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Question of the Day - Part 4
FrickingKaos:
I take this as another lesson learned. I didn't leave it in a review but a friend of mine showed her what everyone was saying (some were worse than me) and the girl posted a socialcam of herself crying because people were discussing the story. So I've learned my lesson and won't do it again. I honestly wasn't being harsh.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: DelphinaCarter on July 25, 2012, 02:51:35 PM ---For me it is punctuation, grammar and the storyline/characters. A few days ago I was being a bit critical of someone's story and it was misconstrued as bullying. The story idea wasn't bad, it was the grammar and writing itself that was a turn off. Like Rose I get annoyed with the self inserts even though I've done it myself...like for example I do have a Tracy in Not The Other Guy that is based on myself with alterations. None of us here are completely perfect.
Also banners with the author's picture on it and loud colors or graphics annoy me as well.
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Those things annoy me too. I guess there's a fine line you walk when you express an opinion like that, whether on here or on Twitter, because even if it's just a general observation, not a personal attack on someone specific who does that, you run the risk of offending someone. Bullying has become such a big deal lately that it's almost like the whole political correctness thing... You feel like you have to watch what you say and censor yourself so you're not accused of bullying when someone gets offended by something you say.
When it comes to fanfic, I think everyone just needs to remember the phrase, "To each her own." We all like and dislike different things. That's why I asked what everyone was most critical about, because for those of us who are serious enough about writing to spend so much time on here discussing it, there's probably going to be SOMETHING. And if someone else's pet peeve is something you do in your writing, you have the choice to either be offended, learn from it and do it differently next time, or be proud of your work while understanding that it's not going to be for everyone. There's a reason we don't all have the same favorite story! And if we did, and we all wrote exactly the same way, these Question of the Day discussion threads would have died out a long time ago. What makes them interesting is that everyone's answers are different!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: DelphinaCarter on July 25, 2012, 03:03:05 PM ---I take this as another lesson learned. I didn't leave it in a review but a friend of mine showed her what everyone was saying (some were worse than me) and the girl posted a socialcam of herself crying because people were discussing the story. So I've learned my lesson and won't do it again. I honestly wasn't being harsh.
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What has me scratching my head about this is, why would her friend show her something that was bound to hurt her feelings? I don't know the whole story behind this and didn't see what everyone was saying, but if they weren't saying it to her directly and weren't saying it on her timeline where she was going to read it anyway, she never would have seen what anyone was saying and never would have gotten her feelings hurt. As a friend, I think I would have messaged those people privately and said, "Hey, not cool; this is her first story; go easy on her," before I would show the girl the tweets. But I guess it's a good reminder that, unless your Twitter is private, you need to be aware that anyone can see what you're saying, even if you don't think they're going to look.
FrickingKaos:
Yeah I'm seeing that a lot now. I have to watch everything I say. I know none of you here are judging me, just giving your opinions. I will admit that I've done some things that are on your pet peeve list but I've learned from it and am constantly trying to improve myself.
FrickingKaos:
That made me wonder how she saw what people said. She's not on twitter I don't think. And if this girl was really a friend, you're right. She should have messaged her privately. That's what I would do. No need to make a big thing of it. The girl also picked at some that said something and then posted the girl's video saying "I hope all of you are happy"
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