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fellowshippers2003-08-15 10:30 am
deliciouspear.livejournal.com) wrote in fellowshippers2003-08-15 10:30 am
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Alright, so this is not a story but it was a lot to do with fanfiction in general.
A list I'm on posted a poll asking "Why don't you leave feedback on this list?" there were many options, such as "I send it privatly" "I'm embaressed to admit I read it" but my reason, which I suspect may be prevalent, was not on the list.
Basically, I don't want to get yelled at.
With the rise of sites like fanfiction.net,
writers are getting younger and bolder. With that
comes a lack of tolerance for constructive criticism.
Used to be that people asked for feedback because they
really wanted to make their stories BETTER and wanted
to know what people ACTUALLY THOUGHT.
These days, if you write something other than "That wuz gr8! Write
MORE!" it's considered FLAMING and suddenly you're
getting hate mail from the author and eighteen of her
enraged friends.
Personally I was always a little dissapointed to get
those "good job" reveiws. I suppose they're better than nothing and I'm certainly okay if the reader liked my story enough to not want to change anything about it, BUT
"write more!" does NOT tell me WHY they liked it.
I guess my pet peeve is that people shouldn't ask for
"feedback" if they don't really want it.
If you like something, tell the person WHY. If you didn't, you should be able to do the same thing with out fear of banning or hate mail.
If someone has other reasons why they don't personally give feedback, or completely disagrees with what I just said, I'd like to hear it!
~Squee
A list I'm on posted a poll asking "Why don't you leave feedback on this list?" there were many options, such as "I send it privatly" "I'm embaressed to admit I read it" but my reason, which I suspect may be prevalent, was not on the list.
Basically, I don't want to get yelled at.
With the rise of sites like fanfiction.net,
writers are getting younger and bolder. With that
comes a lack of tolerance for constructive criticism.
Used to be that people asked for feedback because they
really wanted to make their stories BETTER and wanted
to know what people ACTUALLY THOUGHT.
These days, if you write something other than "That wuz gr8! Write
MORE!" it's considered FLAMING and suddenly you're
getting hate mail from the author and eighteen of her
enraged friends.
Personally I was always a little dissapointed to get
those "good job" reveiws. I suppose they're better than nothing and I'm certainly okay if the reader liked my story enough to not want to change anything about it, BUT
"write more!" does NOT tell me WHY they liked it.
I guess my pet peeve is that people shouldn't ask for
"feedback" if they don't really want it.
If you like something, tell the person WHY. If you didn't, you should be able to do the same thing with out fear of banning or hate mail.
If someone has other reasons why they don't personally give feedback, or completely disagrees with what I just said, I'd like to hear it!
~Squee