You know, I was actually thinking about this earlier and it seems to be a touchy subject. I wish authors would write disclaimers in their heading to let me know what they will and will not accept--without being dishonest and biting off more than they can chew. It seems that authors feel obligated to say they love concrit.
This is part of why I don't mention concrit in my header, actually -- because everyone says that they want it, and my experience is that many of those people only think that they want it. They think that they want concrit until it's staring them in the face, telling them that this reader didn't like what they wrote.
And I'll be honest -- I get sad when people don't like something in my stories. I'm like a kicked puppy, whimpering on the floor, because my baby (and my pride) was insulted and it hurts.
Then I reread the story in question and figure out if I think the crit is warranted. I don't let myself live in the initial pain of rejection, because that would defeat the reason that I post my work. If I were writing for myself alone, I would keep my work to myself (like Emily Dickinson, whose work was primarily published after her death). But I'm posting in order to share my vision with other people. If something doesn't ring true for people, then I want to know if I failed in communicating my vision, and if I did, I'm going to want to fix it so that I succeed in my primary goal of communication.
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Date: 2005-08-23 03:20 am (UTC)This is part of why I don't mention concrit in my header, actually -- because everyone says that they want it, and my experience is that many of those people only think that they want it. They think that they want concrit until it's staring them in the face, telling them that this reader didn't like what they wrote.
And I'll be honest -- I get sad when people don't like something in my stories. I'm like a kicked puppy, whimpering on the floor, because my baby (and my pride) was insulted and it hurts.
Then I reread the story in question and figure out if I think the crit is warranted. I don't let myself live in the initial pain of rejection, because that would defeat the reason that I post my work. If I were writing for myself alone, I would keep my work to myself (like Emily Dickinson, whose work was primarily published after her death). But I'm posting in order to share my vision with other people. If something doesn't ring true for people, then I want to know if I failed in communicating my vision, and if I did, I'm going to want to fix it so that I succeed in my primary goal of communication.