pittwitch

Most serious writers will welcome reviews of all types. I'd give my eyeteeth for a concrit review but don't beg or whore out for reviews. It is a part of the writing process to find your own voice, a voice that is completely independent from the reviews.

I surrendered any attempts at beta-reading because the majority of those who sought help did not actually want help. They wanted someone to correct all of their mistakes, pat them on the head, and send them on their way. I can only explain the same rule so many times before I explode. I do expect adults, and children alike, to learn from their mistakes. This is probably a major reason why I left teaching -- no patience!
Teaching is rapidly becoming a lost art. Society and the bureaucracy have relegated our educational system to glorified babysitting services. "Don't discourage the poor dears!" "Just love them more!" "We have to pass 'the test'." Sadly, even when the teachers attempt to teach, time and subject matter constraints limit them mercilessly. When it came down to the PSSA writing tests for my kids, guess who taught them to peruse a few short paragraphs and answer an essay question? My kids still have me proofread their writing. Surprisingly, I find I only have to explain things to them once or twice. I find it very discouraging when students are merely encouraged to memorize and repeat rather than absorb, formulate and apply.
The greatest gift we can give our children is the desire to learn, thereby improve, at every opportunity. This gift requires more time and attention than the majority, that I have been exposed to, of parents care to invest. I'm not saying this is your failure. I'm just commenting in general. Not all parents are capable of teaching their own kids, and as such, should be able to trust the educational system to help them. Epic fail, in most cases. -- fragment intended for emphasis.
I cannot comprehend how so many writers, fanfiction or not, can publish stuff that is so riddled with spelling, punctuation, capitalization and content errors and be praised for such stuff. Typos and blatant blah in published works -- actually paperbacks, etc., set my blood to boiling. No one is perfect. One or two mistakes, I can overlook. Folks eating grandma? No, I cannot bear the cannibalism.

I think a large part of the issue is the instant gratification that the internet and self-publishing sites, like ours, provide. People rush, rush, rush but never polish. For the most part, if the grammar is totally ignored, I ignore the story. The back button is there for a reason, after all.
Now what really burns my butt are the authors who ask for betas, are lucky enough to find someone who will work with them, then refuse to learn anything, apply the changes or post chapters before the beta returns the corrections. Hence, at least three reasons I refuse to beta anymore.

This has been driving me nuts in the Archive. I learned this rule as a ten year old kid so I now question WTH our kids are being taught. This comma makes all the difference in the world in a sentence. Let's demonstrate!
"Let's eat, Grandma!" means that we want Grandma to put the grub on the table.
"Let's eat Grandma!" means that we have suddenly become cannibals and Grandma IS the grub.
A lowly comma, long neglected by lazy writers, completely changes the context!
It also applies to terms of endearment or titles:
"Yes, Master," murmured the slave.
"Good night, my sweet," whispered the dom.
If even one person changes their evil ways, I shall rejoice with dancing, dearies!

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Popularity is a fickle thing.

Most serious writers will welcome reviews of all types. I'd give my eyeteeth for a concrit review but don't beg or whore out for reviews. It is a part of the writing process to find your own voice, a voice that is completely independent from the reviews.

Most serious writers will welcome reviews of all types. I'd give my eyeteeth for a concrit review but don't beg or whore out for reviews. It is a part of the writing process to find your own voice, a voice that is completely independent from the reviews.

Most serious writers will welcome reviews of all types. I'd give my eyeteeth for a concrit review but don't beg or whore out for reviews. It is a part of the writing process to find your own voice, a voice that is completely independent from the reviews.

Well, I read older fandoms, so the writers there have been around for a long, long time, and are certainly not in this age bracket which tends to delete if it's not a fanpoodle review. So, I know that when I do actually have time to read, and leave a well though out review, THEY like it. I've also noticed, as I said before, that the older writers (meaning IRL age) are much more likely to take the concrit and RUN with it. Use it as it was intended, as a help to improve his or her writing.
For that matter, I've also noticed that one leaves actual concrit and the author is NOT an American (and a young one at that), the review is much more likely to be left, and the author will again tend to run with it.

My OB very pointedly asked me NOT to discuss my labor/delivery experience with the uninitiated. He was afraid I'd scare the women in the waiting room.
I did not realize I was pregnant with #1 until I was nearly four months - the joys of irregularity and other issues masking it. I knew instantly with #2 - to the day. No one believed me but as I was working retail at Christmas at the time, there was only one window of opportunity that month, lol.
I was not a screamer. The woman in the room across the hall was. I'm not sure what they gave her to shut her up but I was infinitely grateful for it. I did have the OB by the tie whispering very real threats at one point.
Mel - go hug your mama.

Naked and ... whatever else pops up?

N-A-K-E-D

Naked and ... whatever else pops up?

Pittwitch, I concur completely with your brilliant response. Naked and sweating truly is the best part for all concerned. :clap:

N-A-K-E-D

I once set out to write a Sailor Moon AU. Started with small changes in setting, which got bigger and bigger. Charcters changed in appearance, then attitude, then name, even gender. History switched round and the magic flowed away and Bam! I suddenly realised it had become a non-au Happy Days fanfic instead.
D'oh.

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First: Luke Skywalker - teen crush, yesh!
Recent: Severus Snape

...just how many synonyms for big had you used?

I haven't read all of it, but the first chapter at least contains knotting, from what I skimmed:
Beast's Mate by DecadenceRefined
*NEW* Taste the pleasures of a vampire and a wolf... don't mind the blood...Wolves have the Pack, and the Vampires have the Court. One woman could have both. All she has to do is spread her legs and say Yes... M/M/F,CS,Ds,Furs,Lemon, M/M
Posted : 2008-03-16 -:- Edited : 2011-08-10 21:00:13 -:- Read Reviews

Actually, I don't see where we are in disagreement. We agree that the two types of relationships, M/s and D/s, are very different dynamics, highly personalized in each and every relationship, defined by the people who enter into the agreement and what exactly they want from the experience.
Well, I could be picky I guess and use "he" as the pronoun, but then we might fall into the realm of TMI.
I do believe that the stronger of the two is the sub. To yield -- wow -- just imagining it is -- evocative; to submit completely -- a hundred times over. Either to give or receive that level of trust is fascinating.
BW - I have to side with you about some writers. However, I am sure there are other more experienced persons who would offer the exact same criticism of my own writing. Yes, i'm thinking of a certain mentor-type whose standards I have always tried to meet.

All of the responsibility rests with the Dom.
It is hard to write a responsible story with a good Dom, keeping in mind the controls the D would want in place and the boundaries that the /s wants to push or experience. It isn't the relationship most outsiders think it is. The D is the responsible party and the /s has all the power. That makes a D/s completely different from a M/s IMHO.

All of the responsibility rests with the Dom.
It is hard to write a responsible story with a good Dom, keeping in mind the controls the D would want in place and the boundaries that the /s wants to push or experience. It isn't the relationship most outsiders think it is. The D is the responsible party and the /s has all the power. That makes a D/s completely different from a M/s IMHO.