At 03:45 AM 8/27/96 -0400, you wrote:
The state of C&C on the FFML:
By David C. Yi (C)'96 ;)
(Check all that apply :) Some choices are half-true, some plain silly,
as well as a few that I'm quite serious about.
1. I read __% of the stories on this ML
[ ] 99
[ ] 10
[ ] 1
[X ] .1 <Have to wade thru C&C's, spams, spams, spams>
[ ] There's stories among all that spam?
2. I C&C __% of the stories on this ML
[ ] 99
[ ] 10
[ ] 1
[ ] .1
[X ] 0 <Have to wade thru C&C's, spams, spams, spams>
[ ] What's C&C?
3. I can't C&C because
[ ] I have a job that requires me to work 80+ hrs/wk
[ ] I have a 2400 baud modem
[ ] The 'fic is too good for me to mess up with my C&C
[ ] The 'fic is so bad that it is not worth the electrons it is stored on
[ ] my grammar stinks
[ ] I have no ideas to contribute
[ ] I got a brain operation recently
[ ] The warden won't let me get email
I'm new to this....got to figure out some way to handle 300 messages
and still read the fanfics thoughtfully enough to comment. I've been trying to
C&C "Rock and a Hard Place" but so far, it's all in my head.
4. I think that C&C should be
[ ] Positive comments only
[ ] Negative comments only
[X ] Both positive and negative
[ ] Consist only of "it's great" or "it sucks"
[X ] Email requesting the previous parts
[X ] Email wanting to know when the rest of it will come out
[X ] Include grammar & spelling checks
[X ] Include comments on plots and ideas
[ ] Something you can buy at a supermarket
5. I gave C&C in the form of
[ ] Positive comments only
[ ] Negative comments only
[ ] Both positive and negative ones
[ ] Only saying what's wrong, but without telling how to fix it,
leaving the author to rack his/her brains on the keyboard
[ ] "it's great" or "it sucks"
[ ] Another 'fic
[ ] Quoting an entire story to get my one line CC in
[ ] An thorough review, from grammar/spelling to plot/ideas
[ ] A preprocessed, canned product
Trying to get to the stage of sending one out.
6. I have posted several stories and got <N/A...in my dreams.>
[ ] 10+ CC's per fic
[ ] ~5 CC's per fic
[ ] 1 CC per fic
[ ] Only CC of the type "it's great" or "it sucks"
[ ] Only CC of the type wanting to know where the rest of it is
[ ] Crickets chirping in the background
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9. Whenever I read, the biggest pet-peeve is:
[1 ] Unfinished story (*ahem*)
[3 ] Annoying formatting
[ ] So long, that you need to pull an all-nighter to read it
[ ] Check if it is so funny that your neighbors complain about
your laughter ... not really a peeve, but the neighbors are :)
[2 ] Generic plot with characters flatter than a pancake run over by a
Mack truck
[3 ] Spelling/grammar mistakes
10. I would C&C more if:
[ ] The story presented is complete, or at least contains a self-
contained plot thread
[X ] The story weren't binhexed/mimed/uuencoded
[ ] The story weren't written in script format
[ ] The story wasn't so good
[ ] I get a faster modem to replace my 300 baud-er
[X ] I ever finish reading 30MB of backlogged stories :)
[ ] A la Nabiki (i.e. I were paid to do it)
[ ] I were threatened by an Arab terrorist waving a lit stick of
dynamite in front of my face
11. Despite the spam, I'm still subscribed because:
[ X] To have a good read once in a while
[ ] To remind yourself that you too can go on an ego-trip in public :)
[ ] To learn all of the write techniques from the masters ;)
[ ] To plag ... er ... gain new ideas and insight for own projects
[ ] To get cool stories before RAAC does, especially looooong series
(You could say that your computer has a serial port ... :)
[ ] I can't get the list to unsubscribe me
[ ] If I unsubscribed, I'd be getting no mail
[ ] So I can brag to my friends about how much mail I get
[ ] I have no life; so much so, that I'm getting an IP address for my
coffin.
Author's choices:
1. Read ~40% (huge backlog! 30MB! Ack!)
2. C&C .1% (I'm just starting :)
3. Usually, the 'fic is pretty good ... also I have no ideas
4. + and - comments, grammar too as well as hints for improvement
5. see #4
6. I have posted only 1 story ...
7. Well, it was in script form ... not enough descriptions/
characterization
8. Surprisingly, none of these :)
9. Unfinished stories *ahem*
10. I'd C&C more if 1) had time, 2) had ideas, 3) story has some flaws
(being unfinished is a flaw ;). #1 is the biggie though
11. All of them except the unsubbing part :) and the life
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