Writer’s Riposte

Tip Of The Day — Day 18– Reply to every comment

This is part of a series of daily tips for writers, which is published to share ideas and suggestions on our craft. Everyone will have different advice on writing, so the tip below is just a personal selection which I hope you will find useful, and do share any of your own in the comments.

This tip is about the importance of replying to every comment on your articles, to thank the reader. It addresses something I see on Medium that reflects wider society. There seems to be an inverse correlation between the status of the writer in terms of their celebrity and follower count, and how much they bother to reply to comment, engage or read the work of other writers.

So to make a success of the platform, both to make it pay as a writer and also to improve the community, I would encourage you to read and reply to every comment. It is only good manners, and kindness costs nothing!

I hope you found this article useful, and do share any tips of your own in the comments.

Previous tips:

Day 17: Engagement

Day 16- Attention-seeking behaviour — the importance of your first sentence –

Day 15 — Keep it snappy — headlines — https://readmedium.com/keep-it-snappy-3689266dd2a0

Day 14- Subject selection —

Day 13 — Making time —

Day 12 — Deadlines —

Day 11 — Layout —

Day 10 — Niches for Riches —

Day 9 — Do your own research —

Day 8 — Choosing your subject —

Day 7 — Reverse engineering success —

Day 6 — Planning —

Day 5 — Location —

Day 4 — Dictionary and thesaurus —

Day 3 –Quotations

Day 2 — Mind your language — learning new words

Day 1- The Notebook

As always, thank you for reading.

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