Okay, gonna rant about writing

[dragonjournal]

Please, for the love of god, goddess, or divine cheese, stop defending something that no one is talking about.

If I send you crit, it's because I enjoyed your writing enough to want it to improve. I don't leave crit for writing I just don't like. Only if I like it. If I'm only going to squee, I leave crit. Seriously.

So, when I crit a paragraph that is unwieldy, run-on, and some poor word choices (things that I am also guilty of), it has nothing to do with the polyamory that is happening in that paragraph.

I enjoyed it. It takes something very well written for me to read polyamory. It's one of those "not my thing". However, your story drew me in, made me care, and I was interested in where it was going.

Yes, it is a knee-jerk reaction to defend your writing. But defend the mechanics I'm pointing out - and make no mistake it was the mechanics, not the content - not something that I, really, had no comment on. In fact, if you had continued reading, I flat out said "I normally don't read polyamory, but this is so well written that I have really enjoyed it."

That was the reason the one paragraph stood out. If you had said "It was a stylistic choice" I would have said "Oh. Hm. can you tell me why?" Instead, I got a three paragraph screaming fit about how I was prejudiced against polyamory and possibly a homophobe.

Just... whatever.

I'm suddenly remembering why I stopped reviewing and critting things for a lot of people. Sigh.

Comments

[komikbookgeek]

...wow people. Wow. Good thoughtful crit is hard to get. BE GRATEFUL.

[jehanne1431]

Oh, brother. No one is a perfect writer. Grow from constructive criticism; don't spit in its face. If you can't handle constructive criticism, put down the pen and walk away. And if you can't even distinguish the content of the criticism from your own (obvious) issues, don't offer your writing to the public.