Sorry I hadn't seen this sooner. I blame the effing sickness-that-shalt-not-be-named. Hmmm. You're opinionated? Why, I had no idea.
Sloppiness. This is why I've cut down on my beta amount. "Yeah, SW, let me send you fifty chapters of my stories and still be mispelling McGonagall and such." Fuck that. I've decided I've got better things to do.
Ego. Ahahaha. I know! I talked to someone recently and was shocked that she had one. Really. It does feel bad, though, when you write and are passed over for something you can plainly see isn't very good. Hmm. I guess that's an ego, too. But still. Right. I'm with you.
Rec List. I don't even go round them and couldn't tell you what's rec'd and what's not. The Know-It-Alls. That's a rubbish list. Sure, there are great stories there and some missed gems, but they are biased and won't put up anyone they don't like. So, that's just bs. ~proudly points to icon~
The HG/SS Digest. They were doing good for a while. I remember you getting dissed on there because of "show and not tell" and yet something that was about 250 words and written for Shiv (and was shit by the way) was rec'd on there three days later. That had me arching my eyebrows. And this was after some other chick (a right bitch) whinged about her shit drabbles not being rec'd there. I snickered at that because I'm pissy that way, but it felt wrong all the same. *edit* Oh, and Soul Bound had a lovely story "Potions Master For Sale" that wasn't rec'd. She asked why and was told that there were other stories like that around. (I suspect the mod had a fave and didn't want something similar up there or didn't feel SB's compared.) But yeah, let's recommend fifty MLC stories, eh? Not like they aren't all alike.
Politics. I don't put stock in it and try to stay away from it. There are people I don't like and plenty I do. They all know who they are. All the same, they are treated fairly at my group and at the archive.
As far as poorly written stories, well, some people's trash are others' treasures. I've seen something terrible thoroughly enjoyed, and I've seen something great missed. I guess it depends on our likes and dislikes. You and I disagree on lots of authors' stories lately (me seeing potential, you seeing junk). :) It varies.
It's very easy to throw together a story that you know people will come out in droves for (any MLC will do well in this fandom you know), but some of us prefer to write what we truly like instead. Things will never change until readers wise up. But they won't. This is free entertainment for them, and most of them don't care about the things our eagle eyes notice.
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Date: 2008-12-02 12:15 pm (UTC)Sloppiness. This is why I've cut down on my beta amount. "Yeah, SW, let me send you fifty chapters of my stories and still be mispelling McGonagall and such." Fuck that. I've decided I've got better things to do.
Ego. Ahahaha. I know! I talked to someone recently and was shocked that she had one. Really. It does feel bad, though, when you write and are passed over for something you can plainly see isn't very good. Hmm. I guess that's an ego, too. But still. Right. I'm with you.
Rec List. I don't even go round them and couldn't tell you what's rec'd and what's not. The Know-It-Alls. That's a rubbish list. Sure, there are great stories there and some missed gems, but they are biased and won't put up anyone they don't like. So, that's just bs. ~proudly points to icon~
The HG/SS Digest. They were doing good for a while. I remember you getting dissed on there because of "show and not tell" and yet something that was about 250 words and written for Shiv (and was shit by the way) was rec'd on there three days later. That had me arching my eyebrows. And this was after some other chick (a right bitch) whinged about her
shitdrabbles not being rec'd there. I snickered at that because I'm pissy that way, but it felt wrong all the same. *edit* Oh, and Soul Bound had a lovely story "Potions Master For Sale" that wasn't rec'd. She asked why and was told that there were other stories like that around. (I suspect the mod had a fave and didn't want something similar up there or didn't feel SB's compared.) But yeah, let's recommend fifty MLC stories, eh? Not like they aren't all alike.Politics. I don't put stock in it and try to stay away from it. There are people I don't like and plenty I do. They all know who they are. All the same, they are treated fairly at my group and at the archive.
As far as poorly written stories, well, some people's trash are others' treasures. I've seen something terrible thoroughly enjoyed, and I've seen something great missed. I guess it depends on our likes and dislikes. You and I disagree on lots of authors' stories lately (me seeing potential, you seeing junk). :) It varies.
It's very easy to throw together a story that you know people will come out in droves for (any MLC will do well in this fandom you know), but some of us prefer to write what we truly like instead. Things will never change until readers wise up. But they won't. This is free entertainment for them, and most of them don't care about the things our eagle eyes notice.
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