Reviews are a tool just as well as the number of stars should be. For me, that certainly holds true, and it was the main fact why I suffered so much, when I had to learn not to leave reviews for every chapter I have ever read. It is done now, so I do not say things I would often like to like 'pace is too slow, the story would benefit from a good cut', 'the way you have this character act is not justifiable in this setting', 'there is no suspense here and the shock factor was cheap', etc. That is the kind of feedback I wanted to receive for my fic. I know it's not as good as can be, but I had to figure out what was wrong on my own, and that took time and gaining a lot more experience and especially distance from my own writing.
The fact that you perfect your writing prior to publication is fantastic, but frankly that should be done by each and every author, which is basically the problem that initiated this debate.
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Date: 2008-12-03 07:01 am (UTC)The fact that you perfect your writing prior to publication is fantastic, but frankly that should be done by each and every author, which is basically the problem that initiated this debate.