I know this is not a writer's group. I also was not asking for a beta.
Okay, so why say you were? "Perhaps I am too used to writer's groups in which I can present a piece of work with the comment that I'm not sure about the effectiveness of the chapter, and I can expect constructive feedback." Was this a mere random comment, or were you asking for a beta-read?
I do know that this is not a professional publication, and that we are not all professional writers here. I am sorry if you were expecting perfection; unfortunately, you won't find that with me.
Now you're setting up a straw man. Where did I ever say I "expected perfection"?
What I did say was that you shouldn't publish till you're happy with what you're written. If you're unhappy with it, if you think it could be better, then work on it till you are happy with it.
I've seen you give very harsh comments to other writers due to the lack of polish/perfection in their work, and that should have warned me that there is little sympathy to amateur work in this group.
I have, on one occasion, not in this group but in mash100th, posted a very harsh comment to a writer who was posting un-lj-cut trash. Not "amateur work", whatever you mean by that, but real trash. I have, on one occasion, asked a writer to correct some appalling typos in her story so that I could read it. I do not recall any other occasions when I have commented harshly.
and that should have warned me that there is little sympathy to amateur work in this group.
Now that really is passive-aggressive. I'm (AFAIS) the only one who is saying anything negative: you should not judge the entire group by me. Further, what I am saying is not that I don't like your writing - I read the prologue and your standard of writing seemed fine to me - but that I didn't like your negative comment about your own work.
In a chaptered story, not every chapter can be perfect.
If you mean perfect, well, again, who can achieve perfection, and who brought perfection up? You did. I didn't. I said you had to be happy with your work. If you're not happy with it, don't publish it.
This chapter was not perfect but as I found it satisfactory to keep the story going, I posted it so I can continue with the story rather than dithering about with the chapter ad nauseum. This story is a work in progress, as I'm sure you realize.
Yes, but that doesn't mean you have to publish work you're unhappy with in order to write the next chapter. Don't publish the chapter if you're unhappy with it: set it aside, maybe ask for a beta-read, and get to work on the next chapter anyway.
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Date: 2005-06-11 08:27 am (UTC)Okay, so why say you were? "Perhaps I am too used to writer's groups in which I can present a piece of work with the comment that I'm not sure about the effectiveness of the chapter, and I can expect constructive feedback." Was this a mere random comment, or were you asking for a beta-read?
I do know that this is not a professional publication, and that we are not all professional writers here. I am sorry if you were expecting perfection; unfortunately, you won't find that with me.
Now you're setting up a straw man. Where did I ever say I "expected perfection"?
What I did say was that you shouldn't publish till you're happy with what you're written. If you're unhappy with it, if you think it could be better, then work on it till you are happy with it.
I've seen you give very harsh comments to other writers due to the lack of polish/perfection in their work, and that should have warned me that there is little sympathy to amateur work in this group.
I have, on one occasion, not in this group but in
and that should have warned me that there is little sympathy to amateur work in this group.
Now that really is passive-aggressive. I'm (AFAIS) the only one who is saying anything negative: you should not judge the entire group by me. Further, what I am saying is not that I don't like your writing - I read the prologue and your standard of writing seemed fine to me - but that I didn't like your negative comment about your own work.
In a chaptered story, not every chapter can be perfect.
If you mean perfect, well, again, who can achieve perfection, and who brought perfection up? You did. I didn't. I said you had to be happy with your work. If you're not happy with it, don't publish it.
This chapter was not perfect but as I found it satisfactory to keep the story going, I posted it so I can continue with the story rather than dithering about with the chapter ad nauseum. This story is a work in progress, as I'm sure you realize.
Yes, but that doesn't mean you have to publish work you're unhappy with in order to write the next chapter. Don't publish the chapter if you're unhappy with it: set it aside, maybe ask for a beta-read, and get to work on the next chapter anyway.