hayatheauthor reblogged
"should we tell authors on ao3 when we have discord conversations about their fics" i don't speak for everyone here but if y'all ever find a group chat discussing my fics you can should must and WILL send me screenshots of the whole damn thing. inflate my ego. gimme
this whole thing with people discussing a fic in secret, on closed discord servers, instead of leaving a nice comment, is such a loss for fandom. we're losing fic writers with every fic with hundreds of hits and barely a comment.
writers publish to be read. fanfic is meant to be a conversation.
#not to be that person but if my ao3 works had more comments than 'nice' that would have been more encouraging than the thousands of kudos#i stopped writing fanfic partly because there was so much giving#and getting nothing in return whether that be community or appreciation#i feel like at least with OG works people feel a need to support and comment and encourage and share their thoughts#while with fanfics its 'their silly little secret' hun we wrote the secret let us in let us know your rambles about para 3#idk man#haya: talks#hayacore#fanfic#fanfiction#ao3#ao3 fanfic#ao3feed#ao3 writer#writing community