On Writing Constructive Criticism

[r_amythest]

I'm not a master of leaving concrit, but by the principle of "There are tons of people who do it worse than me, therefore I might be able to do some good," I decided to procrastinate on important real life matters to write this list, most of which are gripes

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[writerawakened]

This was a very good, very well-thought out post, but I think it could be a little bit better. :P

When I'm leaving concrit I usually try to offer suggestions on improvements only because I feel that if I point out something I felt was flawed, I usually feel obligated to justify why I felt that way, which sort of leads me into giving suggestions on how to fix it. I just feel a little awkward saying something like: "I think this, this, and this is wrong, but hell if I know how to make it better" XD I think that would be appropriate for a standard book review, but I do think there's a distinction between a ff.net review and, like, a New York Times review XD. Especially wrt providing the author something concrete to build on. Then again, this is coming from the perspective of an admittedly insecure reviewer, so... XD

[r_amythest]

I think there's a difference between saying "hell if I know how to make it better" and just letting it go at "I think this is a problem". Justifying why you felt a certain way is definitely useful, because it can help both of you pinpoint why something is a problem and where it went wrong

[hooves]

Then again, this is coming from the perspective of an admittedly insecure reviewer

...Whaaaat. Why would you feel that way, WA?

[searains]

>but I think it could be a little bit better.

Critics criticizing critics criticizing critics.

Though technically this is content, but what have you!

[r_amythest]

I love how that's a palindrome and amazing.