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lordnladyj:

Helpful advice.

When someone makes a post asking people to ask them about their OCs and you really want to make their day, ask them something specific.

“Tell me about your OCs” while it means well, is way too broad and doesn’t give that person a direction to go in. Think about it like this, if someone asks you “tell me about yourself” you’re not going to launch into your full life’s story and every little detail. More often than not, that question’s going to make you nervous. How much do you say? What do you talk about? Are they even interested at all? What if you bore them?

The better bet is to ask something specific to show that you’re genuinely interested in this person’s character and to give them a direction to go in so they’re not just trying to pull something from nothing. “What’s their family like?” “I wanna know more about their interests/fears.” “How’d you come to create them?”

I guarantee you it’ll make them more comfortable and confident and they’ll be really happy to finally get an opportunity to talk about their OCs with someone.

THIS ^^^^^