#i need enrichment uuuugh no no okay i cannot create in that environment

[eoinmcgonigal]

Yeah adding that, with me at least, another thing you can do is talk to me. Enthusiasm and interest encourage me. If no one seems interested, I lose all motivation.

I have a friend who used to cheer me on with pretty much everything. She always wanted to hear my ideas, she'd happily read my WIPs and give me input when I got stuck, and I wrote literally hundreds of fics with her enthusiasm inspiring me to keep going. It was so much fun to write! It was a joy to work on things because I knew she'd love them. I finished nearly every WIP I started too. Now, though? Only 11 fics this year when in past years I'd easily have done that many by the end of February. 10 things I've written but don't see the point in posting. About as many again WIPs and ideas I genuinely want to do but don't have any motivation for.

If you like my writing and want to see more of it, I promise you that chatting to me will help!

want your favorite author to update but don’t want to be too pushy in their comment section?

here’s 5 things you can do to encourage them:

Reblog their fic link on tumblr (bonus if it’s with tags)

Bookmark the fic with a note about what you’re excited about/love in the fic

Recommend the fic to your friends or local discord channel

Draw art or create other media for the fic (as indicated by the author’s comfort level)

Leave them a comment when re-reading about the parts of the chapter/story that stood out to you the second time