Friday, January 14, 2005
A gift
This gem was left as a comment on the Blogger/Blogspot journal. It's not a response to any particular comment and deserves an entry all its own.
Hellsbit_ch, I couldn't find a more suitable place to say what I want to say, so I'm saying it here. I hope you don't mind.
I really like and enjoy your criticism of some of the very many poorly-written fics out in the great, big world. As you have said repeatedly in the "flames" (term used loosely) that I have read so far, there are very many of us readers that do turn around and practically RUN away from many, many of these poorly written, sad excuses for reading material. I enjoy well-written, properly formatted, punctuated and spell-checked fanfiction. Anything less than that is cause for me to immediately hit the "Back" button on my browser. I truly wish that more of the so-called "writers" that you have attempted to help out would take your very contstructive advice seriously. More and more often, I find myself using that little left-pointing arrow that symbolizes escape from atrociously-written "works."
For those "authors" who come here to read the advice or argue with Hellsbit_ch, please, for our sake, take the advice seriously. Even though YOU may not care very much to format, spell-check, punctuate, etc. your writings, we as readers appreciate things like that. Story content is NOT enough! You will find many, many more "good" reviews from readers if you would take the time and do these things. If you do not wish to receive constructive criticism, do not post your work. You must remember that posting work on hosting sites such as FF.Net makes your work available for all ("all" meaning the general public) to see. Not everyone will be satisfied with the low level of attentiveness that many so-called "authors" give to their works. If your main goal in publishing your works is to clutter the 'Net with garbage by not paying more attention to the readers' needs, then by all means, continue. Know that your work is NOT appreciated by many readers. Many of us hit the "Back" button before we reach the end of the first paragraph (should there be any). For those who truly wish to do better, you would do well to follow Hellsbit_ch's advice. Take it with a grain of salt if you find the commentary too stinging, but remember that you are doing yourself, and above all else, your readers, a great justice in your attempt to do better.
Thank You,
mynee (name purposely not capitalized)
Thank you, mynee, well said. Drop me an e-mail if you feel like chatting.
Hellsbit_ch, I couldn't find a more suitable place to say what I want to say, so I'm saying it here. I hope you don't mind.
I really like and enjoy your criticism of some of the very many poorly-written fics out in the great, big world. As you have said repeatedly in the "flames" (term used loosely) that I have read so far, there are very many of us readers that do turn around and practically RUN away from many, many of these poorly written, sad excuses for reading material. I enjoy well-written, properly formatted, punctuated and spell-checked fanfiction. Anything less than that is cause for me to immediately hit the "Back" button on my browser. I truly wish that more of the so-called "writers" that you have attempted to help out would take your very contstructive advice seriously. More and more often, I find myself using that little left-pointing arrow that symbolizes escape from atrociously-written "works."
For those "authors" who come here to read the advice or argue with Hellsbit_ch, please, for our sake, take the advice seriously. Even though YOU may not care very much to format, spell-check, punctuate, etc. your writings, we as readers appreciate things like that. Story content is NOT enough! You will find many, many more "good" reviews from readers if you would take the time and do these things. If you do not wish to receive constructive criticism, do not post your work. You must remember that posting work on hosting sites such as FF.Net makes your work available for all ("all" meaning the general public) to see. Not everyone will be satisfied with the low level of attentiveness that many so-called "authors" give to their works. If your main goal in publishing your works is to clutter the 'Net with garbage by not paying more attention to the readers' needs, then by all means, continue. Know that your work is NOT appreciated by many readers. Many of us hit the "Back" button before we reach the end of the first paragraph (should there be any). For those who truly wish to do better, you would do well to follow Hellsbit_ch's advice. Take it with a grain of salt if you find the commentary too stinging, but remember that you are doing yourself, and above all else, your readers, a great justice in your attempt to do better.
Thank You,
mynee (name purposely not capitalized)
Thank you, mynee, well said. Drop me an e-mail if you feel like chatting.
# posted by hellsbit_ch @ 3:13 PM 
