The Author's Corner

[Audo]

As long as it doesn't turn into another glorified example of an abusive relationship that teen girls and middle-aged mothers swoon for, i'm sure it'll be fine.

[LionHeart14]

Well, if I were you, I'd play up on the psychological aspect as much as possible. That is, after all, the source of the conflict. I'm not saying you should go all "Monster" with it, but it's important all the same. Your female character already sounds better than what's-her-name (I honestly don't know, fangirls only talk about Cullen, duh).

Overall, it's a good concept. Play up on it's strengths and it should turn out pretty good!

Thanks XD
I'm trying to make this book as pschycological...ish(?) as possible just to see how I am with incoporating stuff like that into writing. Idk if that'll actually work with the whole plot though lol

As long as it doesn't turn into another glorified example of an abusive relationship that teen girls and middle-aged mothers swoon for, i'm sure it'll be fine.

Lol, it's not. I mean, the main characters' relationship plays a big part of the story, but it definatly won't be like that XD

[Audo]

Not sure if any of you guys have tried it, but, I'll ask anyway.

When writing non-linear storylines, do you like to write the story first as if it were linear, and then mix up the order of events, or you do write it non-linear from the start?

[Siren]

I write it non-linear from the start.

[kairi_angel]

I'm sure no one really gives a shit but...
thought I would say this now in here since I don't really have anywhere else to post it:

I'm not doing critiques anymore.
After starting so much shit, being told to go die, getting so little thank yous, so much time spent for a little tiny amount of work


I will only do it if requested to.
And what I do isn't just point out your typos. Sure, I'll proof read. But don't ask me to proof read your 10th chapter of a story I still haven't read yet. And expect me to point out more than a period misplacement.


I'm just tired of only getting thank yous from people who didn't even write the damn story and the ones who wrote the story shove my opinions and ideas off because they don't feel like reading it or improving.

Seeing the comment from, well, you know who are, I suppose...
It just got me to thinking.

So, if you want critique on a story, give me a link to the first chapter, I'll try to look over it.



That's all.

[Siren]

You are required to critique all of my stories ever.

[kairi_angel]

You are required to critique all of my stories ever.

Because you asked so nicely, sure. And also because your stories are enjoyable to diddlyin' read.

[Siren]

Words can hurt too ya know =(

[kairi_angel]

Words can hurt too ya know =(

Which is why I started thinking like this.

Telling a critic to jump off a cliff because everyone would be happier if it happened sort of does things to you if you haven't heard that much before.

[kazukifafner]

Which is why I started thinking like this.

Telling a critic to jump off a cliff because everyone would be happier if it happened sort of does things to you if you haven't heard that much before.

See, you've finally realized what everyone else here has realized, lol.

By the by, you never did comment on anything I wrote . . .

[kairi_angel]

See, you've finally realized what everyone else here has realized, lol.

By the by, you never did comment on anything I wrote . . .

I kept forgetting...

[Siren]

Which is why I started thinking like this.

Telling a critic to jump off a cliff because everyone would be happier if it happened sort of does things to you if you haven't heard that much before.

Link me to some examples, and I'll make sure that they're deleted and the offenders are warned properly. I'm sick of people not being able to take critique; that's going to change.

[kairi_angel]

Link me to some examples, and I'll make sure that they're deleted and the offenders are warned properly. I'm sick of people not being able to take critique; that's going to change.

All of this started after I gave Glos-Peach a critique which she's still waiting for me to work with her about the details. She accepted it and thanked me because not only does this help her with writing but English as well since English isn't her native tongue...

But her fans kiiiiilled me.

[Barely Tolerated]

I'm sure no one really gives a shit but...
thought I would say this now in here since I don't really have anywhere else to post it:

I'm not doing critiques anymore.
After starting so much shit, being told to go die, getting so little thank yous, so much time spent for a little tiny amount of work


I will only do it if requested to.
And what I do isn't just point out your typos. Sure, I'll proof read. But don't ask me to proof read your 10th chapter of a story I still haven't read yet. And expect me to point out more than a period misplacement.


I'm just tired of only getting thank yous from people who didn't even write the damn story and the ones who wrote the story shove my opinions and ideas off because they don't feel like reading it or improving.

Seeing the comment from, well, you know who are, I suppose...
It just got me to thinking.

So, if you want critique on a story, give me a link to the first chapter, I'll try to look over it.



That's all.

as riel said, you can critique at any time.
but i haven't posted lately.

but you can critique when i do C:

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Speaking of criticism, there is a difference between critique and proofreading. Proofreading is the line by line correction of spelling, grammar and style (or rather, the proofreader's opinion of style). It is useful, exhaustive and incredibly boring, and no one aside from the writer gains anything by it.

Critique starts with an understanding or sympathy for the work as a whole. It is an interaction with that whole that attempts to coaxe out certain elements, with concrete examples, without killing it by dissection. From there it can be brought to many ends. It can bring out new understanding to the work. It can bring to the writer's (and readers') attention how certain elements are being used or misused. At its best, it can go a ways toward recreating the work itself, in much more explicit terms. It is something worth reading even if you did not write the work in question.

The style I've seen most often used on this forum, that of line by line quotation and correction, lends itself much more to proofreading than criticism I think. I have seen examples of good criticism still utilizing this method, but it tends too much toward dissecting the work before attempting to understand it. For an example of what I'm talking about with criticism, look through a (good) discussion in what was previously the Literature section of the forums and add some direct citations from the work in question to back it up.

Bottom line, proofreading is essential and worthwhile, but I want to read criticism that lets me know more about the work I just read.