Oh, good grief. That mod needs to chill out and realize that fan fiction is for fun, not English homework to be graded and sent back for further editing purposes.
I'll send a few of my computer ninja warriors to kick her a few times.
I do hope the story posted the second time around. Even if you shouldn't have had to do the second submission. Everyone needs to have the love that is Nosy available to them.
No news yet on whether it's been accepted, it can take a day or more for the longer fics.
I can understand the mods being strict if there are a lot of really bad errors, and I respect that, but they are MODS, not betas, they shouldn't be seeking out every error. What next? Are they going to cite bad grammar because dialogue is written the way the characters speak instead of in grammatically correct form?
While writing standards on Teaspoon are better than on ff.net, there are still fics being let through that have a hell of a lot more - and more obvious - mistakes than mine did. It was the sheer pickiness that annoyed me, especially as its stated that they don't expect perfection.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that they accept it this time. Maybe you'll get lucky and draw a different mod to approve it.
It's entirely possible, but I would hope that they're smart enough to realize that fan fiction involves capturing the character's voice, and that can mean slang and weird contractions of words at times. My toughest English teacher ever - used to edit for a newspaper in New York - was smart enough to leave dialogue alone unless there was a massive problem with it.
Sounds like a mod problem rather than a page problem. Unfortunately that seems to be happening more and more. I'm waiting for one of my archives to delete my WIPs because they've been idle for so long. Granted, they never have before, so I don't think they enforce that rule, but it could happen.
My fic got approved and posted, yay! Sadly, the next one I want to post there is twice as long and I plan to edit it first in the hopes of avoiding rejection again, lol! So much for posting one a day until I had the last stragglers up on the site.
Maybe it was a slow day on the site and the mod wanted something to do,
I hope your WiPs don't get deleted o_O You'd think they'd understand that fanfiction writing is something that gets fitted in when the writers have the time and inspiration. If something doesn't get updated for a long time, it could simply be that the writer is too busy with real life to spare the time.
When I first started writing fan fic I was quite soundly rejected. Rightly so I now know. But they did not offer any clue as to where to go for help or feedback. They did not say "good story work on it." Just basically a F*** off. I forget now, but it was one of the huge Buffy sites. Someone somewhere suggested Livejournal and I never looked back and have never had my work posted there. I am glad I did not let the perfectionists get me down before I had even gotten up.
Yeah, some sites are just too finnicky and don't give people a chance to improve, or even any guidance. i guess that's why ff.nert is so popular - it doesn't matter if you can't spell, have no idea of good grammer and don't know an apostrophe from a hole in the ground - you can still post your stories there and maybe even get some constructive criticism and help with improving
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That is one of the reasons why I tend to avoid Fandom-Specific posting places. You should post over on AO3, your fic won't be rejected because of a few little typing errors and some misplaced commas.
This person really needs to re-evaluate their Mod-status if they're nit-picking and rejecting stories based on that, considering I've read fics over on Teaspoon where characters are WILDLY out of character, and the character bashing is rife - especially among the Rose, Martha, Donna, Amy fans.
I do post on AO3. And LJ, dreamwidth and ff.net, lol! I have dedicated readers on all the sites, posting to them all is a juggling act but I do it because... Well, I guess because I like the thought that everyone can find and read my fics if they want to.
I can only think this must be a new moderator who doesn't understand their role. They're not there to beta every fic that comes along to within an inch of its life. They're there to check that the standard of writing is acceptable, not flawless according to their personal standards. I've read fics there littered with spelling mistakes, bad grammar and atrocious punctuation, but I get rejected for mistakes that few people would be aware of. Smacks of double standards.
On the other hand, I now know something I didn't - or at least something I's forgotten in the 36 years since I left school, lol!
They need to standardise their standards and not make changes without permission, that's an atrocious breach of their privileges!
I've never had anything rejected before, in the 18 months or so since I became a member. Nor was I aware that they can change things in my fics without my express permission. They're mods, not beta readers. I'll be paying more attention to my messages from them in future, I haven't been reading them lately, just deleting them. Wonder how many times they've picked fault despite accepting my fics. They need to get over themselves, or start being more even-handed when it comes to accepting or rejecting stories based on what they see as errors.
Don't worry, I'm writing busily. One nit-picking mod won't derail me. I post to 5 sites and while I don't want to stop posting at Teaspoon, I have that option if they start overstepping and editing my stories without my permission. That's something I won't tolerate.
