The anonymous feedback meme

[teenwitch77]

THE ANONYMOUS FEEDBACK MEME
Ever wonder if people are holding back from telling you what they really think of your writing?

It’s often hard to leave feedback in a public forum without censoring ourselves, or being afraid of offending somebody.

Here you can share the love, or air your true opinions without that pesky face-to-face (or ah, username-to-

Comments

Re: Bring It On!

[anonymous]

You write like yourself. This is not a problem when you do original characters, but is with your fanfiction - you constantly place your own opinions, ideas, and beliefs in the minds of others that do not share them.

You cannot differentiate your own fanon from what is on the screen or the printed page, and your work suffers for that because you do not allow yourself to be challenged or to chage your mind. You take your own point of view and try to impose that on the characters you work with, which has them come off as unrealistic and unlike themselves, engaging in behaviors they would not consider otherwise.

When you drop your background and do your best to get inside the heads of those you write about, and consider the world from their point of view and go from there - the point of view the characters would have developed over their life, as opposed to the point of view you would like them to have - then your work shines and displays a very dark, sharp edge that is not seen too often. The key seems to be avoiding putting yourself into who you write about.

A good deal of advice novice writers recieve revolves around the notion of letting the characters talk, and following them along. Remember that, and it should help.

Re: Bring It On!

[anonymous]

I completely agree with this - also, you are good writer, but not nearly as good as you *think* you are, and that is one of your biggest hurdles :/