I love your post, really, I think that many of us who are just readers and who have no talent to try a fanfic always debate between leaving feedback and not doing it.
I have read stories I don't like and who are badly written, I don't leave feedback at all. Reasons? I know the writer will think I'm a troll because what is the point of leaving feedback for something you don't like and I think that most of the authors dislike being told that the story is bad written even if the storyline is great.
I leave feedback if the story is good but the style is not that good, I point what I like and I suggest to re-edit the typos or point at inconsistencies in a casual way. If the author is a friend of mine is my obligation to point those things and I'm direct but polite.
I do try to leave constructive feedback, is not always about suggesting a style but about planting seeds in the author mind to let her/him see that there are other possibilities than the ones they have in mind for their stories.
I have a strong feeling about authors being rudely criticized and who decide to friends-lock their stories. I think that is accepting that 1) they can't deal with negative criticism in any form 2) they will only let their "fans" read it and I'm sure that "great story" in all the reviews don't compensate the constructive feedback given by a neutral reader in the way that you learn more of objective criticism. Of course, that is me and if the author doesn't like to get her/his feelings hurt (which is only natural after being given trollic reviews), then is the thing to do.
Personally, I've read a couple of stories of the author in question and I can say that they're not my cup of tea so I don't have her in my fanfic radar.
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Date: 2007-05-23 10:35 pm (UTC)I love your post, really, I think that many of us who are just readers and who have no talent to try a fanfic always debate between leaving feedback and not doing it.
I have read stories I don't like and who are badly written, I don't leave feedback at all. Reasons? I know the writer will think I'm a troll because what is the point of leaving feedback for something you don't like and I think that most of the authors dislike being told that the story is bad written even if the storyline is great.
I leave feedback if the story is good but the style is not that good, I point what I like and I suggest to re-edit the typos or point at inconsistencies in a casual way. If the author is a friend of mine is my obligation to point those things and I'm direct but polite.
I do try to leave constructive feedback, is not always about suggesting a style but about planting seeds in the author mind to let her/him see that there are other possibilities than the ones they have in mind for their stories.
I have a strong feeling about authors being rudely criticized and who decide to friends-lock their stories. I think that is accepting that 1) they can't deal with negative criticism in any form 2) they will only let their "fans" read it and I'm sure that "great story" in all the reviews don't compensate the constructive feedback given by a neutral reader in the way that you learn more of objective criticism. Of course, that is me and if the author doesn't like to get her/his feelings hurt (which is only natural after being given trollic reviews), then is the thing to do.
Personally, I've read a couple of stories of the author in question and I can say that they're not my cup of tea so I don't have her in my fanfic radar.