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