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iluvroadrunner6) wrote2006-12-31 02:20 pm
iluvroadrunner6) wrote2006-12-31 02:20 pm
i give up on ff.net.
this does not mean i will stop using it, because it's pretty damn useful in keeping things together, but i just...give up.
it's more of the readers mostly. not saying all of them are bad, but i can't seem to get anything more than a squee related stuff from them. either that, or questions about things that i HAVE MADE CLEAR IN THE AUTHOR'S NOTES.
for example, i finally got the Don/Val, Eric/Angie and Angie-David fics i've been writing together and posted them up on ff.net. simple enough. i get an anon review from someone asking me if i knew that Don was David's boss. and not only did she (i'm assuming it's a she, the name was feminine) leave an anon review, she didn't even leave an e-mail address so that i could explain to her what i had clearly put in the author's notes.
that it was AU. and pre-series.
and not once did i ever imply that don and david were equals in the working sense (or, i don't think i did). but i do have Don working under someone (who i later kill) in the beginning of the fics. because not much is given about when Don came back to LA and started working there, so i took a little bit of creative liberties, came up with a bit of backstory.
while i do appreciate the few readers who actually read my work and give me more than just "omg so cute great story" (and some of my stuff warrants only that i will give it that much) when i signed up for ff.net the site said that this is a place for future writers to come and help hone their craft, and that concrit is encouraged. not be spammed by squee and get no pointers whatsoever.
and then there's the issues they have with getting alerts out for anything and everything, and i'm beginning to think more and more that ff.net is just a real joke. it makes me want to bang my head against a wall.
it's more of the readers mostly. not saying all of them are bad, but i can't seem to get anything more than a squee related stuff from them. either that, or questions about things that i HAVE MADE CLEAR IN THE AUTHOR'S NOTES.
for example, i finally got the Don/Val, Eric/Angie and Angie-David fics i've been writing together and posted them up on ff.net. simple enough. i get an anon review from someone asking me if i knew that Don was David's boss. and not only did she (i'm assuming it's a she, the name was feminine) leave an anon review, she didn't even leave an e-mail address so that i could explain to her what i had clearly put in the author's notes.
that it was AU. and pre-series.
and not once did i ever imply that don and david were equals in the working sense (or, i don't think i did). but i do have Don working under someone (who i later kill) in the beginning of the fics. because not much is given about when Don came back to LA and started working there, so i took a little bit of creative liberties, came up with a bit of backstory.
while i do appreciate the few readers who actually read my work and give me more than just "omg so cute great story" (and some of my stuff warrants only that i will give it that much) when i signed up for ff.net the site said that this is a place for future writers to come and help hone their craft, and that concrit is encouraged. not be spammed by squee and get no pointers whatsoever.
and then there's the issues they have with getting alerts out for anything and everything, and i'm beginning to think more and more that ff.net is just a real joke. it makes me want to bang my head against a wall.
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I read through the other stuff, and said I'm not lumping my stuff with this.
I have one story, and when I feel like completing it, I will. Otherwise? Hellwith it.
Writing workshops are almost as freaking bad. If you have 5 constructive readers, that's as many as you need. Then put it out there and say "done."
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otherwise, it's just pointless.