[ SECRET POST #2183 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2183 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Sorry for late, overslept.

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 067 secrets from Secret Submission Post #312.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think the problem is honestly that so few people leave *constructive* criticism. I have left my days as a fanfic writer, but for years, I always had "I love concrit!" in my profiles, in the author's notes, or on my LJ fic posts, etc., and only once received what I consider legitimate concrit. Any other time was either the usual squee (which is great for the ego, don't get me wrong!) or "this character is ooc" with no explanation of *why* they considered it to be so, which meant I had absolutely no way to fix the problem, or even determine if I agreed that it was a problem.

Which sucks, because as someone who does love to write and to engage with the work -- now I'm in academia, so I'm mired in research writing, rather than fun, but I still love the craft of it -- I think a huge part of the appreciation of something is saying, "I love it, it's great, but I think it can be improved by X, Y or Z."

On the other hand, some people really are here just to throw it out there and have fun, so I understand how unsolicited "advice" can be irritating. For example, I definitely wrote a crack-fic or two in my time, explicitly noted that this was ridiculous and I knew it, and tended to get the *most* "critical" reactions to that. Granted, I'm the kind of person to laugh and move on with my life, but I can see how others would not appreciate that. I think the advice some commenters are getting, which is *asking* to concrit or even beta, is probably the best. That way, you don't end up with anyone butthurt, but you can get your concrit out if it's accepted.

To use the clothing example above, I would never tell a random passerby that they'd look better if they tucked their shirt in, but when someone has asked, such as in the ladies' dressing room while shopping, I have no problems giving them a polite but honest response.