #32

Honestly, I was scared to death LOL!!

There were several things that I needed to improve, and I've always been too demanding of myself. The first thing I needed to improve on was my English writing. English isn't my mother language, and it was a Homeric struggle to learn how to write in English properly (tinha dia que só sentava na frente do computador e pensava: vai com terra e tudo).
The second thing to improve was my drawing skills. I was damn rusty back then and the novel was also a way for me to keep drawing despite the odds because it was something I dearly liked.
So many things! But here I am <3 It's been a year that I've been publishing and I'm loving it!

Novel (ENG): https://tapas.io/series/Complex-Love/info
Novel (PT-BR): https://tapas.io/series/Complex-Love-PT-BR/info
Genres: BL; romance; comedy; fantasy; drama
Status: Ongoing

anon51195540 2024-10-03 00:45:55 UTC #33

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anon51195540 2024-10-03 00:46:41 UTC #34

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Kermittyfrog 2024-10-03 01:03:11 UTC #35

Nervous, but excited at the same time.
But I was also really scared of people being mean and then I realized this is not Webtoon. So I was still scared but glad.

Anywho, check out my comic and the novel if you want ig.

BellaTheCow 2024-10-03 04:33:26 UTC #36

Confused….nervous…excited…then compound all that and multiply it by three, yup that was me.

Tubacabra 2024-10-03 05:18:35 UTC #37

I just posted today, and honestly, it's a lot more stressful than I expected. After the first eight hours, I had zero views. But now I've started using the forum, so I've been watching that number slowly tick up. I wonder what it'll look like tomorrow?

anon51195540 2024-10-03 14:27:56 UTC #38

wow, are people usually mean on the webtoon? This is terrible for them.

anon51195540 2024-10-03 14:31:41 UTC #39

I know, I spent a day promoting my work outside the forum and only after entering the forum did things improve.