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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Sometimes I ask story specific questions.

You're absolutely right about people talking about themselves. I try to relate the questions ( when I ask them ) to readers' personal experience on the topic.

Generally though, I've just been comment begging like one of my characters on a freeway offramp.

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Michael Estrin's avatar

Thanks for sharing your experiences, Mark! I’m glad you’re getting comments even if you don’t have to ask for them. That said, I wonder if you might get more comments if you asked. I got comments before I asked for them, but the quantity of comments increased when I began asking and the quality of conversation picked up too.

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