I too, did not write fiction until I joined steemit and I want to believe that I have improved a lot over the few months I have been here.
Despite the poor reception of creative writing, I do not despair because this is more than traction. I intend to publish one day and I intend it to be the best that I cannot offer. I am getting feedback and the feedback is improving me, I believe and I am getting it for free. So despite the fact that my posts have never been on trending, I do not have the support of a whale, I am going to keep at it until the lights go off.