Feedback: The Reality

[xie_xie_xie]

If you ever wondered if you should leave feedback for a writer, yes, you really should. I don't care if they wrote the story in 2003, I'm sure they'd love to hear that it, ummm.... moved you. In whatever way.

And in case you're wondering if it makes a difference in how much they write, that I can't say for certain. Right now I couldn't stop even if no one was reading it at all. But I'll tell you one thing I know for sure: Feedback makes me write faster and for longer periods of time.

Oh, and virtual roses from _alicesprings? They make me stay up all night writing. *thanks her*

Comments

[xie-xie-xie.livejournal.com]

What should you say when you don't know what to say?

Fair question. Considering I almost never gave feedback to writers, and when I did it was like one line, half the time something inane like "Guh," I am not one to talk.

It's just now I know what it feels like to GET feedback, I'm thinking... maybe people like I used to be, just don't know.

But if you CAN'T, well, that's different! Just saying you like it is good. :)

[agneson9.livejournal.com]

It's true about leaving feedback on old fics.

For me, Sometimes I gush and give elaborate feedback, and then sometimes I don't, and usually someone's already said it already (and more articulatly/enthusiastically). LOL. I don't want to add to the... glut, if it's not going to be different, especially if the piece is getting a lot of feedback already, with a lot of 'guh', 'wow', 'omfg' or 'asdkljfalkdj'.

I'm not a reader that delves deep into characterisation, theme, message and meaning etc. etc. I'll read a lot of fics(/books) that vary in "quality", "plausibility" or just because I've committed to it. I have a really big grey area. It has to be pretty terrible (and my mood at the time) if I didn't even like it a little. So, it's not conducive to (extensive) feedback.