[ SECRET POST #4716 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4716 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Criticism and hate aren't the same thing, but that doesn't mean it's some kind of personal failing if a fanfic writer doesn't want criticism. They don't have a responsibility to openly receive criticism. If they want to write purely for pleasure, that's okay.

Concrit is a good thing if it is being given to someone who is open to it and is prepared to make use of it. But it's not inherently good. If you give it to someone who isn't interested in receiving it, it's no longer a good thing.

There is nothing wrong with spending time on something without making any effort to improve. Fortunately, when it comes to writing, nothing helps you improve more than simply doing it. So purely by writing people are already doing a lot to help themselves improve. Maybe they'd improve even faster if they accepted concrit, but so what? They're allowed to improve slower, or not at all. That's their choice and there's nothing wrong with progressing in whatever way they decide.

[(Anonymous)]

The perception that those who aren't open to criticism is the majority is simply not true though. Like specific triggers, the one's who don't want criticism are the ones who generally say as such. Which, by all means, people should respect them when they ask.
It's when we generalize that just because some people don't want to hear it, that doesn't mean everyone is then resistant to simple criticism. Most people actually care about what their readers think, they want to improve, and want to hear about a mistake they might have made that they could have missed. It seems that everyone is so afraid to offend anyone that they can't say anything but half meant complements. And all it does is take away from the ones who actually care about what they're writing, and who want to improve.
It's okay not to want that, but by trying to remove that option for everyone, just on the basis that they themselves can't handle it, is bullshit.

[(Anonymous)]

It's okay not to want that, but by trying to remove that option for everyone, just on the basis that they themselves can't handle it, is bullshit.

I agree with this. I just don't see a lot of people who are trying to remove that option for everyone. I've never seen anyone argue not to give concrit. I've seen a lot of people argue you shouldn't give concrit unless invited. And I do see plenty of authors inviting concrit.

And like, personally, I'd rather it was the other way around: concrit is fine unless the author requests no concrit. But I can also see the logic behind people having to opt in to concrit rather than people having to opt out of it.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah. I'm actually the original commenter of the flame secret the other day. In the replies to my original comment there was someone who tried to advocate, 'no crit ever!' so I may have been a little defensive due to that.
I agree though, I'd rather see it the other way around as well. I used to critique everything I read a few years ago, but somewhere along the line I stopped that on the off chance that I offended someone. I'm currently trying to break out of that habit;; Wish me luck...

[(Anonymous)]

OT, but I'm curious...

What does the ";;" you always put in comments mean? (At least there's someone who comments here regularly that does it all the time...sorry if that's not you and there's more than one person doing it!)

Is it supposed to be an emoji of some kind? I've never seen it anywhere else and it's bugging me not knowing what it means, lol.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it's an emoji of sorts. Kinda like an abbreviation of the ;_; face, or used like a 'what am I gonna do' type of deal. Sorta like that? I picked it up years ago, and it's kinda a tick these days.

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation!

[(Anonymous)]

I used to critique everything I read a few years ago, but somewhere along the line I stopped that on the off chance that I offended someone.

AYRT - I feel you. About ten years ago, I actually made a point of always including some concrit in my comments, even if it was just a tiny bit, because I thought it made my comments better. Lol. Now I look back on some of my comments and cringe a little. I'm sure it was not always appreciated.