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Creator advice: practice taking compliments graciously. Don't self-deprecate - you have 50:50 chance on it coming across as an insult to the person's taste.
Try and memorise a phrase to say if someone says something nice.
(Mine is "Thank you. You're very kind.")
Try and memorise a phrase to say if someone says something nice.
(Mine is "Thank you. You're very kind.")
Specific note for the brits: taking compliments is the most unbritish thing, and doubly so if you're at all anxious, so really is actively worth being prepared for. I say my line and try and move the conversation on.
It gets increasingly important if you come into contact with Americans, who culturally don't do this nearly as much.
I had my "I need to be better at this moment" around 2009 when I first met a major american creator who said "I'm loving your work" and I said "Well, someone has to" and saw instantly the offence.
(Understandably.)
(Understandably.)
This thread is prompted of me remembering back in my games journo days someone coming up to me in a bar and saying "You were the voice of a generation" and me saying "Really? I mean... for a very small PART of a generation, maybe?" I winced at the memory, and regretted the choice
Zoe is 100% right here - the phrase is meant as a stepping stone to a genuine human interaction rather than a dead end. https://twitter.com/girlonetrack/status/1235514487589007360
