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fandomsecrets2020-06-20 12:43 pm
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[ SECRET POST #4915 ]
⌈ Secret Post #4915 ⌋
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It's fine if you can't craft huge, intricate feedback every time. It's totally fine if you only kudo. It's totally fine if you just say 'i love this!' or 'this made me happy-cry!' or whatever.
Totally. Fine. For reals and for true.
*hugs*
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(Anonymous) 2020-06-20 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)OP of comment
(Anonymous) 2020-06-21 11:09 am (UTC)(link)I know, I know- I think I just forget that sometimes. I really think that a large portion of my bailing out is just my own version self-sabotage. If that makes any sense at all? Sometimes I want to kinda leave a disclaimer at the bottom of my comments saying that 'this user may stop responding at any time'. But part of me fears that as a defeat in itself, that I won't finish/keep reviewing simply because I've stated as such... I mean, I know it doesn't make much sense, but I'm not sure how else I can explain it.
I think most of my issue comes from the fact that I get so excited about the fic I'm reading that I just don't think about it. My anxiety'll strike when I least expect it, be it when the author themselves act so kindly as to appreciate my comment in the first place, (even despite me living for these moments at times) the fic reaching its climax, or even my own love for the fic overshadowing any words I could say to properly explain how much their words affected me.
-hugs- <33
You raise a lot of good points. Even if it makes me vulnerable, I'll definitely try out the disclaimer about my anxiety. Even if it somehow psychosomatically affects me in some way or another, the biggest importance to me is honestly that the author knows that I appreciate them. And honestly, that's good enough for me.
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Like another Anon said below - unless you really *know* the author, a lot won't notice one way or the other if you comment on the first three chapters but not the last two, you know? And that's not an 'the author doesn't notice you, mere peon!!' kind of thing, just the usual 'brain full' kind of thing.
Myself, I have a terrible memory and it takes a *lot* of repetition of a name for it to stick.
Maybe you could, as you read, make notes in a .doc or something. Paste in little bits of the fic you really like, and what you like about it, things like that. A sort of stockpile for later, so you could go back and pick out things here and there to comment with.
Good luck, OP! Remember - we authors will love anything we get, so don't be skeered of us!
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(Anonymous) 2020-06-22 03:19 am (UTC)(link)I really do hope that's true. Honestly, I do take screenshots of scenes that I particularly like when reading, and I have a whole file of favourite quotes I copy from fanfic as well. I used to have this whole system where I would review as I read through splitscreen just so I wouldn't forget anything. I'd also try and leave some light constructive criticism when I could, because I found it to be the best way to dedicate just how much the writing meant to me, obviously criticism isn't as accepted now as it was before, so at least I know now not to point out the simple things like spelling mistakes, or missed words, since it really doesn't matter in the long run...
Only very recently I've tried to do the same thing again (the review as I read thing) and it ended up being way over the character count AO3 would allow;; (I actually have no idea how I even managed that tbh;;) It is probably the best way to review I think though, I just need to find that same confidence that I had before to find that sort of middle ground where I'm not overstating everything, and all that I say isn't just simply something default. You are completely right though. even if it isn't my best I really have no actual reason to say nothing. I can always come back to elaborate when I find the nerve.
Thank you! <333
Re: OP of comment
Good luck!