I'm beginning to question certain standards in this forum, ever since my last fanfiction got closed. (Feel free to look at it, honestly! And see how my self esteem was shattered in the process-- Although, I admit, it felt good. ^^ ) And I'd like it all flaming would be kept from this thread, and if you feel if you're going to bite back at me, please restrain yourself from posting. Arguing is no fun. So moving on,
Quoth Zephyr Flare, 'I request that you have less excuse making and nitpicking of your own for proper reading in future. Change of style is no excuse for skimping, my humour fic is a complete style change yet still tried to get the core basics that make writting readable in there.'
Excuses? Are you serious?....*doesn't get it*..
Now, readers, I have some advices I wish to seek from you. If a fellow reviewer comments on only the description and basically puts down your fanfic in one or two lines, is this considered constructive? Can 'constructive' honestly be built off of the fact one simply dislikes the style? Is this not purely one's opinion? And, if basing the perception on one's exterior opinion, then is this 'helpful' to the terms of the writer, who wishes to grow and accept new changes?
And, also, skimping?
Is it fair for a person to assume one's effort was completely put to waste from the very beginning without having concrete evidence to back this up? What if, let's say, I were to write a story that introduced a new style that I was fond of, and wished to pursue, was not terribly cliche nor was it overused, and immediately people responded to the changes in negative ways, accusing me, quoth, 'When you put time and effort into something, it comes out with more than half arsed lack luster effort screaming I WAS WRITTEN UP IN THE REPLY BOX!'
What if I thought someone's story was tacky and stupid, but is it fair to tell them this because of my own rash perception? My first assumption? My laziness?
So, tell me, since I'm a bit new:
What exactly are serebiiforum's standards on fanfiction? Does everyone, quoth, 'want to write their stories in the same overly-descriptive, backstory-ridden, self-indulgent abomination of a style that passes for the standard on these forums?' Or for once, is simplicity allowed and accepted? Quite frankly, I read some of these fanfiction, and found the overly descriptive ones to make no sense. Not to say they aren't good, as this is my opinion, but I thought better to say against it, for, perhaps in the eyes of others, it was good and perhaps I was missing the point! Or can this be the case for the reviewers, instead? Can simple things be accepted for what they are? If readers dislike the story, as it is 'not their type,' are they justified in handing out such strong critiques without first examining the other side of the story?
So, yes, basic scenario, watered down: tell me something about sppf's grand ole fanfiction forum! Suggest to me what people hate, what people tend to like, and what people, like a herd of cow, tend to flock over to. I'd love to know.
Also:
'Stop trying to minimod please' <- he wasn't.
Quoth Zephyr Flare, 'I request that you have less excuse making and nitpicking of your own for proper reading in future. Change of style is no excuse for skimping, my humour fic is a complete style change yet still tried to get the core basics that make writting readable in there.'
Excuses? Are you serious?....*doesn't get it*..
Now, readers, I have some advices I wish to seek from you. If a fellow reviewer comments on only the description and basically puts down your fanfic in one or two lines, is this considered constructive? Can 'constructive' honestly be built off of the fact one simply dislikes the style? Is this not purely one's opinion? And, if basing the perception on one's exterior opinion, then is this 'helpful' to the terms of the writer, who wishes to grow and accept new changes?
And, also, skimping?
Is it fair for a person to assume one's effort was completely put to waste from the very beginning without having concrete evidence to back this up? What if, let's say, I were to write a story that introduced a new style that I was fond of, and wished to pursue, was not terribly cliche nor was it overused, and immediately people responded to the changes in negative ways, accusing me, quoth, 'When you put time and effort into something, it comes out with more than half arsed lack luster effort screaming I WAS WRITTEN UP IN THE REPLY BOX!'
What if I thought someone's story was tacky and stupid, but is it fair to tell them this because of my own rash perception? My first assumption? My laziness?
So, tell me, since I'm a bit new:
What exactly are serebiiforum's standards on fanfiction? Does everyone, quoth, 'want to write their stories in the same overly-descriptive, backstory-ridden, self-indulgent abomination of a style that passes for the standard on these forums?' Or for once, is simplicity allowed and accepted? Quite frankly, I read some of these fanfiction, and found the overly descriptive ones to make no sense. Not to say they aren't good, as this is my opinion, but I thought better to say against it, for, perhaps in the eyes of others, it was good and perhaps I was missing the point! Or can this be the case for the reviewers, instead? Can simple things be accepted for what they are? If readers dislike the story, as it is 'not their type,' are they justified in handing out such strong critiques without first examining the other side of the story?
So, yes, basic scenario, watered down: tell me something about sppf's grand ole fanfiction forum! Suggest to me what people hate, what people tend to like, and what people, like a herd of cow, tend to flock over to. I'd love to know.
Also:
'Stop trying to minimod please' <- he wasn't.