cosette_chan (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cosette_chan) wrote,@ 2007-01-16 10:04:00 |
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Rant
Yeah, I'm gonna rant for a bit, alright? Just hang in there, it'll be over soon.
Do you know why I hate posting my stuff on the internet?
Especially fanfictions. And especially on fanfiction.net. Why? The flipping stupid reviews I get. I swear half the people there skip over the main parts of a story and read the last few lines. And if they don't do that they ignore what I'm trying to say in my Author's Notes. I've been writing on fanfiction.net for over 4 years, and I haven't gotten a single memorable (much less usefull) review from the moment I joined. I always get "hey nice story update" or "how cute update" although those ARE reviews, there's only so many of them I can take. Couldn't they at least take 2 minuets of thier time to type out some decent C&C?
No, because a lot of people these days don't really care, I think. Not all, mind you, so don't flip your lid and start bashing me. This is also why I don't keep journals, because if I say something even remotely offending people go flame-happy on me. Can't I express my (strong, I know..) opinion without worrying about insults? I get enough of it at school, for Pete's sake, I don't need it on the internet as well! Some people don't understand that there is an actual person behind those posts with actual feelings because computer's "de-humanize" people. I never understood how someone could put down and critisize another without even knowing the person in real life.
Uck! I cannot tell you how bad it is on one of the RPG's I'm on! There's ove..I think, 900 members and counting. More than half of them are around 13-16, but the others are adults in thier twenties. And do you know what some of those adults do? They chew out as many younger members as they could, just because they CAN. Do they get in trouble for it? Oh nooo, because they're ADULTS and it shouldn't matter that they're putting down the younger members, becase apparently WE DESERVE IT. For being young. Yup. We get flamed and bashed for no particullar reason, and when we (I did this once) speak against it the adults go "Well, you did this and blah blah blah so you're breaking the rules!" And the adults that don't, they don't get listened to. I'm sick of rude-ass, uncaring people on the internet. Main reason why I stay away from people on the net.
Anyway, to the reviews. Could you believe a review I got was just "oro?" yes. Just Oro. WTF, man? I spend six fricking hours writing a story, and I get ORO? I don't think that's an actual word! Oh, and here's my favorite! "nice fic, but can't you write something more unique? like angst or something" oh yes, and I suppose YOU can spend three extra seconds to tell me what you actually liked about my stories? I'm the one writing them. I'm the one who gets to decide what genre they will be, so if you don't like them QUIT READING THEM. It's not going to change because some people get tired of it. My main genre of writing is "fluff" (not romance, uck) because I don't want to write about depressed people, because I'm already surrounded by them! I'm surprised I'm not suicidal myself, because with all the moping and whining I hear, anyone would be tempted to blow their brains out, I bet!
I love writing, really I do. Sometimes that's enough for people to be satisfied, is just writing. But I'm not one of those people. I want to know if people enjoy what I write, I need encouragement to continue or do you know what happens? I give up. I get tired with it and I simply don't want to continue. And I don't want that, but sometimes I can't encourage myself to keep going. So I want to know what other people thing to keep writing.
Ooh, and don't get me started on my art! I spend more time on my art than on my writing, I take more thought into what I want to draw than what I write. On average I spend an hour simply sketching, another 2 hours fixing the sketch, and another 4-6 hours coloring it on Photoshop. I spend eleven hours of the day with my drawings, while I spend half of that on my writing. I don't know which is worse, getting useless reviews for my writing or no comments at all for my drawing. I post them at over 6 different websites with MORE than enough people to offer C&C.
Well, whatever right? It's their loss, because the more encouragement I get, the more I do. I know the number of fanfiction and drawings I have online would be doubled, if only people would take the time and tell me if they liked it; and even if they DIDN'T like it, and how I could improve on it. We'll see, I guess. Although, after 4 years I'm starting to doubt I can wait any longer.
Yeah, I'm gonna rant for a bit, alright? Just hang in there, it'll be over soon.
Do you know why I hate posting my stuff on the internet?
Especially fanfictions. And especially on fanfiction.net. Why? The flipping stupid reviews I get. I swear half the people there skip over the main parts of a story and read the last few lines. And if they don't do that they ignore what I'm trying to say in my Author's Notes. I've been writing on fanfiction.net for over 4 years, and I haven't gotten a single memorable (much less usefull) review from the moment I joined. I always get "hey nice story update" or "how cute update" although those ARE reviews, there's only so many of them I can take. Couldn't they at least take 2 minuets of thier time to type out some decent C&C?
No, because a lot of people these days don't really care, I think. Not all, mind you, so don't flip your lid and start bashing me. This is also why I don't keep journals, because if I say something even remotely offending people go flame-happy on me. Can't I express my (strong, I know..) opinion without worrying about insults? I get enough of it at school, for Pete's sake, I don't need it on the internet as well! Some people don't understand that there is an actual person behind those posts with actual feelings because computer's "de-humanize" people. I never understood how someone could put down and critisize another without even knowing the person in real life.
Uck! I cannot tell you how bad it is on one of the RPG's I'm on! There's ove..I think, 900 members and counting. More than half of them are around 13-16, but the others are adults in thier twenties. And do you know what some of those adults do? They chew out as many younger members as they could, just because they CAN. Do they get in trouble for it? Oh nooo, because they're ADULTS and it shouldn't matter that they're putting down the younger members, becase apparently WE DESERVE IT. For being young. Yup. We get flamed and bashed for no particullar reason, and when we (I did this once) speak against it the adults go "Well, you did this and blah blah blah so you're breaking the rules!" And the adults that don't, they don't get listened to. I'm sick of rude-ass, uncaring people on the internet. Main reason why I stay away from people on the net.
Anyway, to the reviews. Could you believe a review I got was just "oro?" yes. Just Oro. WTF, man? I spend six fricking hours writing a story, and I get ORO? I don't think that's an actual word! Oh, and here's my favorite! "nice fic, but can't you write something more unique? like angst or something" oh yes, and I suppose YOU can spend three extra seconds to tell me what you actually liked about my stories? I'm the one writing them. I'm the one who gets to decide what genre they will be, so if you don't like them QUIT READING THEM. It's not going to change because some people get tired of it. My main genre of writing is "fluff" (not romance, uck) because I don't want to write about depressed people, because I'm already surrounded by them! I'm surprised I'm not suicidal myself, because with all the moping and whining I hear, anyone would be tempted to blow their brains out, I bet!
I love writing, really I do. Sometimes that's enough for people to be satisfied, is just writing. But I'm not one of those people. I want to know if people enjoy what I write, I need encouragement to continue or do you know what happens? I give up. I get tired with it and I simply don't want to continue. And I don't want that, but sometimes I can't encourage myself to keep going. So I want to know what other people thing to keep writing.
Ooh, and don't get me started on my art! I spend more time on my art than on my writing, I take more thought into what I want to draw than what I write. On average I spend an hour simply sketching, another 2 hours fixing the sketch, and another 4-6 hours coloring it on Photoshop. I spend eleven hours of the day with my drawings, while I spend half of that on my writing. I don't know which is worse, getting useless reviews for my writing or no comments at all for my drawing. I post them at over 6 different websites with MORE than enough people to offer C&C.
Well, whatever right? It's their loss, because the more encouragement I get, the more I do. I know the number of fanfiction and drawings I have online would be doubled, if only people would take the time and tell me if they liked it; and even if they DIDN'T like it, and how I could improve on it. We'll see, I guess. Although, after 4 years I'm starting to doubt I can wait any longer.
