just for fun

[aldecoary]

So, if everyone says different parts of my story need work, but none of them say the same kind of fix is needed, can I believe Stephen King and safely ignore all of them?

...Or does that mean everything about my story needs work? :D

Comments

[blck_phnx]

Hahahaha....sounds like a good question to raise at a Creative Writing class or panel.....

All stories always need work. :P

[aldecoary]

Yep, that's true. I'll definitely be taking all suggestions into mind.

...uhhh, does that even make sense? I feel like I combined two sayings.

[tawnykit]

"Taking into consideration" and "keeping in mind." Yay, malaphors!

[tawnykit]

Means you listen to the good advice and ignore the dumb advice. 'S what I always did with group critiques. Oh, that's a good idea, I'll do that. Wow, that's dumb, I'm going to ignore it and feel superior because I would never give advice like that.

...You can tell I'm sick, I'm being even more blunt than usual.

[aldecoary]

*laughs*

[jsguardian]

Neil Gaiman remarked on this at one point. He said that people can generally tell when something needs work in a story, but are crap at telling you exactly what that something is.

[aldecoary]

*muses* That's definitely true of me in many regards. It takes me forever to get to the bottom of what is really bugging me about something in life. Thanks for sharing that!

[garowyn]

So far, I haven't been giving much critique as opposed to me going, "Ooh, I like this" and "Ooh, I bet this person is that." :D

[aldecoary]

Hey, whatever you want to say works. Some people haven't told me anything, but as long as they ask for more, I take it as a good sign. :D Just keep reviewing the way you read, and I'll get an idea from that already.