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Mar. 9th, 2007 07:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jemzBecause I am curious about writing fanfic and not because I had too much fun with the ticky boxes, I want to know your thoughts. Feel free to comment about your thoughts. Elaborate, explicate, or just expound. No, I was not reading the E section of the dictionary today. I did that yesterday. :-P
[Poll #943206]
So how do you deal with concrit? Or trying to give concrit to a writer who doesn't really listen? Either from a writer's or a reader's perspective.
I remember going to a panel workshop on writing held by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ponderosa121 (and a few others whose names escape me) and sitting next to someone who blatantly ignored a lot of what they were saying about writing and saying her own point of view. She brought an interesting point of view in which she wrote for herself and no one else and doesn't need a beta. It's a waste of time. But she didn't take any of the concrit to be a better writer since she really had no interest in becoming a better writer.
I dunno. I just remember being frustrated by her careless dismissal of genuine efforts to get her to look at her writing skills as something to be constantly worked upon as a writer. I thought Pond and the others handled it very well. I thought then and there, if I ever write anything, I definately want to improve my writing.
Any thoughts?
:/ I think I am just rambling again. Need more tea.
[Poll #943206]
So how do you deal with concrit? Or trying to give concrit to a writer who doesn't really listen? Either from a writer's or a reader's perspective.
I remember going to a panel workshop on writing held by
ponderosa121 (and a few others whose names escape me) and sitting next to someone who blatantly ignored a lot of what they were saying about writing and saying her own point of view. She brought an interesting point of view in which she wrote for herself and no one else and doesn't need a beta. It's a waste of time. But she didn't take any of the concrit to be a better writer since she really had no interest in becoming a better writer. I dunno. I just remember being frustrated by her careless dismissal of genuine efforts to get her to look at her writing skills as something to be constantly worked upon as a writer. I thought Pond and the others handled it very well. I thought then and there, if I ever write anything, I definately want to improve my writing.
Any thoughts?
:/ I think I am just rambling again. Need more tea.
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Date: 2007-03-09 06:10 pm (UTC)*ahem*
... I deal poorly with criticism. XD" But then again, I'm mine own worst critic. So I technically deal poorly with myself. Hmm... of course, I do not write full-out stories either. I should stop talking about myself when I do not know where I am going with this, eh?
Anyway, I do not provide concrit unless asked, and even then, very conservatively. Because I suppose the artists' ego is a delicate thing, and criticizing the fruits of their creative labour seems too harsh if they really put the effort into it. Besides, in the case of people who do not listen to concrit, why bother wasting time and thought on how they can improve when it falls on deaf ears? Some people just like going to panels to show off what they believe to be their "expertise" in a certain area, as far as I know anyway. :/
... where was my point again? BAH. See, this is why I am a shitty writer, I never know where I am going with things. XD"
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Date: 2007-03-09 06:18 pm (UTC)I ramble a lot and go off on tangents all the time, so don't worry!
Hmmmm...but if they ask for it in the first place, it's really frustrating to give it and then be blown off with the excuse "I don't care. I'm writing for myself and for fun."