Dislikes and Dislikes

Do people really think I care.....this site was not made for new writers. 50 dislikes on both stories, bah I'll still write.

Like if you think there should be a new FIMfiction for new writers.

Comments

[ObsidianPony]

A) You can't like blog posts genius

B) Stop pulling this "bwaa, I'm a new writer", so are a lot of people on this site, it's not an excuse for terrible writing.

C) If you don't care why try and draw sympathy

[blank check]

That's funny, I think the opposite. FiMFic should have some sort of segregated system, a sort of apartheid that scales stories on their actual quality.

In my experience, good authors were generally good when they first started looking for popular feedback. Good grammar, spelling, and conventions, good reading habits, good story construction, and a very healthy awareness of the gap between their taste and their skill. When it functions properly, the awareness of the skill gap keeps growing writers from posting their undeveloped shit (re: stories like yours) until they can produce work that's actually worthy of consideration, or at least doesn't totally waste everybody's time.

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An interesting thing on the gap between taste and skill is that it's supposed to remain even as you become established as a writer. As such, if you are ever in a position where you do not notice this gap, you should probably not be submitting any of your work to be reviewed by a community. I wouldn't be surprised if this sort of awareness results in a better reception to criticism, both constructive and "nonconstructive" (although in my opinion there's no such thing as nonconstructive criticism, as there is always a reason people respond the way they do).