So despite the willingness to tell everyone else on the planet what she thinks about my work, she has no desire to tell me… at least not in comment form. Oh, God, this has happened to me so much.
I must be in th minority too, since I enjoy commenting on people's work, even I feel that I'm being redundant in my comments, I try to think about being in the writer's shoes (being a writer myself) and how much I would enjoy feedback.
I think writers like us can sympathize with each other. I often get really depressed when people tell me they've read something of mine that they enjoyed but never commented on. (It's even worse when it's a known writer who groans for comments herself/himself.)
I think more readers should read these survey results, and muster a little empathy for us writers.
I will say this: I would most likely still write something if I weren't getting any comments at all. Writing is my escape, to be someone else's escape is almost like an added bonus.
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Oh, God, this has happened to me so much.
I must be in th minority too, since I enjoy commenting on people's work, even I feel that I'm being redundant in my comments, I try to think about being in the writer's shoes (being a writer myself) and how much I would enjoy feedback.
I think writers like us can sympathize with each other. I often get really depressed when people tell me they've read something of mine that they enjoyed but never commented on. (It's even worse when it's a known writer who groans for comments herself/himself.)
I think more readers should read these survey results, and muster a little empathy for us writers.
I will say this: I would most likely still write something if I weren't getting any comments at all. Writing is my escape, to be someone else's escape is almost like an added bonus.