If you canât think of anything to say about a fic, writers also like to know:
- what time it is
- how long youâve been reading
- how many chapters youâve covered in the last 24 hours
- what you were late for because you were reading
- the woeful few hours you have left to sleep
- the emotional outbreaks youâre experiencing
- the inappropriate place youâre having said outbreak
- the general publicâs reaction to your outbreak
- how much phone battery you have left
âŚis this sarcasm, or?
No this is completely legit. One of my favorite reviews to a chapter goes âI finished this with 5% battery and now I am crying in Target HOW DARE YOUâ
Can confirm. Not sarcasm.
I think this relates to the fact that fic writers are generally fic readers too. If you tell me âI loved this and that and the other thingâ I will be very flattered. But if you tell me âItâs 2:30 am and I have to be up at 7 but Iâm still readingâ I know EXACTLY where you are, emotionally, because Iâve been there too. Knowing that Iâve put you in that place is















