To be honest, I feel absolutely giddy an

d happy that someone took the time to read stuff that I write (although I haven't written anything as of late).
It's a great feeling that someone cared enough to take that view and transform it into written opinions![/QUOTE]

I personally view myself as having a hea

lthy self-esteem so I’m not necessarily hurt by a lack of them, but I always appreciate getting them. My mood tends to be pretty neutral, but it always boosts when I see someone likes what I’m doing.[/QUOTE]

I’ve always found that leaving comment

s on my stories whether if I did bad or good, its always positive, it always inspires me to continue to improve. Sure, some people (including myself when I was first cnc’d) have a hard time handling comments, but that’s always a good thing, they can learn from their mistakes despite being mad. [/QUOTE]

I absolutely love to receive comment

s on anything I’ve written. Good, bad, long, or short, it all makes a difference to me. While constructive criticism is among the most valuable, I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that even the smallest thing can go a long way to keep us writers dedicated to creating content.[/QUOTE]

Receiving comments on anything that I wr

ite is just...heartwarming. Whether good or bad. It reassures me that people are actually reading what I took the time to create. It means that my efforts have not gone to waste, and I’m not sure about anyone else, but that feeling alone is something that will stay with me for a while. [/QUOTE]

Having people comment on my stories has

always been something of a rare treat. I’ve found that I often have a way of posting things without ever checking back to see what people thought of them, then continue on with my life until I have something else to add. But when I do find someone commenting on my work, it’s kind of invigorating. Plotlines that I’d normally drop get picked back up when I realize that people care about them- and seeing how they feel about a work takes me back to that hard-to-find feeling of positivity and productivity that I had when I published that particular story. Though it’s something that I rarely stop to think about, the amount of stories I publish (and the effort I put into writing them) correlates directly to the amount of people and ways in which those people respond to my work.
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I adore comments on my stories, because

a comment really shows that the person has read it, y’know? Even if it’s just a “good job, I like it.” It’s perfectly fine with me because at least I know my stories are being actively read. I feel like if more people simply commented something nice or some criticism on a story it would make the authors, who may or may not have dropped the stories, more inspired to keep it going. [/QUOTE]

It's always nice to see that people have

commented, it sort of helps further assure that people actually took the time to read my stories instead of giving a brief glance over.[/QUOTE]

While I'm not a part of original literat

ure at all, on the stories I do release I can either enjoy or hate reactions. I enjoy the "omg, u so perf" reactions for obvious reasons but…[/QUOTE]

I love it, for the most part. Everytime

I receive one, I always look at it as a way to receive more information that can help me improve. Something that is not always true, but I appreciate it being there regardless (unless it's just someone being rude).[/QUOTE]

I love it, I crave it a lot of the time.

Whether its hate or love or questions or diggin deeper or just any kind of feedback it is the best part of writing something, for me a lot of the time. Even if it’s just to say I forgot to capitalize or mispelled something. It’s proof someone read it, and that it was shared.[/QUOTE]

Same as the first. I'm all about trying

to improve my writing, so if that means someone took the time to critique my work and give me suggestions on how to do improve I think that's one of the best comments to receive. [/QUOTE]

I really do want to continue to get bett

er as a writer so I’m always happy with feedback, although I know I have a tendency to explain myself. Not necessarily for the sake of having an excuse, but thinking out how it happened and acknowledging that path helps me avoid it in the future. I never mean it as ‘Hey I know what I’m doing’, although I fear it came off that way at least once before. I view other people’s perspectives as extremely useful, no matter where they fall in regards to experience.[/QUOTE]

To me, criticism can hurt, but I wel

come it. Whether good or bad, I just like to get attention for my stuff, and criticism is often the stuff that helps foment my writing the most, so in a way it’s more valuable than praise.[/QUOTE]

Criticism in itself is meant to help, in

spire, and to push a person into the right direction. But the problem is that some critiques can be negative (Which in all necessities isn’t bad.) and that might feel like for the person being criticized that they have been doing it all wrong and that they should stop. (Though it all depends on the message) [/QUOTE]

Criticism can be rough at times, that I

think just about anyone can admit too. But it’s great nonetheless. I guess it all depends on how a person takes that criticism and translates it into their writing. Personally, receiving any form of criticism helps me go further with my abilities, and I’m able to add on to what I already know. [/QUOTE]

I think that there are three types of cr

iticism; there’s criticism with no regard for kindness, criticism that is both kind and descriptive, then there’s kindness without much criticism at all. There are times where it’s more helpful to have the first option, and times where people need a bit of the third to get them going, but I’ve found I respond best to criticisms that land right in the middle. But really it’s kind of iffy because there’s no way for me to really communicate when I need that ego boost to keep me going, and when I need it to be kept in check so I can focus on my writing.

