[ SECRET POST #2655 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2655 ⌋

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

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[Divergent]


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04. [WARNING for underage character+sex?]



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[Archer]


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[Hannibal]


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[Wolverine and the X-Men]










Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 07 secrets from Secret Submission Post #379.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 2 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Without knowing the fandom, the story in question, or the exact Tumblr response, I can't make any judgment calls on who's actually right (or even if anyone's actually right). However, I will say that OP's reaction was in the wrong. Why? It completely disregarded one of the crucial tenets of handling criticism: avoiding a knee jerk reaction. Deleting the stories comes across as a knee jerk reaction. If someone took one of my pieces and ripped it apart line by line, I'd give myself a few days to figure out how to respond (and see if there's anything in particular that bothers me). Only after that ponderation would I respond, and I would get in touch with the person who dished it out (which I think is OP's second mistake [not privately addressing concerns with the critic]). I've been on both sides of the coin (writer and reviewer), and I actually have more intense feelings in regards to reactions to reviews. If someone takes down something I've taken time to try to address (sometimes in great detail), I am disappointed in the author for not having the strength to at least try to talk to me. Let me reiterate that I have no idea what the Tumblr post was like. However, I have been known to be detailed and frank in my reviews, and someone opting not to take my advice (or at least consider it) makes me wonder if I should bother reading anything else they produce. If they show no sign of wanting to improve their skills or grace under pressure, I will think the author is just in it for the praise, and I cannot abide by that. I've seen too much of that shit at Writing.com, and I've worked my ass off to counter it. This secret reminds me of that "all praise all the time" attitude, and I'm not okay with that. So go for a run, OP, and see what you can come up with to actually get over this because you have another doubter in the ranks courtesy of this secret.

[(Anonymous)]

You're fully as ridiculous, self-important and entitled as the OP, just so you know. What makes you think a writer owes it to you to engage with you or take your ~advice? Or that said advice is even worth anything in the first place? Or that anyone cares a particle what you "can't abide", or that you've "worked your ass off" to counter the absolutely natural desire for praise...among fanfic writers? Now who sounds obsessed and full of herself?

Incidentally, it's "I can't abide that," not "I can't abide by that." "Abide" means "tolerate"--"abide by" means "obey." I hope you can profit by correction.

[(Anonymous)]

Way to enable, troll.

[(Anonymous)]

What a quaint and precious little creature you are, critic.