#I’ve been absurdly blessed with comments btw

[avelera]

I do completely understand people waiting to read a fic until it’s further along or even finished but sometimes I wish that impulse came with an understanding that the writer still hopes that the reader will comment on chapters along the way 🥺

#fanfiction #I’ve been absurdly blessed with comments btw #and I’m absolutely guilty of this too #but sometimes I see comments from people like Oh I waited until it was done! #and I’m like… ok but did you like the rest of it too? I don’t know unless you tell me #and I am saddened that this isn’t more widely understood as fact #that waiting for a complete fic always risks the fic not BEING completed because of a lack of feedback #and that it can be a bummer to do all that work and after that only get comments on the last chapter even if you do complete it #fic writers aren’t paid this is really the only compensation they get for their time and effort #and it does feel crummy sometimes to see people just standing by to wait while you finish working on it #and for them not to realize that there’s a hope if not an expectation that waiting until the fic is done means #that they’ll comment on the journey as a whole not just the last piece