DA, I know that's not the intention, but that sounds kinda passive aggressive and might have the opposite effect.
Even when insecurity strikes authors know that there are people who would like to know what happens next. It's just that there has to be a certain balance of reward/obligation and this would feel like the reward is just not deserving being seen as a disappointment and that just doesn't work for me lol. I'd rather sacrifice my time and go through the pain that is writing or put aside some urgent real life things to make someone who doesn't know me yet happy than stop disappointing people who already are disappointed and might be disappointed anyway.
It's difficult, like, I feel really gross for the fics I haven't managed to finish just from reading this even though the fandoms are dead now and every time I stopped writing I was going through horrible shit. Try to make the author feel good and like they're doing something good for people by updating, but make sure between the lines you're not saying that they're bad for not updating and please, don't use "just so you know" or "for information" nor speak for a group because that feels like people have discussed how much of a failure you are
Knowing that people talk about your fic feels great, but knowing that they've talked about your lack of updates is the worst feeling
Sorry about drama and formatting, on mobile and oversensitive
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Re: What's the etiquette on asking an author for an update?
(Anonymous) 2016-04-12 12:18 am (UTC)(link)Even when insecurity strikes authors know that there are people who would like to know what happens next. It's just that there has to be a certain balance of reward/obligation and this would feel like the reward is just not deserving being seen as a disappointment and that just doesn't work for me lol. I'd rather sacrifice my time and go through the pain that is writing or put aside some urgent real life things to make someone who doesn't know me yet happy than stop disappointing people who already are disappointed and might be disappointed anyway.
It's difficult, like, I feel really gross for the fics I haven't managed to finish just from reading this even though the fandoms are dead now and every time I stopped writing I was going through horrible shit. Try to make the author feel good and like they're doing something good for people by updating, but make sure between the lines you're not saying that they're bad for not updating and please, don't use "just so you know" or "for information" nor speak for a group because that feels like people have discussed how much of a failure you are
Knowing that people talk about your fic feels great, but knowing that they've talked about your lack of updates is the worst feeling
Sorry about drama and formatting, on mobile and oversensitive