Curiouser and curiouser

[jemz]

Because 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 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.

Comments

[kenaressa.livejournal.com]

Mostly, I read...with my grand total of 3 fics thus far (and my lack of anything resembling confidence in my own writing) I don't have a beta, though I do beta for others. I tend to be a perfectionist with my own work (in all respects of my artistic endeavors) which I think has saved what I have written from the most common "new fic-writer" disasters...

When I beta, I try to say what was good about the fic, not just what's wrong with it. I think it helps make the corrections more palatable and also encorages the strengths in the author's writing.