I find that there’s a pressure to type up a long and eloquent review comment for every chapter of a fic, and I feel bad when the only thing I can say is “great fic!!!” Or “loved this!” I’m sure I’m not the only one who sometimes won’t comment at all because my comment is ~useless~ or not constructive. Do fic writers even care about the tiny comments? Should I even bother?
For a perfect example of how much the simplest of comments can mean to an author, take a look at this ask.
Sometimes all someone needs to hear is “I liked this” and it brightens their whole day. Sometimes a simple :) is all it takes to prompt a new chapter. Don’t feel like you need to craft an epic literary critique or a flawlessly written sonnet to make an author happy. Just let them know that they did a good job. They’ll appreciate it :)
Since a few people were confused in the tags on this post I thought I’d explain.
Six Sentence Sunday is a writing thing where, on Sunday, you post six sentences from an unfinished work. It can be a new fic, a new chapter of a WIP, or even something you’re not sure you’ll ever post.
Choose an excerpt from any section (and it doesn’t have to be six sentences) and post it, letting people know what it belongs to or indicating that it’s something you’re working on.
People get a preview of what’s coming. You get some feedback on what’s there. If they like it, you might get some reblogs that will generate more interest in your story or you as a writer.
You can find loads of examples by searching for this on tumblr (sometimes tagged “Sunday six”)
Noah Fence but the greatest comic based on Dungeons and Dragons is IDW’s D&D Shadowplague because it fully captures the hilarity and chaos involved in a typical D&D game
And there is no scene that shows this more prominently than the scene in which Not-Aragorn challenges an Orc Chieftain to single combat.
“Gruhn choose rock”
At the end of this fight, they find a common enemy and are no longer at odds (for now)
Anyway D&D Shadowplague from IDW is great and I love it dearly
why isn’t anyone allowed to be wrong anymore? it’s okay to be wrong. no one should be terrified of every tiny little mistake they might make. being wrong, and realizing you were wrong, is how you learn and grow and change.