the logic...
16 Dec 2004 01:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaigouI just discovered that on a certain ranty little LJ comm, several folks drew a curious conclusion. Being a community full of anonymice, people can post as they please (and damn if it don't get confusing - who are you talking to? they're all anonymous!). So someone rec'd me, and used the phrase 'rinse and repeat'. Apparently, because I've used this phrase myself, the conclusion was drawn that I was praising myself as a sockpuppet.
*pauses to consider that for a moment*
Yes! I must have coined the phrase, and therefore all its royalties for use come back to me! Pay up, all you shampoo companies. You OWE me.
*runs off to trademark office*
In the same thread, I was utterly delighted (if bemused) to read this, too:
(And I do not agree that the statement, "well, I took the time to review" should be considered enough, in and of itself, to compliment a writer. People will take the time to write some really nasty stuff, and that's not a compliment in the least. Well, unless you're one of those people who says, "hey! the story did provoke a response in someone, so that's good, right?" Well...I guess.)
Although it's always funny to read people's criticisms of my stories and think, "uh, I won't post on a dead thread, but actually, I agree with you."
*snerk*
*pauses to consider that for a moment*
Yes! I must have coined the phrase, and therefore all its royalties for use come back to me! Pay up, all you shampoo companies. You OWE me.
*runs off to trademark office*
In the same thread, I was utterly delighted (if bemused) to read this, too:
She achieved her notoriety by sucking up to and praising almost every writer in the fandom. I've seen the personal emails to prove it. What makes her popular is not her fantastic writing style but her gift of gab. She knows how to flatter and stroke egos. We all know the gundam Wing fandom is full of over blown egos. Her being embraced is merely further testament to that.I'm starting to think that giving concrit - where you compliment a person's work, while trying to diplomatically point out where things could be improved - must be a rare art. Or maybe it is for the anonymous person who wrote that. Or maybe the person isn't a writer and doesn't realize how painful it is for some writers to post their stuff, and how cruel it would be to not have something nice to say in with any constructive critcism. Maybe I'm too Southern, having this silly notion that if I can't say something nice when critting, why say anything at all? I just never thought I'd be put down for doing something that I consider nothing less than principled, and an expression of treating others how I'd want to be treated - with "this is what I liked" mixed in with "this is what (I think) needs work". I mean, really. A good concrit should leave you with suggestions for how to get better (which hopefully prompts your own ideas), and a bit of a warm fuzzy feeling that someone liked your story.
(And I do not agree that the statement, "well, I took the time to review" should be considered enough, in and of itself, to compliment a writer. People will take the time to write some really nasty stuff, and that's not a compliment in the least. Well, unless you're one of those people who says, "hey! the story did provoke a response in someone, so that's good, right?" Well...I guess.)
Although it's always funny to read people's criticisms of my stories and think, "uh, I won't post on a dead thread, but actually, I agree with you."
*snerk*
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Date: 16 Dec 2004 09:42 pm (UTC)and I have no problem saying: the critic has a point. That is a flaw with that story. Hrm, wonder how I can fix that? (And damn it, when will I have the time!?)
Word. It's nice when someone takes time to think, as well as read, and points out where more development would help. It's just when the comment smacks of entitlement-syndrome that I get all bristly.
You know, I think Tip One on that list would have to be "Must not have participated in GW in any noticeable way." Otherwise, you're just doomed. ^_-
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Date: 16 Dec 2004 09:53 pm (UTC)I wish! Naw, these comments were more like: "It's too long, and takes forever to get to the point." I'm not touching Drums - taking that down would strip the plot or make it info-dump heavy. But Tetractys does meander, so the criticism has validity, when I really stop and consider it.
That tip of "must not have participated" should also extend to HP and LotR then, which in their movie and book fandoms are...well, they make everyone else look positively comatose.