Leaderboard

Forget errors it just proves that you want to get the stories to us quickly. So where are the new chapters?

I'm not going to lie, I love the reviews telling me how much they like my story, my writing style, characters, etc. but I do like the CC. Keeps me on my toes, and I do like knowing if there's something I'm doing wrong, so that I can correct it. Recently I recieved a review from someone who, while they enjoyed my story, were having a problem with my sentence structure. They told me why it was wrong, gave me advice on fixing it, and gave me an example of how the sentences in question read. Of course, I thanked her for it, and went on to have a friendly, albeit short conversation about it. From now on it'll be something that I'll watch when writing. Easy as that.

yeah, they are. It comes up in BITG, when he's bitten and they comment on the strange cells in his blood in a later chapter. I never followed up on it because that and when he sends the schematics to a university proffessor are actually a set up for the third book. I can't wait until people start scrambling back to find that reference when I start the third book.

Oh that will happen in the end, when the big climatic battle happens, but not yet, Max and the girls need cannon fodder. On a unrelated note, for those of you who have already read 14 of Northstar, I called Nick Max again, right in the first paragraph. I have fixed it (nod to Darthel for pointing it out) all I can say is its someone elses fault, don't know who but since I'm perfect it can't be me

Okay. I'm going to stand right up and stay this loud and proud... I love good concrit. There. I said it. Now, what do I mean by good concrit? Tell me where I screw up, by all means. If I have run-on sentences (a major problem of mine), tell me. If I messed up the chronology of a story, or have a dangling thread, tell me. If my vocabulary for a character is quite frankly OOC, tell me. All of these things are things I need to know to improve as a writer, and I know I can improve. I'll keep trying to do better until they pry the keyboard (or whatever it's become in future) from my cold, dead fingers. But I also need to know that I did some things right. Tell me what worked, what you loved, what made you stick with me long enough to want to review. I'm going to quote a review I got here, on AFF: I haven't made it back to fix the issues, but can I tell you how awesome a review this is? And this detail was for a 1,000 word flash fic. I LOVE reviews like this. Don't get me wrong. I won't turn away a short and sweet, "Loved it!" review, because that's always fun. I don't even mind hearing, "I just didn't get into it." That's fair enough, and I'm not silly enough to expect everyone to always love my work. But to take the time to give a thoughtful review like this is just so damned flattering to me as a writer. Now, why don't we see more of this? Authors like the one you encountered, who only want to hear how marvelous they are. Me, I learned a long time ago that we only learn by making mistakes. So, I play with words, and put them together, and I really, really want someone to tell me what they think. I do try to give concrit when I can, but I have to admit, it's harder as a staff member. I'm always mindful that I am an archive mod here, and even though I only leave concrit reviews as just another member, I do run the risk of someone thinking it's an official sort of thing. Trust me, it's not, and I am making a conscious effort to review more when I read for pleasure. And so far, no one has hated my concrit, so let's hope that continues.