fic rec Friday

[marcicat]

Uh, well, see, my new schedule is going to prevent me from reading a bunch of fic this morning to find one to rec here, which is actually often what I do on Fridays.

But I do have something to say about fic in general, which is that I have seen a lot of posts floating around tumblr (again) indicating that all fic authors universally love comments on their work.

Which is ::cough:: not entirely true. I personally find comments intimidating — I’m always terrified to open them in case they’re awful, and then if they’re nice I feel this obligation to respond back in some clever and meaningful way.

Which isn’t to say that people shouldn’t comment if they want to! Just that there really isn’t One True Rule for engaging with people on the internet, and that includes fic authors, and it’s okay to tailor your experience to be what you need.

So yeah, that’s my thoughts on it.

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.

Comments

[wildforce71]

I should not comment on your fic? I will try to remember! Should I not comment on your journal, too?

[marcicat]

You are welcome to comment on anything, fic included! If leaving a kudos or a comment brings you joy, that's awesome -- go for it! If you don't feel like commenting, that's cool too!

(I have just seen some posts recently that have an element of shaming readers who don't comment on things, and I'm just over here like 'wait, but.' Because every writer is different and every fic is different, so it's one of those things where you're really just never going to make everyone happy all the time whether you comment or not, so I think if you do what you feel moved to do and focus on having positive fandom interactions at a level that works for you, then that's awesome and 100% worthwhile whether you comment or not.)