Honestly asking advice
Jul. 17th, 2006 05:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valis2I've been reading some entries recently about reviews and reviewing, and it's made me think.
Concrit is an art and can be a blessing, if it's valid. It's lovely and beautiful, but it takes a rare reviewer to open herself up to the difficulty of leaving it. Most of the reviews I've received have been positive; only rarely have I received anything that contains a word of advice.
So I'm asking for a bit of help. If you've read anything I've written, and you have some advice for me, please leave it. I am very aware of some of the flaws in my writing; it would be helpful to hear what readers have to say.
Do not think that I will hold it against you. Do not think that I will be devastated forever (I do that to myself on a regular basis, anyway). Anything is fair game. If you want to do it anon, go right ahead.
One hope, though. If you could mention which fic, or which kind of fic you're talking about, it would help (for example, poetry, tLS, short stories, etc.) a lot more.
Concrit is an art and can be a blessing, if it's valid. It's lovely and beautiful, but it takes a rare reviewer to open herself up to the difficulty of leaving it. Most of the reviews I've received have been positive; only rarely have I received anything that contains a word of advice.
So I'm asking for a bit of help. If you've read anything I've written, and you have some advice for me, please leave it. I am very aware of some of the flaws in my writing; it would be helpful to hear what readers have to say.
Do not think that I will hold it against you. Do not think that I will be devastated forever (I do that to myself on a regular basis, anyway). Anything is fair game. If you want to do it anon, go right ahead.
One hope, though. If you could mention which fic, or which kind of fic you're talking about, it would help (for example, poetry, tLS, short stories, etc.) a lot more.