Thoughts: Constructive Criticism
In my ever-intensifying quest to become more deeply involved in the Lost fandom and to potentially read upwards of 80% of all "published" Lost fanfiction online, I've come across this problem. Everyone lives for feedback (I'm no exception) and I feel a slight twinge of guilt as a fanfic author whenever I read something and don't leave a review. But
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See, what you just said *points to your entry* is exactly how I feel. I don't hardly leave bad feedback ever, because how would I feel if someone left it for me? But at the same time, I'd like to know if I need to change something, fix a typo, etc., although that's what good betas are for, and a lot of writers simply don't use/have them. And what's even worse is that when I try to leave constructive criticism for a fic I hated, I still say, "oh, but I liked it," WHEN I DIDN'T :/ And that's just playing head games with writers. I shouldn't do that, so that's why I refrain from leaving fb on fics I think are mediocre or don't like. Like so much of the stuff at ff.net is baaaaad. These people don't know how to write, basically. I'm not too bad on leaving good fb, although sometimes I probably come off sounding like a rabid, slobering fangirl *ahem see 'Kate Doesn't Cuss' fb*, but it's like writing film reviews. Writing about the ones you love is a lot easier than writing about the shitty ones.
I don't have any tips, yo. The way I see it, if it sucks ass, leave it alone. Maybe the writer will get the hint if no one says anything.
Silence is golden?
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I don't know what's up with ff.net...back in my anime days I was an ff.net hounddog. Not that a lot of stuff was good, just had larger fandoms so there was a higher amount of quality stuff if not percentage.
BTW, I can never remember/forget to ask, are you into Jossverse?
SupahOTBTW, I own a season of X-files, but I forget which. Do you know when this show comes on reruns these days? I saw it latenight on [TNT? Sci-fi?] recently.
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It used to come on TNT at, like, 11pm, but I don't think it comes on anymore. Which season do you have? XF was my first fandom obsession, and it's interesting for me to see how internet fandomness has changed over the five/six years since I was heavily into it. I think XF (the channel) is running re-runs, but I don't know when. The only seasons worth owning are 1 thru 6; after that, serious shark jumpage.
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