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From: 	RPM - acct 3/5[SMTP:rpm39788@Bayou.UH.EDU]
Sent: 	Thursday, August 22, 1996 2:52 PM
To: 	fanfic@fanfic.com
Subject: 	RE: [FFML] Pic's Author Reviews




On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, Mihoshi wrote:

Yinyang wrote:
-snippage-

Let's try this, lets NOT point out the bad parts to the authors.  Post
only the good points, DON'T post the stuff you feel needs to be worked on.
This way, that author gets a big ego boost.  So, he'll write more stories
and try to make them better than his previous.  This is sorta like
correcting your own mistake.  If you point out the bad thing about the
fic, he'll get discouraged and maybe stop writing.

  But if nobody criticises, that is, tells us what could be improved and
what doesn't flow, how do we know what we could do to improve upon our next
work?  Mihoshi isn't a huge fan of being told what she did wrong, but
couldn't have done the best she could without someone constantly telling
her what could be improved *Glomps RPM severely for help on One Thing Leads
to Another* but with out getting the bad with the good, how do we know what
to fix? ^^;

gotta agree, positive C&C is nice, but negative C&C is also needed,
pointing out where an author is NOT doing well.  Don't be afraid to say
'y'know, that part coulda been better if you...."  I mean, Julien Fong
does that to me every time for every part of (sur)Real World, and it
makes for a better end result.  It wouldn't be the same without criticism
like his and others to point out the rough spots.

So, basically, try not to keep it to positive C&C, but PLEASE don't
limit it to negative C&C either.  Both!  Use both!

-rpm

Jeeze, look what I started. All because of a certain review.  Well, I certainly shall not put that Plunger review up.  I learned my lesson.  Now for my apologies, I was being sacrastic to all the replies so sorry about that.  White Wolf, sorry about the spam in your mailing list.  Sorry to Mr. Lawson who writes 32 times better than I do; plus he has 12 years more experience than me. I am sorry to critize your writing style. 
	Ok, there now for that reply about me saying that we should only give good points about the author.  I was in a bitchy mood so I replied with a sarcastic remark.  That was unecessary to the whole mailing list.  I only accept bad reviews on my fic.  Remember when John Biles gave that MST3k type review on my first draft of "Personalities"?  Well, that really helped me what to look out for in my future fanfics.  So, lets let this thread end.