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[rodneyscat]

I'm suffering from 'feedback-angst'; I've had it before, but it's never been as bad as now. There are fics I'm dying to leave the author a raving and grateful message, but when I open the comment window I feel something very similar to performance anxiety building up in me and nothing comes out. Or something so lame that it feels like leaving a 10 cent tip in a fancy restaurant after a particularly gourmet meal.

This calls for my 'socially dysfunctional but sweet and well meaning' Grant icon.

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[rubynye.livejournal.com]

One: really, as a once and hopefully future writer, I can tell you that writers love any positive feedback, even one or two or three words.

Two: some of the best feedback I've ever gotten came from you. *huggles*

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

It helps me to write feedback before reading other people's comments, because when I do it the other way around I feel like just repeating what others have already said, and it feels superfluous.

Huh, I find it baffling when people are particularly appreciative of my feedback. I don't think I'll ever be comfortable writing in English. I'm never quite sure how exactly what I write comes across, if it reads the way I meant it. It usually either feels clumsy or pompous. I'm always afraid of either over-simplifying, or using big words in the wrong place. I'll always be self-conscious about my English I'm afraid :)