Bad Reviews

[crickette]

Very well said. I am not a writer (haven't quite gotton up the nerve yet) but I always try to review all the stories I read. If for no other reason than that the writer had the guts to go through with posting it. I also believe that reviewing is not about raking someone over the coals even if their story sucks. I believe most writers are looking for suggestions on how to make their stories better and more appealing to the reader. No one is saying you have to lie and say you like everything you read but you don't have to be an ass about it either. To be quite honest, that type of review says more about the reviewer than it ever could about the writer and believe me it ain't anything good !

Well at least you got reviews on your stories Omega.I am not complaining as my 1st story"Karmal's Saga" has had close to 9500 readers according to the counter as of this writing
and certainly that has well exceeded my expectations.My dilemma is the lack of reviews or votes,of which there have been none as of this writing.

There again I have received several e-mails from a half dozen readers who have asked me to continue this story.with several providing some excellent ideas for the next chapters.Thankfully,I have not been dressed down publicly or privately by any English majors or teachers out there on either side of the Atlantic regarding split infinitives.sentence fragments or the precise placement of commas,semi-colons and the like in this story.I realize I do not have a journalistic or editorial background and I am afraid if MS Word doesn't catch these fine points,then so be it as my time to write is often limited and quite simply I cannot be spending hours poring over various writer's grammar and style books.My philosophy here is to capture the creative thoughts in writing as they occur and try to convey these in a descriptive manner which causes the reader to perhaps use their imagination
to envision the action and characters within the story.In so doing if I miss a comma or take a liberty with sentence structure,then so what?The reader ,unless he or she is highly critical in their perusal will hopefully not be distracted from the flow of events in the story.

[Bunk]

Just a comment here Omega, please don't take it personally, but your stories do have issues that make them hard to read.

It's not an issue of spelling - it looks like you honestly do spell check them. Minor spelling errors don't bother me anyway, as I can't spell worth shit. The problem is that your stories don't appear to have been proof read. The words may be spelled correctly, but they tend to be completely wrong words.

It's obvious in even your posts. You wrote this post earlier in this very thread:

I was in a rush when I wrote the synopsis, I was in a rush and few spell mistakes aren't a big deal.

I never said that Powerone was the one who said my style should be like his, someone else said it should be more like his, others were mentioned for possible imation as well.

It's not that I can't take critism, but I think Alex Bragi had it dead on. I like constructive critism, but senselessly brutalizing my work pisses me off.

As for being publicly critical of my critics, have I no right to defend my honour? I'm not the one who scares reviewers away.

I won't mention who told me this, but I've heard of how a circle of critics would blast people for giving good reviews to stories like didn't like, and the fact the most of my positive feedback has been emailed to me, instead of posted right on the site makes me think that this is true.

Now those are both minor errors, but when there is an error like that in every paragraph, it makes the story hard to read. When I read over the sentence - mistakes like that catch my eye because the meaning behind the sentence doesn't flow properly.

If you misspell a word, my subconsiance (sp?) generally knows what you meant to say and translates. But when you put completely wrong words, or double words up, or put together words that don't make any sense together - it forces the reader to stop and reread. That totally pulls you out of the narative.

I'm not slamming your writing man, I'm just saying that the lack of proofreading has stopped me from absorbing your stories enough to even decide if I like them or not.

Bunk.

[Eden's Girl]

You have a flare for creativity, Omega, but you fall over when it comes to your delivery. Like some others have said, it's important to proof-read your work before you post it. Some of your stories are, granted, very long, and this might well be a bore for you, but as Crimson said: there is no rush.

I don't mean to dispense advice as though my stories are flawless; the one and thus far only story I've submitted to this site in my short time as a writer here had an error or two I'd overlooked, and subsequently kicked myself for. I also got a bad review for using racial slurs, because the reviewer assumed I was therefore racist. Called me a Bush supporter, I believe. It was an inaccurate assumption, but it's something I'm going to have to watch in future. I don't aim to offend anyone when I write, after all.

In essence, what I'm saying is that reviews, good or bad, if listened to and learned from, can help improve your skills as a writer. Don't be disheartened by them. Be grateful.

[T Bone Steak]

I love to have feedback. Even it's bad. But when the criticism isn't constructive, I don't like it one bit. For example: "This appears to have been written by a child." That wasn't helpful. If he/she gave some pointers, I might incorperate it in my stories. On the other hand such criticism made me laugh out loud.

Also, I had criticism about spelling. I use Word to check the spelling and I find it hard to believe word can make such mistakes. It makes me wonder if such criticism is justified.

I started to write my stories as a kind of criticism. (I would never give a writer directly feedback) I don't like the long wordy texts. I rarely found a story which I like. That's why my writing style is more direct. I don't like character devellopment or how they look. (I find it distracting) I like to use as much information as possible about the core of sm or other elements. Although, I've written one story which is atypical. It should be published soon.

Some stories of others are good but all of the sudden there's a 7 inch cock, a simultaneous orgasm with a boy and his mother or a sissy boy wearing his mother's underwear. I would never use a 7 inch cock in my story nor would I enjoy incorperate a natural D cup. You catch my drift, I hope.

[H Dean]

A day after I get your note to me I see this and have to chuckle a little. I hope you received my response and that it was helpful.

As for 7 inch cocks and natural D cups - I agree that using those types of descriptions are common. However, you might not want to knock their use. Remember, everything has a use in a story, even things which you find ridiculous can be useful in a story and to an author. And one person's style does not necessarily suit another person.

Finally, I hope I was not to discouraging with my review of that tale. I realize that it was harsh but it was honest. You can always count on me being direct regarding something of this nature. I try not to be "mean" when I rate tales but I try to be direct and frank. I hope that you understand that.

By the way, anyone can write a tale but not everyone has the guts to put it up where it can be rated and reviewed. Keep it up and take care.

[T Bone Steak]

A day after I get your note to me I see this and have to chuckle a little. I hope you received my response and that it was helpful.

There's no reason to chuckle. The message was older then when I contacted you. It's coincidence you saw that post one day after you received my message. Also, the post wasn't addressed to anyone in particular. You'll have to forgive me.

[H Dean]

I did see that it was posted before our exchange. The chuckle was not me taking offense. Just a coincidental occurence that made me laugh a little.