Apr
4th
2021
... · 9:02am Apr 4th, 2021
I'm unsure whether a review of my story is constructive criticism or not. I just skimmed through it and I honestly don't know what to say. To my followers and those who enjoyed my story, please take the time to read the latest comment and let me know what you think.
P.S. Isn't it against the rules to bash on someone's stories?
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· Story: The Alternating Mare of Love and Lust
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#constructive or not
I read the review, and ouch. That user is harsh. Though it's kinda rich, coming from them. Based on their writing, they went to the Cole Smithey school of writing.
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Guess they must have set their expectations way too high. Do you think them saying my story is "garbage" should be reported to the admin/mods?
You know what makes their "review" funny to me? If you have a look at their profile, they only have five stories, and only one of them is complete. Something tells me they try to do this in a vain effort to tear down other people who are better liked or have more followers than them.
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That and ironically, one of their stories has more dislikes than likes.
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To be honest, the "review" came off as more bashing than constructive, like Gordon Ramsey on Hell's Kitchen. But the difference here is that Gordon Ramsey is a professional chef with many years of experience under his belt, and I don't know how long they've been making "reviews". Personally I'd look for other fic's they've reviewed and see if it's to the same amount of heavy criticism yours has.
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I'd be curious as well on what stories they have "reviewed".
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I got you covered on that front. His library is helpfully labelled.
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I appreciate it.
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My pleasure. If your review truly is an outlier, I'd personally just take it under advisement. Maybe, just maybe, his words might hold some value.
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Just to get some laughs, I noticed a lot of incorrect spellings in the user's "review"...
physical spelled as "physcial"
Chrysalis spelled as "Crysalis" 3 times
absolutely spelled as "absolutley"
sentence spelled as "sentance"
imaginative spelled as "imaginitive"
truly spelled as "truely"
...and a couple of grammatical errors.
"Its" instead of "It's"
"It's, vapid" instead of "It's vapid"
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"Hey your fic sucks, let me fuck it up some more by misspelling a lot of words in a review and then telling you that's how you spell those words correctly." Oh if I weren't such a nice person, I'd tell him that to his face.
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They deserve to be told that.
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Give me a minute.
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Alright I haven't put it yet, but I did however lay some bait. Hopefully he bites.
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Before I forget, I blocked the user, preventing them from posting further comments on my story.
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I hope you'll see his response to this then.
"In your review, you complain about the grammar and spelling being terrible in an obviously pornographic fic… yet you yourself couldn’t be bothered to use correct grammar and spelling in your review."
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SHOTS FIRED!!!
Though I didn't commit any spelling errors in my story per se.
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Amusingly, his stories feature all the sins he accuses yours of.
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How hypocritical of them.
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Take Wolf Cubs, for instance. The protagonist is a Mary Sue!
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Uh huh
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In short; ignore him, keep on writing.
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Thanks. Though this is the only story you'll ever see in this platform from yours truly.
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Why, if you don't mind me asking?
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Truth be told, this is my 3rd story overall. I published the first 2 in fanfiction.net. I had a lot of fun writing fanfiction, but I've moved on to other interests to keep myself going.
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Fair enough.
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BTW, I blocked the user to avoid unnecessary conflict.
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Good move.
I agree it sounds like they have an axe to grind outside of you, so I wouldn't worry about it.
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Maybe he harbors a bit of an inferiority complex?
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Without a doubt.