Yeah, sometimes even though there are a lot of mistakes, the story is worth reading for the ideas. it's a shame when great stories are let down by the execution, but I'll still read.
I must have read the guidelines myself, but such things never seem to stick in my brain. I've had no problems there since, so that's something. I'm still scratching my head over the whole thing though. Maybe they thought they were doing me a favour, didn't think my writing in that fic was up to my usual standards, lol. Who knows? Lord preserve us from people who think they're helping o_O
Can't imagine what I might have done to piss them off. Maybe they don't like fluff, lol!
I had no idea they could be so picky, especially considering some of the fics I've read there. *shrugs* They just better not start editing my fics without my permission! Certain things should be up to the writer's dicretion.
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I'll send a few of my computer ninja warriors to kick her a few times.
I do hope the story posted the second time around. Even if you shouldn't have had to do the second submission. Everyone needs to have the love that is Nosy available to them.
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I can understand the mods being strict if there are a lot of really bad errors, and I respect that, but they are MODS, not betas, they shouldn't be seeking out every error. What next? Are they going to cite bad grammar because dialogue is written the way the characters speak instead of in grammatically correct form?
While writing standards on Teaspoon are better than on ff.net, there are still fics being let through that have a hell of a lot more - and more obvious - mistakes than mine did. It was the sheer pickiness that annoyed me, especially as its stated that they don't expect perfection.
Thanks, Ninja warriors gratefully accepted!
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It's entirely possible, but I would hope that they're smart enough to realize that fan fiction involves capturing the character's voice, and that can mean slang and weird contractions of words at times. My toughest English teacher ever - used to edit for a newspaper in New York - was smart enough to leave dialogue alone unless there was a massive problem with it.
Sounds like a mod problem rather than a page problem. Unfortunately that seems to be happening more and more. I'm waiting for one of my archives to delete my WIPs because they've been idle for so long. Granted, they never have before, so I don't think they enforce that rule, but it could happen.
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Maybe it was a slow day on the site and the mod wanted something to do,
I hope your WiPs don't get deleted o_O You'd think they'd understand that fanfiction writing is something that gets fitted in when the writers have the time and inspiration. If something doesn't get updated for a long time, it could simply be that the writer is too busy with real life to spare the time.
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That is one of the reasons why I tend to avoid Fandom-Specific posting places. You should post over on AO3, your fic won't be rejected because of a few little typing errors and some misplaced commas.
This person really needs to re-evaluate their Mod-status if they're nit-picking and rejecting stories based on that, considering I've read fics over on Teaspoon where characters are WILDLY out of character, and the character bashing is rife - especially among the Rose, Martha, Donna, Amy fans.
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I can only think this must be a new moderator who doesn't understand their role. They're not there to beta every fic that comes along to within an inch of its life. They're there to check that the standard of writing is acceptable, not flawless according to their personal standards. I've read fics there littered with spelling mistakes, bad grammar and atrocious punctuation, but I get rejected for mistakes that few people would be aware of. Smacks of double standards.
On the other hand, I now know something I didn't - or at least something I's forgotten in the 36 years since I left school, lol!
Thanks! *hugs* It's a good thing I'm tough!
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I've never had anything rejected before, in the 18 months or so since I became a member. Nor was I aware that they can change things in my fics without my express permission. They're mods, not beta readers. I'll be paying more attention to my messages from them in future, I haven't been reading them lately, just deleting them. Wonder how many times they've picked fault despite accepting my fics. They need to get over themselves, or start being more even-handed when it comes to accepting or rejecting stories based on what they see as errors.
Don't worry, I'm writing busily. One nit-picking mod won't derail me. I post to 5 sites and while I don't want to stop posting at Teaspoon, I have that option if they start overstepping and editing my stories without my permission. That's something I won't tolerate.
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Yeah, sometimes even though there are a lot of mistakes, the story is worth reading for the ideas. it's a shame when great stories are let down by the execution, but I'll still read.
I must have read the guidelines myself, but such things never seem to stick in my brain. I've had no problems there since, so that's something. I'm still scratching my head over the whole thing though. Maybe they thought they were doing me a favour, didn't think my writing in that fic was up to my usual standards, lol. Who knows? Lord preserve us from people who think they're helping o_O
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I had no idea they could be so picky, especially considering some of the fics I've read there. *shrugs* They just better not start editing my fics without my permission! Certain things should be up to the writer's dicretion.
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