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Biggest pet peeves?
honey:
oops! let's see, I'm on Julie's pet peeve list cause I SUCK at mechanics!!! I have a horid problem with run-on sentances. I rewrite sometimes but thats kind of like the blind leading the blind -lol I also made Mare's list with the whole leaving my fics... uh-sorry to anyone who was reading those ones! (although recently I did go back and try to fix them and left a note... so maybe I'll be forgiven)
Anyway, let's see one of my biggest pet peeves has to be when a story is written like you're typing in messenger. Things like "u r" instead of "you are" and such. It's one thing if your writing an actual messaging conversation (though it still kind of bugs me then too) but if the whole story is written that way, I'm pretty sure you're like 9 years old and I stop reading.
other than that? pretty much everything that's already listed. (which is bad cause I'm guilty of half of it...) And Mare, don't feel bad about that star thing, it drives me crazy too! Like I got one review once that said how awesome it was and how they couldn't wait to read more and then she gave it 3 stars? I don't get it either... At least tell me what you're really thinking. If you think it's crap, I want to know, just be specific so that I can go back and make it better.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on April 05, 2007, 10:20:29 AM ---One small pet peeve of mine which is soo silly it's almost embarassing but those damn stars on AC. I wish they would go away altogether because it bugs me beyond belief when you get nothing but glowing reviews but yet your star count goes down. In my case and a lot of other peoples it's always the same person lmao. All it takes is one person to give you a 9 instead of a ten and your count goes down. Doesn't matter how many reviews you have and people have to actually go out of their way to do it too since they are automatically set to ten. I don't think it would bother me if I got a 'well could have been better' or 'not your best' but when they say wow that was amazing! then give you an 8 or something, drives me bonkers.
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First off, I agree with all the ones you said. I forgot about the authors who randomly stop updating and don't even have the decency to explain why - that's a huge pet peeve to me too.
Also, about the stars thing... yeah, that bugs me too! And like you said, if someone left a review with some warranted constructive criticism and gave you a lower rating because of something they pointed out in the review, okay. Whose story is really a perfect 10 anyway? No one is perfect. But when everyone is giving you 10s and someone comes along and gives you a 7, along with a review that simply says something to the effect of "Awesome story!"... WTF? If it was so awesome, why did you only give it a 7? I'd at least like to know. Is there something specific I can improve on, or was it just a personal preference?
Another time a girl gave me a 9 instead of 10, just enough to knock me down to 4 1/2 stars, for a chapter where one of my characters went into preterm labor at 23 weeks... and her review was like, "I was born at 30 weeks and am fine, so I'm not as scared for her as I should be." So in my reply, I thanked her for the review and then pointed out that in terms of development, 23 weeks is a lot different than 30, and most babies born that early would not survive. She left me another review and explained that she thought the character was 33 weeks. But I still only have 4 1/2 stars because of her misread. Lame. :P LOL But at least I know why she gave me less stars... even if it wasn't a valid reason... LOL
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: honey on April 05, 2007, 11:18:31 AM ---oops! let's see, I'm on Julie's pet peeve list cause I SUCK at mechanics!!! I have a horid problem with run-on sentances. I rewrite sometimes but thats kind of like the blind leading the blind -lol I also made Mare's list with the whole leaving my fics... uh-sorry to anyone who was reading those ones! (although recently I did go back and try to fix them and left a note... so maybe I'll be forgiven)
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Aww Kelly, I wasn't thinking of you!! I need to read your stuff on AC, but based on 00Carter, I think you're a great writer!! I don't remember a mechanics issue with your writing, and I'm the one who proofread it LOL. Trust me (and I'm sure you already know this), I've seen much worse!
mare:
^ lmao i'm glad i'm not alone. I wonder if people realize you can tell how many stars they give you?
See that's the thing for me too. It bugs me because it seriously only does take ONE review to have that happen. For Why I have over 500 reviews and only one of them knocked me down to 41/2 stars lol I just felt so defeated because there was no constructive criticism attached. But I have noticed this person tends to do that to whoever they review. I can always tell they did once I see those stars go down lmao
I should just shut up because i'm grateful they are taking the time to read and they could just not say anything so it's nice of them to take the time to review. It's just annoying lmao
honey:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on April 05, 2007, 11:23:03 AM ---Aww Kelly, I wasn't thinking of you!! I need to read your stuff on AC, but based on 00Carter, I think you're a great writer!! I don't remember a mechanics issue with your writing, and I'm the one who proofread it LOL. Trust me (and I'm sure you already know this), I've seen much worse!
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No worries Julie, I'm sure you weren't. :) I just have this thing were I can't stop pointing out my flaws... I think it's more for me so that I remember to try and make it better next time. But that probably in itself belong s up on this list... maybe I should stop doing that.
But I'm flattered that you feel that way about my writing, especially considering that I've only written the one scene for 00Carter so far. Well that and Brian's extra... anyway thanks hun thatmakes me feel special comming from you. Did I ever tell you that my husband said your scene in the first epi was his fave? He said it was the most well written, and honestly the man is very talented and puts anything I can do to shame so you should feel special. ;D
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