I have had THE LOVELIEST comment(s) sitting in my Ao3 inbox for about two months and a half now and I don't know how to answer it -- just thinking about it makes me want to touch my face and go "omgOmgOMG" on a loop.
When giving feedback on Ao3 I try to point at specific stuff I like ("I love how you wrote the landscape descriptions" or "OMG YOU REMEMBERED [tiny canon detail]" or "Wow, the way you wrote Character as doing Thing and having Emotion was amazing"). As much as possible, I also try to pick specific phrases I particularly liked for whatever reason.
If it's a gift fic, I'll basically have a notepad window open where I "liveblog" the fic (write down quotes I like and why) as I go. SOMEBODY WROTE ME STUFF the least I can do is show them how much I appreciate that.
I love getting positive feedback (who doesn't!) and it always motivates me to write more. It's less helpful when it gives me more plotbunnies, I already have too many.
It can be hard for me to both reply to and leave comments on Ao3, so I made myself a deal that for every comment I replied to I would leave someone else a comment. So far it's kind of working. I don't necessarily reply to comment faster, but at least I'm leaving some comments when I do.
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Date: 2016-06-12 09:58 pm (UTC)When giving feedback on Ao3 I try to point at specific stuff I like ("I love how you wrote the landscape descriptions" or "OMG YOU REMEMBERED [tiny canon detail]" or "Wow, the way you wrote Character as doing Thing and having Emotion was amazing"). As much as possible, I also try to pick specific phrases I particularly liked for whatever reason.
If it's a gift fic, I'll basically have a notepad window open where I "liveblog" the fic (write down quotes I like and why) as I go. SOMEBODY WROTE ME STUFF the least I can do is show them how much I appreciate that.
I love getting positive feedback (who doesn't!) and it always motivates me to write more.
It's less helpful when it gives me more plotbunnies, I already have too many.It can be hard for me to both reply to and leave comments on Ao3, so I made myself a deal that for every comment I replied to I would leave someone else a comment. So far it's kind of working. I don't necessarily reply to comment faster, but at least I'm leaving some comments when I do.