Oh my god, kudos mean everything
I’ve been a reader for YEARS but never had the confidence to write. A month or so ago I started working on a longer piece, my first ever fanfic. I finally worked up the courage to post the first bit today. I spent hours editing it, learning how to do italics on ao3, writing summaries, all that. It was absolutely one of the more nerve-wracking things I’ve done.
But oh my god if it wasn’t so worth it. An hour later and it has 2 kudos. I think I’ll cherish that feeling for a long time. I don’t even know if they’ll keep reading it, there’s a lot more chapters to go, but I feel so encouraged by it that I’m going to stay up late finishing the chapter I was stuck on.
Just wanted to share to thank those who leave kudos and who read newly published works. I didn’t know how much this would mean to me until it did :)