[Rant] In Defense of Bad Writing

[thefourthvine]

A long time ago, I had a lot to say in rants about how people were DOING IT WRONG and should NOT WRITE THIS WAY but rather THIS OTHER WAY. (And, if I'm gonna be honest, those rants are all still there, just waiting for me to type them. Let me tell you about the Should You Use the Pluperfect? flowchart I made the other day. Or not, because honestly

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[aeroport_art]

*applauds*

[thefourthvine]

Thank you!

[azewewish]

I totally agree - there is an audience for EVERYTHING, no matter how bad. That's the beauty of the human race.

Although I would add a caveat to this: People who share their work get better faster to say, people who WANT to get better, get better. Speaking as someone who betas a lot, I can only do so much for writers who don't want to hear constructive crit & who aren't interested in honing their craft. Which is fine, that's their choice, but it's an important distinction. And it applies to all walks of life. :)

[thefourthvine]

This is absolutely true. Some people don't want to get better. (And some people don't know their work is bad; they're unskilled and unaware of it -- they don't have the baseline competency to evaluate their own work.) But, hey, they're doing fandom their way, and that's, as you say, fine. Just, yeah, you don't necessarily want to beta for them.

[lamardeuse]

Thank you.

[thefourthvine]

<3!

[china_shop]

Yes. I'd also add One person's crap is another person's catnip. Because yes.

*cheers you on*

[thefourthvine]

Truest fact, for sure.

Thank you!

[syredronning]

*thumbs up****!

[thefourthvine]

<3!