So, after discovering the work of Eric Ries and LEAN I am going to try an approach I call Minimal Viable Story—I think I made that up but it wouldn't surprise me if someone else already did too.
The idea is simple. I will crank out fiction ideas, stories and characters fast in order to get positive or negative feedback.
My first example is this carnal supernatural romance story Lucifer (NSFW, unlike this post which is about my work more generally):
https://steemit.com/story/@jjay/lucifer
In a way, my first safe(r)-for-work post 'Lionfish' was the visual art version of my MVS too -- just a something to try out the platform. And the bit of positive response has encouraged me to get a little more active with this.
https://steemit.com/story/@jjay/lionfish
If you want more of that sort be sure to let me know with your comments and up votes. Same idea if it's not your cup-o-tea or you think it's something but would "thrill you more if..."
Now to be honest I'm not always going to cater to every piece of feedback. I can only write what I enjoy, and I always will even if that doesn't get a single upvote.
But I will treasure each piece of feedback and try to learn something from it.