An author sent out a message
to a bunch of reader loops,
saying that she was on a chat
by herself
and wanted some company.
I didn’t know her,
but I thought it would be a nice thing
to stop by and chat with her.
I asked questions
(the usual questions that many readers ask me)
and received one word answers.
I didn’t get any of the normal
“what do you think of my answer/genre/hero?”
reply questions back.
So I left,
which is likely what the other readers/writers did,
leaving the author to talk to herself again.
Conversation is give and take.
You answer a question,
and then you ask the other person a question.
“How are you?”
“Fine, and how are you?”
If the questions all flow one way,
then it becomes an interview,
rather than a conversation.
There’s a reason why
we call conversation an art.
It takes practice and effort and skill.
Master it
and you’ll never be sending emails,
begging for people to show up at your chats.