I'm going to simply repeat what I posted on Network Command: I suppose my interest goes back to how I started out. If no one had commented I doubt I would have pursued writing stories. I don't feel as though everything needs reinforcement, but then again, as a musician, I'd hate to play for a house that refused to applaud, even if they were merely glad I was finished. We can't and won't like everything, and sometimes there is more need for guidance than congratulations. Having said that, I do believe in encouragement. To add to it, at least the Kudos button lets a reader acknowledge having been there and actually read the story. Statistics only tell us that someone started to read, not that they finished.
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I suppose my interest goes back to how I started out. If no one had commented I doubt I would have pursued writing stories. I don't feel as though everything needs reinforcement, but then again, as a musician, I'd hate to play for a house that refused to applaud, even if they were merely glad I was finished.
We can't and won't like everything, and sometimes there is more need for guidance than congratulations. Having said that, I do believe in encouragement.
To add to it, at least the Kudos button lets a reader acknowledge having been there and actually read the story. Statistics only tell us that someone started to read, not that they finished.