Andrew wrote:
Okay, I have been reading all the comments on this topic, and it looks like
I am definitely in the minority here. No problem with that. I'm here to
learn :)
The feeling was pretty unanimous: pre-readers are a good thing right now.
But what was interesting was that almost everybody who advocated
pre-readers also said that they do so because the list itself wasn't
providing enough C&C.
WHY NOT?
Thoughts?
Andy Skuse
Because we're a bit too afraid that we might cause a calamity. We might
hurt someone's feelings. It's not easy critizing someone for anything: grammar,
character interpretation, plot, etc. Besides, it takes time to C&C something.
Maybe I'm saying the obvious, but it needs to be said. C&C is a great way to get
your foot in the ML waters, so to speak.
In the immortal words of Richard M. Nixon:
"If they can't take a joke, fuck 'em."
(Okay, so Tricky Dick didn't say it, sue me.)
I'll post detailed C&C of random fanfiction to this list (and have done
so three times this last week). Anyone who has a problem with what I say
can take it up with me. If they can present a reasonable argument as to
why I am fucked in the head, I'll accept it. (Or at least agree to
disagree.) If not, I shall cheerfully ignore them. Anyone who doesn't
have the convictions of their arguments behind them shouldn't be posting
criticism to the list anyway. (The one thing I can credit the Troll
Under the Bridge for.)
J. Austin Wilde