yes, i occasionally do need people to validate me
Does anyone else make summer lists of things they want to do? I realize that I should make a list of things to do every season, but for some reason summer is my favorite, I love summer, it seems open to more possibilities, and also I love summer. I am always so very, very happy when June rolls around.
It's really nice to get reviews that tell me my writing is doing its job at making people feel the emotions of the characters. Mostly, I can hardly read my stories without cringing, or fretting at the pace and the wording, or feeling like my writing style is too cluttered or my characters aren't speaking properly or I used this phrase too often again, etc. I literally find it difficult to read long stories of mine, which makes proofreading a real pain. So, getting a couple reviewers telling me my story is making them cry and get emotional makes me feel like I'm not fucking the whole thing up after all.
I got one yesterday that stated the reviewer hates death fics but is reading mine because of my writing style and how I write the characters, which made me feel a lot better about the chapter I put out. I fuss so much over everything and thought the chapter was actually not so good. I have no idea what or who I am comparing myself to in my head.
It's really nice to get reviews that tell me my writing is doing its job at making people feel the emotions of the characters. Mostly, I can hardly read my stories without cringing, or fretting at the pace and the wording, or feeling like my writing style is too cluttered or my characters aren't speaking properly or I used this phrase too often again, etc. I literally find it difficult to read long stories of mine, which makes proofreading a real pain. So, getting a couple reviewers telling me my story is making them cry and get emotional makes me feel like I'm not fucking the whole thing up after all.
I got one yesterday that stated the reviewer hates death fics but is reading mine because of my writing style and how I write the characters, which made me feel a lot better about the chapter I put out. I fuss so much over everything and thought the chapter was actually not so good. I have no idea what or who I am comparing myself to in my head.