Paul's Thursday Reviews CCC · 8:56pm Yesterday
Paul sits at his desk, playing a game. He's been at it for two hours. There's only one fight left before he reaches his goal for the day, and it’s an easy one. Just as he's starting the battle, it occurs to him:
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The rebuttal I want to offer is "I've had plenty of people thank me for negative reviews since I started!" But then I realize that nowadays I probably fit into the category of 'people they have actually heard of'.
That being said, I can understand why people reacted to my old comments negatively. Imagine writing a 200,000 chapter story only to have some guy comment with nitpicking criticism for every. Single. Chapter. I probably wouldn't have taken it so well, either.
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Anyone that says they want constructive criticism is usually lying, and in the even they aren't, they only want it from the people in their circle or 'people they have actually heard of'.
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That's fair. Chapter by chapter tends to work best when you are dealing with a story as it is being updated. Plus, the fact you leave things as a link means that can opt into reading the criticism or just ignore it if they don't care. It's a great way to deal with unsolicited criticism.
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I had opinions, but I found that when I voice them in a chapter-by-chapter manner people tend to get annoyed, particularly if I'm being critical. I concluded that the best way to get my opinion out in a way that people can appreciate is with reviews. As for why I read so much, when I started it was simply because I had a lot of time on my hands. By now it's simply an act of habit.
That's a vast oversimplification, but it'll do for now.
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what made you decide to read and review so much in the first place?