Star Wars Comment Fest

Sometimes, I see people who want to comment on fics, but are shy, nervous, or just don’t think they have anything to say. So, here’s the trick to low-effort but amazing comments:

- copy-paste your favourite line from the fic into your comment.

- add an emoji showing how it made you feel, or write what it made you think.

- That’s it. That’s the entire comment.

“But that’s so low-effort, won’t that disappoint the author?” Firstly: no, authors in general love any positive feedback. English teachers aren’t grading your comments. Authors will love that you bothered to say anything no matter what you say, so long as it isn’t mean. There’s no situation where this is a concern.

Secondly: authors love this kind of comment. It’s my favourite. It demonstrates that you engaged with the text, which s always super flattering, and additionally provides extremely useful data. We want to know what lines stood out to you the most, to be worth commenting on! We want to know what they made you feel or think! Again, this isn’t an English essay; pasting your favourite joke and attaching a laughing emoji is enough! This kind of data helps us improve as writers and demonstrates that our work made somebody think or feel something. It’s great.

We're going to have a quick comment weekend at the end of the year! It's going to be straightforward this time, no themes or challenges just comment comment comment!

Fest period: December 29-31 (Friday-Sunday)

Remember that the rules from the main fest apply, so that means that any kind of positive interaction on any platform where you're telling a creator that you like their work counts. Also please try to remember to keep it positive and feel free to track your comments with this graphic if you want!

We're going to have a quick comment weekend at the end of the year! It's going to be straightforward this time, no themes or challenges just comment comment comment!

Fest period: December 29-31 (Friday-Sunday)

Remember that the rules from the main fest apply, so that means that any kind of positive interaction on any platform where you're telling a creator that you like their work counts. Also please try to remember to keep it positive and feel free to track your comments with this graphic if you want!

We're going to have a quick comment weekend at the end of the year! It's going to be straightforward this time, no themes or challenges just comment comment comment!

Fest period: December 29-31 (Friday-Sunday)

Remember that the rules from the main fest apply, so that means that any kind of positive interaction on any platform where you're telling a creator that you like their work counts. Also please try to remember to keep it positive and feel free to track your comments with this graphic if you want!

We're going to have a quick comment weekend at the end of the year! It's going to be straightforward this time, no themes or challenges just comment comment comment!

Fest period: December 29-31 (Friday-Sunday)

Remember that the rules from the main fest apply, so that means that any kind of positive interaction on any platform where you're telling a creator that you like their work counts. Also please try to remember to keep it positive and feel free to track your comments with this graphic if you want!

It's been a few months since the main comment fest, and I'm thinking of having a short one sometime before the end of the year.

The event would probably be a weekend, or at most a few days, and pretty simple (comment as much as you can).

That’s it for the fest! Thank you very much to anyone who showed interest, reblogged, talked about it, and of course participated.

You are, of course, encouraged to comment, make rec lists, and share works at any time even now that the fest is over ;).

We have a short post-fest survey! Even if you couldn’t participate, even if this post is the first time you’re hearing about the fest, please help us out by filling out the form and giving ideas for future events!

Post-Fest Survey

That’s it for the fest! Thank you very much to anyone who showed interest, reblogged, talked about it, and of course participated.

You are, of course, encouraged to comment, make rec lists, and share works at any time even now that the fest is over ;).

We have a short post-fest survey! Even if you couldn’t participate, even if this post is the first time you’re hearing about the fest, please help us out by filling out the form and giving ideas for future events!

Post-Fest Survey

And the start of the last week of the fest! I hope everyone’s been having a good time commenting.

If you’re doing themes, todays are: 

Comment on an old favorite OR 

Ask (while understanding there’s no guarantee of a reply) what the most challenging part was to create

How’s your commenting going today?

If you’re doing themes, todays are:

Comment on a work you haven’t read that’s more than 1 year old OR

Mention what you were doing while you read/saw the work

It’s the final stretch! We hope you’ve been enjoying the fest!

If you’re doing themes, todays are:

Comment on a work focused on your favorite ship OR

Create a short stick figure comment and share it with the creator

It’s been two weeks of the fest :D 

If you’re doing themes, todays are:

Comment on a work by your favorite creator OR 

Leave a comment that uses emojis

And the start of the last week of the fest! I hope everyone’s been having a good time commenting.

If you’re doing themes, todays are: 

Comment on an old favorite OR 

Ask (while understanding there’s no guarantee of a reply) what the most challenging part was to create

How’s your commenting going today?

If you’re doing themes, todays are:

Comment on a work you haven’t read that’s more than 1 year old OR

Mention what you were doing while you read/saw the work

It’s the final stretch! We hope you’ve been enjoying the fest!

If you’re doing themes, todays are:

Comment on a work focused on your favorite ship OR

Create a short stick figure comment and share it with the creator

And the start of the last week of the fest! I hope everyone’s been having a good time commenting.

If you’re doing themes, todays are: 

Comment on an old favorite OR 

Ask (while understanding there’s no guarantee of a reply) what the most challenging part was to create

How’s your commenting going today?

If you’re doing themes, todays are:

Comment on a work you haven't read that's more than 1 year old OR

Mention what you were doing while you read/saw the work