Constructive criticism?
Apr. 29th, 2004 11:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
and_chocolate(Crossposting this to my non-RPS journal as well, because I think it applies to all genres/subgenres of slash that I write.)
I love writing. A lot of what I love about writing is taking a story that starts out inside my brain and putting it into words to share with other people, so that it ends up in their brains and, I hope, hearts. Which means that it's important to me to understand what is and is not effective about my writing.
That's where y'all come in. *g*
I know that I've got a reasonably good grasp of the mechanics of writing; I can put together a sentence with correct spelling and punctuation, a paragraph that makes sense, and a story that gets from Point A to Point B with some semblance of a plot. That said, what I don't know is what my writing is missing. There are a lot of folks out there who write with no more technical skill than me, but whose stories are highly praised.
Why? What does [insert author of your choice here]'s fiction have that mine doesn't?
What I don't want: reassurances or praise.
What I do want: people to rip my fiction apart and give me strong constructive criticism on anything -- prose style, technical skill, subject matter, etc. -- that they find lacking. Please?
I love writing. A lot of what I love about writing is taking a story that starts out inside my brain and putting it into words to share with other people, so that it ends up in their brains and, I hope, hearts. Which means that it's important to me to understand what is and is not effective about my writing.
That's where y'all come in. *g*
I know that I've got a reasonably good grasp of the mechanics of writing; I can put together a sentence with correct spelling and punctuation, a paragraph that makes sense, and a story that gets from Point A to Point B with some semblance of a plot. That said, what I don't know is what my writing is missing. There are a lot of folks out there who write with no more technical skill than me, but whose stories are highly praised.
Why? What does [insert author of your choice here]'s fiction have that mine doesn't?
What I don't want: reassurances or praise.
What I do want: people to rip my fiction apart and give me strong constructive criticism on anything -- prose style, technical skill, subject matter, etc. -- that they find lacking. Please?
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Date: 2004-05-04 07:02 pm (UTC)Just finally got around to watching the rest of the Conan thing and Oh. My. God. You are so right! That is so cute!
*is seriously thinking of making that a notification sound on her computer*
Poor, frustrated weE!