ATTENTION: For anyone who reads fanfiction without leaving feedback
Hereās a few things you should know:
Fic writers donāt have to share their works with you. They donāt have to write them at all. They do it and they share it because theyāre fans of the show/book/movie etc. just like you, and they want to contribute to everyoneās enjoyment of fandom.
Fanfiction is hard to write.Ā
You need a lot of creativity and passion to write fic. You need a ton of motivation and drive to writeĀ a completeĀ fic, let alone a good one. Fic authors write for hours and hours and hours, often staying up late into the night just to write. They write through job struggles and personal issues, resorting to phones and tablets when their computers are on the fritz, tapping away on public buses and trains just because they canāt find any other time to write.
Fic writers give away thousands and thousands of words of pure fandom magic, and you get to consume all of it for the wonderful price of nothing. The only reward writers receive for themselves (besides a sense of accomplishment) is the response they get from you, the reader. Some donāt even feel that accomplishment until they see kudos and comments telling them how much their work was enjoyed.Ā
No matter how much time you have, even just clicking the kudos button takes less than a second. And if you have time to read 5k words at one go, itās no stretch at all to take a few more seconds to type āgood job!ā or āi loved this!ā in the comment box and hit send.Ā
1. IF YOUāRE EMBARRASSED / SHY,
Fic authors LOVE hearing from you. Donāt worry about whether you think youāre going to phrase your response well. Thatās literally the last thing we care about. Just knowing that you had a good time with something we made is EVERYTHING to us.
2. IF YOU STILL JUST DONāT SEE THE POINT,
I have a very special challenge for you, my friend.
Go forth, and write a complete, well-structured, well-characterised fic with organic, stimulating dialogue interwoven into a proper, fully fleshed-out storyline.Ā
Publish your work for all the Internet to see.
gummygunk
stormborns
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