AO3 Comments are SO SO SOOOOOOO important because you can only leave Kudos ONCE. You add to the hit count ONCE (every 24 hours).
So whenever someone updates their fic, the ONLY way an author knows who their regular readers are is if they comment on each chapter. And we WANT to know who's still reading.
Believe it or not, some of us think about the name that pops up constantly in the comments and go "omg I can't wait to see what they think of THIS SPECIFIC SCENE cuz I KNOW they'll say something about it!!!"
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Me, writing something at 1 am: Omg I'm literally a genius this words sound amazing I ate totally whith this one omfg
The writing:
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This is genius. Off to search the kitchen for new character names.
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Me reading a really good book: god this makes me wanna write
Me reading a really bad book: ugh this makes me wanna write
Me having coffee: i wanna write
Me going on a drive: i wanna write
Me doing the dishes: i wanna write
Me waking up: i wanna write
Me writing:
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How to torture a writer:
Send writing prompts which you know they'll like. Send lots of them. Keep sending them. Dont stop.
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hmm what silly little bedtime story should i tell myself tonight *rummages through a creaky little mental file cabinet of folders labeled 'my fave gets rabies,' 'my fave in saw trap,' 'my fave's tuberculosis era'*
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3AM writing brain: We came up with so many ideas today!
Daytime writing brain: You put twelve unconnected words into a note app and there is not a single complete sentence to be found
3AM writing brain:
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