On Sun, 25 Aug 1996, Doug Murphy wrote:

Okay everyone, I think I'll do some reviewing of my own.

Everyone who posts a fanfic, no matter how badly done: Excellent, keep 
writing.

Everyone who gives 'reviews' on authors: Shutup. Nobody wants you telling them 

No.  Ever heard of Freedom of speech? 

Ideally, a good fanfic review will give you some idea of what it is 
about, and what, at least in the idea of the fanfic writer, is good and 
bad about it.  Not everyone has time to read EVERY fanfic, and having 
someone's opinion on which ones are worth reading can be a valuable tool.

At the same time, it's important to realize that everyone does have their 
biases, so you shouldn't just take the reviewers words for gospel all the 
time, either.


John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas         
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--Frequent quotes from our PENDRAGON sessions.