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imwritesometimes · 8 months ago

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I think the most damaging aspect mentally, as an author, of knowing ppl are creating private discord servers to rec fic to their friends is that for a while now I've had this very suspicion. I'll see groups of usernames leave kudos all over my works for various fandoms but they never, ever, even on a single fic, drop so much as an 'I enjoyed this! Thanks!' But I know they're passing it around in a discord server I'll never see and talking about liking it.

It's demoralizing and I just wish ppl understood that. I don't expect someone to read my fic and be inspired to create sistine chapel levels of gratitude posts/art/comments. But a simple 'hey this was good!' let's me know 'hey ppl like what I'm doing and it's worth it to continue to not just write but share!'

#write/draw/create for YOU gets real fuckin old to hear when no one talks abt why we SHARE #we share for feedback ok. plain and simple. if I JUST wrote for me nothing I ever wrote would get edited 40 times over #or plotted for weeks at a time #or have 3 drafts in a notebook before ever making it to a word doc #it would just be in my brain for me rotate like a rotisserie chicken and that's IT #so yeah create for you but holy ppl we're sharing for COMMUNITY. sorry ppl don't comprehend that anymore #your walled discord group is NOT community. it's you grabbing a piece of cake and LOVING it but not bothering to tell the baker thanks #idk I just wasn't built like that.... show a little fuckin gratitude. it's online for YOU. it's not online for ME. it's already on my lapto #least you could do is drop a 'hey I liked this so much I recc'd it to my friends!'#and that's it. that's my rant for the day.#if you want to continue to have fic to read you need to practice gratitude......#erin explains it all #fic #fanfiction

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