Don't leave concrit to this person EVER
well for the first time in over a year I sent some concrit to an author. I enjoyed her big bang story it was good for one read but kind of forgettable and after some thought and talking about it with a friend we kind of figured out why it just didn't work for us. Well my friend was a bit too shy to contact the author herself so I decided since the author is decent to give it a try....
Guys, I figured out why people are leaving feedback to hate memes anonyomous posting places, after this response I'd be quite nervous about contacting an author to leave honest feedback..so basically do not give elless18 constructive criticism.
Here's the post. And the reason why many people would rather post their feedback to fandom secrets, spnsecrets, and hate memes (whichever version we're on now)
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I'm sorry, did I miss the rule that says a story must have conflict in it in order to be good? What's wrong with having total schmoop? I think you completely missed the point of my story.
Honestly, I don't have to defend a story a spent more than SIX months working on to you. I certainly didn't write it for you. I'm sorry that these aspects ruined the story so much for you that you felt the need to write and tell me everything that's wrong with it. It's people like you that dissuade writer's from posting at all.
In the future, I'd appreciate it if you kept your "constructive feedback" to yourself. Same goes for your friend.
--- amothea wrote:
Hi,
I enjoyed your story and I meant to send this sooner but kind of lost track of time.
I normally don't write to authors with constructive feedback because honestly if I have too many problems with the story I probably didn't finish or don't know where to start. And I kind of suck at this. I normally stick to shallow one line type of feedback.
But my friend and I were kind of talking about your story (over the phone) because we've been recommending stories to each other and she pointed out something I kind of missed but made a lot of sense. (and she was too afraid to write to you herself) But we both kind of agreed that the only thing truly missing from your story was a real conflict that would create dramatic tension. You have the writing skills, the character voices were engaging, but the lack of conflict of any sorts didn't help your story stand out per say.
I'm not sure how else to describe it but I'd just re-read an old DS9 story that was kind of a kidfic on the last part of the trilogy and the child was sweet and smart but she also threw tantrums and refused to obey and got herself hurt. And was a pest and it felt real.
I was also curious as to why Jensen was so shy about going outdoors or meeting new people?
Basically, by the end I felt like everything was too easy for the guys and honestly after dating awhile I don't think anything ever fell into place that easily, not even when I met my husband. So it's just little things like that that for a romance I'm willing to suspend disbelief but I think it would have been a more powerful story if there was some sort of conflict to overcome. Though I'm guessing you were probably going for Jensen being shy as the conflict?
I did enjoy your story and I think you're talented and I really appreciate that you shared your story with us.
Best Regards,
Amalthia
EDIT: I crossed out the hate meme part because not having actually read through them I'm not actually sure just how bad it really is or if it's anything at all like the SPN Secrets. I just heard that people were talking about SPN big bang stories there I assumed discussion was happening anonymously. I don't have time to verify and I don't personally like visiting hate memes so I crossed it out here because it's not relevant beyond the anonymous part and why some people may like it. However, I don't think anonymous posting should be an excuse to say hateful things.
Guys, I figured out why people are leaving feedback to hate memes anonyomous posting places, after this response I'd be quite nervous about contacting an author to leave honest feedback..so basically do not give elless18 constructive criticism.
Here's the post. And the reason why many people would rather post their feedback to fandom secrets, spnsecrets, and hate memes (whichever version we're on now)
-----
I'm sorry, did I miss the rule that says a story must have conflict in it in order to be good? What's wrong with having total schmoop? I think you completely missed the point of my story.
Honestly, I don't have to defend a story a spent more than SIX months working on to you. I certainly didn't write it for you. I'm sorry that these aspects ruined the story so much for you that you felt the need to write and tell me everything that's wrong with it. It's people like you that dissuade writer's from posting at all.
In the future, I'd appreciate it if you kept your "constructive feedback" to yourself. Same goes for your friend.
--- amothea wrote:
Hi,
I enjoyed your story and I meant to send this sooner but kind of lost track of time.
I normally don't write to authors with constructive feedback because honestly if I have too many problems with the story I probably didn't finish or don't know where to start. And I kind of suck at this. I normally stick to shallow one line type of feedback.
But my friend and I were kind of talking about your story (over the phone) because we've been recommending stories to each other and she pointed out something I kind of missed but made a lot of sense. (and she was too afraid to write to you herself) But we both kind of agreed that the only thing truly missing from your story was a real conflict that would create dramatic tension. You have the writing skills, the character voices were engaging, but the lack of conflict of any sorts didn't help your story stand out per say.
I'm not sure how else to describe it but I'd just re-read an old DS9 story that was kind of a kidfic on the last part of the trilogy and the child was sweet and smart but she also threw tantrums and refused to obey and got herself hurt. And was a pest and it felt real.
I was also curious as to why Jensen was so shy about going outdoors or meeting new people?
Basically, by the end I felt like everything was too easy for the guys and honestly after dating awhile I don't think anything ever fell into place that easily, not even when I met my husband. So it's just little things like that that for a romance I'm willing to suspend disbelief but I think it would have been a more powerful story if there was some sort of conflict to overcome. Though I'm guessing you were probably going for Jensen being shy as the conflict?
I did enjoy your story and I think you're talented and I really appreciate that you shared your story with us.
Best Regards,
Amalthia
EDIT: I crossed out the hate meme part because not having actually read through them I'm not actually sure just how bad it really is or if it's anything at all like the SPN Secrets. I just heard that people were talking about SPN big bang stories there I assumed discussion was happening anonymously. I don't have time to verify and I don't personally like visiting hate memes so I crossed it out here because it's not relevant beyond the anonymous part and why some people may like it. However, I don't think anonymous posting should be an excuse to say hateful things.