But don't you feel admiration for the writers who persist in the teeth of their own illiteracy, to write and write again.
Yes, very much. Like me and sociology ;-)
BTW - I don't think I've ever critiqued a piece of fanfiction harshly in writing, and to be honest I don't think one should unless the writer really really wants that.
I quite agree: I never critique a piece of fanfic without a specific request to do so, and then never harshly. And I prefer only to offer comments to writers with whom I've built up a good email or, better, FTF relationship, and who are generally the people who critique my stuff in return.
I feel very strongly that if you read (one reads, that is) a piece of fanfiction that you think is bad or poor, just skip over it and move on. The whole 'clean up fanfic' thing is a puzzle to me.
I do criticise very dsilly fanfiction in private conversation with a friend though, as part of the general ridiculing of others, which seems to make up so much of my social life :-)
Important separation of public and private spheres :-)
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Date: 2004-02-06 02:28 pm (UTC)Yes, very much. Like me and sociology ;-)
BTW - I don't think I've ever critiqued a piece of fanfiction harshly in writing, and to be honest I don't think one should unless the writer really really wants that.
I quite agree: I never critique a piece of fanfic without a specific request to do so, and then never harshly. And I prefer only to offer comments to writers with whom I've built up a good email or, better, FTF relationship, and who are generally the people who critique my stuff in return.
I feel very strongly that if you read (one reads, that is) a piece of fanfiction that you think is bad or poor, just skip over it and move on. The whole 'clean up fanfic' thing is a puzzle to me.
I do criticise very dsilly fanfiction in private conversation with a friend though, as part of the general ridiculing of others, which seems to make up so much of my social life :-)
Important separation of public and private spheres :-)