Finally found that Fanfic Hate thread

[icarus]

So I found at long last that fanfic hate thread.

Hee.

This is probably not what its creators intended.

Comments

[ragnhildholm.livejournal.com]

Alas? Well, I suppose, in a way. I always hope people will be honest enough in their reviews, and will tell me straight to my face. But most people don't bother to review, and apart from a few flames (I got one reply that started "You made them GAY? That's disgusting! How could you do that?!" and pretty much continued in the same way), most people simply say that they like it or it was cute or funny or angsty or whatever, and leave it at that. No real criticism, nothing that can give you new insight and can help you improve. Some few do. I suppose these are the ones who want the same in return. These are the best reviewers. But as there are so few, I can see the point of a thread like this.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

The intention of the thread is vitriol, but a smart writer will listen to intelligent vitriol, if it's specific.

Icarus