I want to comment on your stories but I just felt weird because we're not mutuals so in my mind (I'm crazy I know) I was just like, let me give the story a like she'll know we love it
Not crazy at all. Ik theres a lot of people that feel that way.
But this is a blanket PSA. Idc if we're mutuals or not. I love everybody that takes a sec to look at my writing 😘 (commenting makes besties of your fave writers though, and you may get exclusive updates, juss saying 🤷🏽♀️🤣)
From my perspective, liking doesn't tell me anything. Other than you liked it. Its very much appreciated and please do so 👏🏽 but likes makes me feel like dang, it wasnt worth commenting on huh 🤔
My goal is to make readers *feel* something. Are you feeling what im feeling writing it? Leaving likes, im like dang, it didnt move you at all? 😩
And its easy to like and move on. From my perspective, it excludes *me* from enjoying it with *you*. Its valuable feedback because what youre picking up may not be what i intended. Or maybe you noticed something about it that i didnt. Or maybe i was nervous about one part of it, but it hits so ik i have no reason to be nervous about that bit in the future. Otherwise, im thinking well gee, no one is interested so I may as well keep it to myself.
Fanfic juss doesn't thrive on likes alone, you know? its a community between writer and reader. We're all nerds on this anonymous app. Leaving likes, that could be a slip of the finger or a "thanks, next" mentality thats also a little discouraging 😞
I poured hours/weeks of free time, stayed up till 3am, missed sleep, maybe skipped a meal (all on me), and someone reads it in 5 mins but dont tell me if that effort was worth it 🥲🤣
Its worth it to me, the writer, for producing something im proud of. But my habits would change if I didnt know anyone was reading it.
Idk if im making sense 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tl; dr : likes only tell us you like it. Comments and reblogs tell us *what* you liked or didnt like about it so that our next piece will be better.
