He tapped the generic title into the search bar and scrolled through the comment section.

"Nooo! Why did this happen?!!"

"This is amazing! Keep up the good work luv"

"She should have ended up with Eric ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

"I see what you did there"

"Updates PLS!!!"

Reactions.

That was all he searched for, all he craved. Two days passed with him burning all of his handwritten notes. Deconstruct. Rebuild. That's what they asked of him. That's what it took for them to finally notice him.

He studied the formulas and engineered a generic plot. He would make something they would love.

And so the author dies.