Absolutely! It took me 3 months to post my demo, and even now that it’s posted, I still get super anxious whenever I update!
I had my sister read through my book, so I definitely agree with what @Doriana-Gray has said about finding somebody to test it!
All in all, I’m sure we’ve all had to bite the bullet, so when you feel it’s time, I would say go for it ‘cause the people here provide really helpful feedback, while at the same time being respectful!
Good luck with your writing!! 
That’s a really good idea! I don’t know if any of my friends know about IF, but I’m sure one or two would be willing to take a look anyway. 
So… fucking heartbroken. Someone edited my WiP thread to erase everything from the description of it, including the links I had for my dashingdon and tumblr. Those are still up and it’s still playable, but it erased how many people had clicked on my demo. It made me really, really happy to see that number go up, as stupid and selfish and fucking narcissistic as that sounds, it helped me feel like I was doing something that reached a lot of people. It helped me realize how far I’d come. Now that part of this journey is gone. Someone destroyed that small bit of happiness I got just because they fucking could, and I don’t know why. What did I do? Seriously, what the fuck did I do?
Edit: I don’t get it. I really don’t. I’d never talked to this person. They’d never commented on my thread before. We’d never even commented on the same thread ever. I’m not going to disclose names or anything no matter how fucked up I feel because they’re account could’ve gotten ‘hacked’ for lack of a better word, or other circumstances not known could be in play; but they seemed like a regular person from what I’ve seen from what replies they have on the forum. I’m just trying to make sense of it and I just… can’t.
It’s not narcissit. I’m sorry to hear it, but this sound like something for the Moderators to handle. @Eiwynn or @Gower can take a look.
Messaged Jason about it already. The person is being warned not to do it again. Dunno. I deal with depression and other shit already on pretty much a weekly, if not daily basis, so I’m just trying to control all that at the moment. I’m just in shock. Wanna cry. Wanna scream. Wanna do other things I’m not going to say on a public forum. It just really hurts.
Its a shitty thing to do regardless, so I understand how it suck for you. Someone violated your work, and erased your hard work count. I’m so sorry.
Don’t keep it in though, take a deep breath and give it a good cry.
I know how much it hurts being sabotaged and accused by random people you don’t even know.
But you are important and you are not narcissistic for wanted to be appreciated and feel others love. You deserve it.
Please take everyone here love and respect you will rise like a phoenix and achieve publication and all this will be like a weird dream. Be strong we are with you.
I am sorry to hear that a person violated an established community norm by editing your WiP without your permission.
They should not have done this.
In case it is not clear to anyone else: Unless given explicit permission, the only posts and threads you should edit or change are your own.
There is a forum software issue that sometimes locks a person out of editing their original posts, and sometimes the only way around this issue is to turn the post into a forum wiki post.
Please respect others and do not violate their personal space with your actions.
Editing another person’s work will have consequences.
In the meantime, @ViIsBae – perhaps reframing the new click count as a milestone going forward will help you here? I would restore the count if I could, but alas, that is beyond my power.
Both @E_RedMark and @poison_mara are correct: you are not alone.
Also keep in mind that many of us really enjoy your story, me included, and that we find solace in it as well.
My DM is open to you. Please feel free to send me one as needed.
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Done and… mostly done, heh. It is hard to get something every day on two projects, especially when one of them has a very demanding wordcount (for me personally), but I did manage something on both most days, and I’ll take that.
Quite bummed out that I’ve barely written at all this month; I’ve been under a grotesque amount of stress, and I don’t blame myself for not having the mental energy to write, but still, I’ve lost my spark a bit when it comes to my projects, which is incredibly frustrating. Hopefully it will return soon.
I didn’t meet my goals either; had to practically sleep for a week, which kinda hindered my ability to write daily, and the draft isn’t even remotely complete. Got the illustrations done though, which is good since they weren’t for me.
(I did go from zero to 30k+ though so that’s… good, I guess?)
Currently debating with myself whether I should push a demo out or complete the other half of the draft first. On one hand, I do have half of the story; on the other… continuity?
An advice from someone expert in failures. Never push a public demo. It would mean show something rushed that will alienate possible feedback, and targed audience. What you can do is ask someone with experience for an alpha demo, pointing clearly your bullet points about what expecific feedback you need. Far more useful and practical.
Took me a moment to realize what you’re saying, because we apparently have a different definition of “push”. 
lauching something in a rushed almost forcefuly manner. That is push, right? I dsuppose more accurate is the word release, but It is far less expressive. For instance, CDPR has pushed Cyberpunk 2077
I’d call that a rush? I meant more akin to just make it live (or available or what have you). I’m sorry, I’m a computer scientist, and push is a technical term for what I was thinking. How I read that was “you should never, ever release a public demo, ever. Period.” and then I was like “wait what, then how I’m going to publish?”
To clarify: my consistency concerns come from the fact that since I haven’t yet completed the whole story, I can’t be sure I don’t at some point need to backtrack and add/change some details, not that I wouldn’t try and make sure that what I have so far is coherent (I mean, I’m not necessarily sure it is currently, but I’ll have to rewrite it anyway before making a demo, since it isn’t a game at this point anyway, it’s a half a novel).
“Push” is also often used when it comes to the initial launching of a product or a software patch.
Oh, glad to know I wasn’t so far off.
I’m personally pretty annoyed at myself because I just keep world building (setting / characters) but when it comes to actually coming up with a story I hate every idea I come up with, or I struggle to plan beyond a few chapters. It’s so annoying. I don’t really know what to do there so some suggestions would be appreciated.
I just feel like I struggle with knowing what to do in a way that feels organic. Like, I had 2 clear ideas for a story I want to write that I’ve mulled over and written blurbs / characters / setting details out for the past while. But when it comes to individual events? I’m stuck. It’s so obnoxious. Any other writers feel like this?
I’m just the type that operates much more cohesively when I have someone else to bounce off of but there is so much background crap it’s not easy to introduce someone to what I’m working on I guess. 
Also, I hope I am allowed to post here, since I guess I’m not ‘officially’ a writer here yet… I have plans! Just not many I am happy with at this current moment.
Response to @GrimReaperJr1232 :
Yeah, I think the part that agitates me is recognizing that not much on paper needs to occur but it’s more about characterization and yet I don’t fully understand the how of everything.
To give a little blurb for my concept, you are a person who bought a cabin to settle down in the middle of nowhere. You realize (or knew, based on background) you had magic powers, and end up on the run to escape the country with the aid of some folk. But then it’s like… How? Also, what are they planning to do and why does this matter? Then I get frustrated, and I put down the pen for a few days and come back.
I never related to something so much. It’s equally as bad when you have a beginning and an end, but nothing in between so you constantly think, “how do I actually get to this point?”
Neither am I. I haven’t been booted, so take it as a sign all are welcome here.
Oh but thats the best part!
See, if you do end up having ‘A beginning and an end’? That mean you have a story that want to stick around!
The middle? Thats the journey! You will not think of it. No no no…
Don’t try to imagine how the Middle look like. Write it, and it will come to you when you get there.
Thats how I personally write.
My Imagination is all: Okay, I’ll give you a beginning and an end, but you are on your own for the middle! do her nails
So, the middle is Unknown. You can’t see it. So that question of ‘How will I get to that ending if I can’t see the middle?!’
But thats the beauty of writing! Immerse yourself in the world, and the characters! Listen to them talk and bickers and Laugh! And Write Write Write Write! And it will come to you as you do that!
Give it a try!