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Authors, please read and comment on other writers' stories. We request that you read at least two stories weekly, or two stories for each one you publish in The Ink Well. It only takes a little time, and this ensures that we have a thriving and supportive community. It also builds your following and improves your rewards! Also note that we only select stories for the periodic highlights magazine by authors who are engaging with other members' posts.

And I apologize for falling so, so, so far behind.

Many of us write not for payouts and prizes, but for the feedback from readers. Otherwise we pour out our hearts, yearning for contact with others, only to throw words into the void, and it can be lonely.

Read. Upvote. Comment.

Thank you, fellow writers and readers, and thank you, Inkwell team.