I love receiving criticism on my stories almost as much as I love the simple comments. I think I speak for many others when I say that you tend to feel down on yourself when you get a bad critique, but at the end of the day it makes you remember or know something you didn’t know about before. It’s almost like learning from a subject in school, when you take a test and the teacher grades it. For us writers, making a story and posting it on a forum is like our test. The people that read it and give feedback are the teachers grading it. If you get a bad grade on a test, you learn from what you did wrong, the mistakes you made and don’t do it next time. Same goes for writing. I can continue this extended metaphor all I want, but I think everybody gets the point. Criticism is the best thing for an aspiring writing.
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...if there is a lack of criticism and j

ust shameless insults I want to acquaintance someone's trachea with a choke hold. When I do receive criticism it helps me grow as a writer and that is something I enjoy. I suppose that's a real roundabout way of saying I like it.[/QUOTE]

I absolutely love criticism and it's the

best way to improve my work, however at the same time I find that I can take it personally and almost avoid posting things as a result of not wanting to overreact to that said criticism when it comes my way because of how terribly I take critisism. As much as it's supposed to help me, I've lost sleep and appetites over some of the more harsh critiques I've gotten even though I appreciated what that person did for me.
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I love it. Regardless of how harsh it mi

ght be, I force myself to never take it personally and look at it as objectively as possible. The person replying took their time to write a criticism and, therefore, deserves that I at least give it an attentive read. As I read it, I always compare it with what I already know and make sure that I, in case of disagreement, present my counter-argument as clearly and as politely as I can. In case of agreement, I present my post explaining why I did the mistake I did and show that I heard him and will try to correct my mistakes.
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Personally, I enjoy receiving comments o

n my stories, but in all honesty, criticisms are even better, because what criticisms say is: 'Hey, not only did I read your story, but I acknowledge you as a fellow writer and am going to take away from my precious time to think about your writing and help you improve it,' And when someone does take that time to help me improve, I personally take it to heart, because I am aspiring to become an author someday.[/QUOTE]

It has made me the writer I am today. It

’s also proof of improvement and of the fact I have room to further improve. It shows me I’m not hopeless, I’m not stuck a second pair of eyes and shared discovery is all it takes for me to see more ways to keep writing and growing.[/QUOTE]

Usually because it stand out to me. I li

ke unique stories that can easily inspire contemplative discussion and perhaps how it can be made even better.[/QUOTE]

Unfortunately because I feel like I have to. It used to be deeper and all ‘we can all help each other improve’ but with the void of comments lately, it all feels like homework. I want it to go back.

I give feedback when there is feedback t

o give. I'm extremely honest and too emotional for my own good.
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Typically, I give feedback because I wan

t to share my thoughts on someone else’s work. It’s really about that simple. No matter where the community is, I’m a part of it, and by provided feedback (be it positive or negative) helps further the community spirit of constant improval. Call me a bit idealistic, but I think that’s a pretty good thing.
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Although many people haven’t seen me g

ive feedback, I’ve always felt like the reason to give feedback is the will to help and mentor (If you put it lightly) a person into reaching their potential. In my opinion, everyone has potential, despite how low someone might start in writing. The right person giving the right feedback can go a long way for anyone.
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Whenever I give feedback, of any kind re

ally, it’s for the sole purpose of trying to help the writer better his/her talent. I may not be the best at commenting on stories, or consistent at that, but whenever I do it’s because I want the writer to improve.
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I’d like to think that if I comment on

a story that it’s because of how much I enjoyed that particular story, but to be honest it’s more that because I had the time and I feel like somebody has to. But on the same note, I’ve never found myself spending time giving feedback to a writer whose work that part of me genuinely did not enjoy, though my motivations for giving feedback are a little more complex.
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I wish I had more of a motivation to giv

e feedback on a story, in all honesty. Whenever I do give feedback, I feel like it’s more of a chore than anything, and that makes me feel really upset, especially if it’s somebody that really worked hard on their stories. [/QUOTE]

When I do, it's because I found somethin

g really strong in a story and I want to point it out to the writer whether good or bad.[/QUOTE]

Because I like to help people. Simple as

that.[/QUOTE]

I give feedback because I should. I don�

��t do it often, when I do I try to make it as useful as I can. Lately its more of a device I tried to see if it would get others to read what I’ve done and maybe give me feedback, but no such luck.[/QUOTE]