#but like this mindless consumption as if fic writers are influencers or something is so shitty and discouraging

[monstersinthecosmos]

💫 for the fanfic ask meme!

(writing asks!)

💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

I answered this one yesterday here but I will add to it!

Any feedback is good! Like I personally enjoy keyboard smashes as much as I love book reports and I worry sometimes when we talk about this that it maybe makes people shy? But I can't emphasize enough that you do not need to be shy about leaving comments. Writers post for comments. They're sharing something for free, and you're saying thank you. And there's a point at which tbh it becomes selfish to never comment, and stuff like this is what drives writers away from fandoms.

Like someone recently told me that their discord was discussing all my fics and I really appreciate that one person telling me, but like ?? None of the fics they mentioned had any new comments. None of these folks commented to tell ME that they liked the story. so idk. Like you're from Sheith fandom and one of the reasons I started writing Sheith was because the writing community was so much more supportive and there was so much more engagement.

Cause like I could just as easily share my fics in my own discord with 10 people LOL. Sometimes when I hear stuff like that I don't know why I bother. :) Feels bad, man!!

So anyway, writers appreciates all types of comments, don't be shy, please leave comments so that they know their hard work was appreciated. The same people who consume fics and never comment will be the ones complaining that their ship has no fics in a few months from now.

:)