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Some extra thoughts about dialogue (re: last journal)
6 years ago
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-- CURRENTLY ON HIATUS -- I don't think I communicated well that I was wanting to talk about comments here on FA for my stories. This website is where I have my largest fanbase (thank you all), it's primarily where I post my work, and where it's easiest for me to communicate with you. I wasn't feeling well this morning and I framed my message through that lens and forgot to actually say... what I wanted to say. u.u
I have no problems with talking to people. I'm already in a couple Discord servers, but I MUCH prefer one-on-one conversation, or structured posting like here on FA, so I can talk directly. I tend to be shy in large Discord servers or Telegram groups unless I'm specifically poked. And I share some work on them. I don't want to create my own server, that's more than I can handle right now/ever. I'm a meek little thing. u.u The business side of marketing myself is alien to me.
I am on Twitter, but that's mostly for my thoughts and other stuff, not writing. I've posted stories there and got... maybe... 10 likes as a grand total. Twitter is simply the worst for posting stories. A tweet is "gone" in like 10 seconds, and I can't expect someone to drop everything they're doing to read a story in the first dozen seconds after I post it. I've been meaning to do a tweet-a-day journal story for a while, I should figure out where I put that document and see about doing that...
But before I get off-topic AGAIN, the question I am meaning to ask is: When I post stories here on FA, and you read them, what are things I can help do to encourage you to leave a comment with your thoughts? It doesn't need to be deep analysis or anything like that, or even positive feedback! XD I'd just like to know that people are reading my work, especially people outside of my direct friend circle.
I have no problems with talking to people. I'm already in a couple Discord servers, but I MUCH prefer one-on-one conversation, or structured posting like here on FA, so I can talk directly. I tend to be shy in large Discord servers or Telegram groups unless I'm specifically poked. And I share some work on them. I don't want to create my own server, that's more than I can handle right now/ever. I'm a meek little thing. u.u The business side of marketing myself is alien to me.
I am on Twitter, but that's mostly for my thoughts and other stuff, not writing. I've posted stories there and got... maybe... 10 likes as a grand total. Twitter is simply the worst for posting stories. A tweet is "gone" in like 10 seconds, and I can't expect someone to drop everything they're doing to read a story in the first dozen seconds after I post it. I've been meaning to do a tweet-a-day journal story for a while, I should figure out where I put that document and see about doing that...
But before I get off-topic AGAIN, the question I am meaning to ask is: When I post stories here on FA, and you read them, what are things I can help do to encourage you to leave a comment with your thoughts? It doesn't need to be deep analysis or anything like that, or even positive feedback! XD I'd just like to know that people are reading my work, especially people outside of my direct friend circle.
But there's also a secondary, slightly more selfish reason for wanting the comments. XD If a story has comments already, I think it encourages people to invest the time in reading it. That would help circulate my work more, and people would be more encouraged to hopefully find something they like!
I also dont think youre scary to people any more than anyone else is usually nervous of someone they like, ie the people you wish to comment may be nervous about putting themselves out there as well.
Might do a reader's choice Choose Your Own Adventure thing for a 'quick buck' load of comments.
I *am* thinking about doing a Choose Your Own Adventure kind of thing on my Patreon, though. Maybe once I've gotten a little further in ToF.
Also, thank you. n.n
And maybe because I'm used to not getting a lot of comments on my own content, I've never really commented a lot in general, but I can definitely make an effort to do so more often!
As for your question, I think just asking for people to comment might be a start. I've seen a few artists post their own comments asking what people think of their work in the comment sections. People see '1 Comment' at the bottom of the description, and are then more likely to look at the comments, and subsequently are more likely to engage.