Okay so I am a bad person, but it kind of makes me feel better to know that you have the inner "you suck!" voice too, because I know, like, empirically that ~you~ don't suck.
Also I am off to the kinkmeme to anonymously prompt for Peter in sparkly shirts.
Also this is all really good advice, and charmingly written, and I quite appreciate you sharing it. :)
If I learned anything in my workshop classes, it's that EVERYBODY has the inner "you suck!" voice. Anyone who tells you they don't is either lying or not human. The "you suck" voice is a universal problem.
LOL, Peter in sparkly shirts for real. I WILL BE STALKING THAT THREAD, WAITING FOR REPLY. Because omg, the LULZ. *Considers making a sparkly Peter icon*
And thanks so much for that lovely compliment; I'm glad I even made sense :D
I am glad that you are the smart one because you know if I tried to post something like this it would be 1.) partially not in English (or indeed any actual language) and 2.) partially in capslock due to I don't know how to use my indoor voice.
Also I will add that it is often very fun, as an author, to approach concrit or indeed unsolicited advice as if it's a question. "I think you should have written this from someone else's POV" can totes be read as "What made you choose to write from this POV?" and then you get metafuntimes discussion instead of butthurt. At least, this is how I avoid hurting my own butt.
That... sounds really gross. Nevermind, you know what I mean.
I would be VERY INTERESTED to read your post on this topic, largely because I imagine it would start off being about concrit, wander in philological debate, and end in porn. SO MUCH WIN.
And whatever I am not the smart one, I am just the one that does not have a giant brilliant brain to be distracted by.
AND THIS POST IS TOTALLY PARTIALLY IN CAPS LOCK WAT.
I know what you meant and am choosing to interpret as dirty anyway
Actually it would mostly be a Y'ALL NEED TO CRIT ME MORE, I AM GETTING A DEGREE IN THIS CRAP SO INVOLVE THAT sort of post. And then someone would get offended assuming that what I want for my fic is what I suggest everyone doing for every fic ever, and then heinous wank (then it ends in porn).
Thank you so much for writing this guide - I feel better informed on how to take concrit as a writer, and better equipped to leave other people feedback, too! A smart, thoughtful, and interesting meta.
This is very interesting to me, as a sometime author and frequent reader. I do point out grammatical errors and typos in comments, because I do proofreading work in the real world and I can't not see mistakes! It hadn't occurred to me to send a PM, because I hate people sending them to me...but I can see how it would be more considerate.
Honestly, the PM hadn't even OCCURRED to me until I got that private message about the Caffrey/Caffery thing. But it was so great to be able to just handle the problem without having that little "Should I delete this comment? I'm grateful to the poster but I don't really want people to know I did that," debate with myself.
And, while I am not a proofreader in real life (yet...I may well end up going down that path when I graduate), mistakes jump out at me too. A gift and a curse, is it not?
FINALLY, my agreement with the above poster about your hilarious icon.
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Also I am off to the kinkmeme to anonymously prompt for Peter in sparkly shirts.
Also this is all really good advice, and charmingly written, and I quite appreciate you sharing it. :)
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LOL, Peter in sparkly shirts for real. I WILL BE STALKING THAT THREAD, WAITING FOR REPLY. Because omg, the LULZ. *Considers making a sparkly Peter icon*
And thanks so much for that lovely compliment; I'm glad I even made sense :D
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Also I will add that it is often very fun, as an author, to approach concrit or indeed unsolicited advice as if it's a question. "I think you should have written this from someone else's POV" can totes be read as "What made you choose to write from this POV?" and then you get metafuntimes discussion instead of butthurt. At least, this is how I avoid hurting my own butt.
That... sounds really gross. Nevermind, you know what I mean.
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And whatever I am not the smart one, I am just the one that does not have a giant brilliant brain to be distracted by.
AND THIS POST IS TOTALLY PARTIALLY IN CAPS LOCK WAT.
I know what you meant and am choosing to interpret as dirty anyway
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And, while I am not a proofreader in real life (yet...I may well end up going down that path when I graduate), mistakes jump out at me too. A gift and a curse, is it not?
FINALLY, my agreement with the above poster about your hilarious icon.
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