[ SECRET POST #3153 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3153 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

Re: Say it here

[(Anonymous)]

That's horrifying. I'm happy to say that the person I'm thinking of is just self-important and fairly obtuse--and also a really, really terrible writer--but not vicious.

I do think sporking encourages not only nastiness, but also self-importance and the conviction that knowing (or thinking you know) what makes writing bad can somehow make your own writing good. Plus, when I think back on the most prolific fandom sporkers I've encountered, every one of them reacted extremely badly to even mild criticism of their own writing (or mild disagreement with their critical posts).

Re: Say it here

[(Anonymous)]

I can agree with you on that last part. I also used to feel that the [fandom] Sues sporking blogs are not only kind of what contributed into the watering down of the term, but also I feel like some of them promoted the idea that writing a Mary Sue at any point in your writing was awful and bad and you should be ashamed forever and ever.

I've seen someone go as far as to say that being "guilty" of writing a Mary Sue is the writing equivalent of soiling yourself in public.

That's just fucked up. Ultimately writing a Mary Sue(whatever it is now) is a mistake. Fear of making mistakes can hamper someone's ability to write well. If it's taught that making writing mistakes is a horrible mock worthy offense, then people will become so afraid of making mistakes they cannot write. Making mistakes, especially when someone is young should be expected. It should be addressed (and addressed in a calm way and not like you're Gordon Ramsey in Hell's Kitchen) and pointed out so they can improve, but ultimately it's not a crime (or shouldn't be) to make mistakes and write immature characters.

Re: Say it here

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly: writers need to err boldly.