Subject: Re: I have a spell checker on my computer for a reason!!!!
From: "Douglas A. Reeves" <dougreeves@earthlink.net>
Date: 10/17/1997, 6:27 PM
To: Nicholas Leifker
CC: Emperor Stephen The Mega Man Schlueter <SCHLUETES@lucas.lbe.edu.on.ca>, fanfic@fanfic.com
Reply-to:
dougreeves@earthlink.net

Nicholas Leifker wrote:

Emperor Stephen The Mega Man Schlueter wrote:

I don't know about everyone else out there but I'm sick of getting
responses to my fanfics which are essencially the exact document I
sent out except for the occasional correction on my grammar or 
spelling.  THIS DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!!! These are also those clever 
people who put i instead of I and so on so that the beginnings of 
their entries look like they were written by a two year old. Don't t 
me wrong. I like getting opinions on my fics. But it's the OPINIONS 
I care about not the little junk.

You get C&C like this?!  I envy you that... I would love to have someone
send me grammatical corrections and the like on my work... I get
something like this from one or two of my prereaders, but NEVER from the
list.

It is times like this that I wonder if my past actions concerning the
voting are a mistake.

Stephen, we must be more than our egos.  Yes, the recognition and
accomplishment are good feelings.  However, they can be addictive if
you are not careful.  If you write only to sate your ego, then I 
recommend you leave.  If you do not write with heart and show what you 
feel inside, people will know, and will not be impressed by your work.

Well said.

I once wrote because I had to - there were emotions inside of me that
I didn't understand and didn't know how to release save in my writing.
I still have to write, but because the ideas sing to me inside, not
because of my internal problems.

Nod nod... on both counts.

Stephen, people do not C&C your work because they wish to bug you.
They do it because they wish to see the best possible fanfic product 
out there.  They don't have to do it; they certainly don't get paid 
for it, and they have no obligation to respond.  Indeed, that 
line-by-line C&C is the most difficult to find around here, and the 
most effective at solving problems within your works.  In other words, 
they just offered you a fine gift, and you threw it back in their 
faces.

Nod nod nod.

This ML was created for a reason: to give writers a chance to refine
their works with the help of their peers.  This includes the very C&C
you whine about.  If you do not wish to get such responses, do not
post your works here.

Emperor Stephen "The Mega Man" Schlueter

-- Nicholas Leifker... just a man.

But a good one...

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