Dear Reading Folk,
Okay, here's the deal.
I love feedback. I totally do. It's awesome, it's great hearing that people like my stories, it's very, very cool.
But it's not why I write.
I love that people will take the time to sit down and say, "Your characters are neat." That's exciting to me.
But it doesn't make me write more or faster.
I write because I love it. Because I want to be better at it. Because it's a great adventure and I get off on the highs and the lows. Because it makes me horny. Because it makes me feel safe, in a world of my own creation, a world in my own control. I write because I can't NOT write.
So, your feedback rocks, but I just want you to know that I don't require it. Don't feel like you have to send me something or I won't ever come up with another story. As a writer, I do kind of live for the high of knowing other people like what I write. But, more than that, I live for the high of writing itself.
In short, I will write whenever I have something to say. And when I don't, I will still write, but I probably won't share it because then it's all shit. :)
Your feedback is so appreciated I can't think straight when I receive it. It swells my head and makes me swoon on my own good fortune. I just thought you should know that it's not mandatory. I want people to write feedback because they want to write feedback. Because a story meant something to them and they want to let me know. Not because I'm the feedback nazi and I'll threaten to quit sharing my stories if you aren't nice to me.
I'll write even if no one reads. I'll write even if no one likes it. So, I may as well share what I write, whether or not I get anything back.
That's all.
Thanks for all the nice things you say and all the nice things you don't say. It all means something.
- griffin