Now that's what I call alacrity! Son of Thunder has apparently taken the writer's feat: Quicken Story.
Are we intending to post reactions here, or are we waiting for a group e-mail?
Personally, I'd prefer to air dirty linen behind closed doors. Brief, general comments ("great job," "mind yer apostrophes," "loved the bit about what Weedle had in his trousers") are ok, but I think we should confine serious criticism ("criticism" meaning, of course, positive as well as negative feedback) to a forum to which we the writers have sole access. Publicly applauding ourselves is gross, and publicly absorbing the deft critique of a serious flaw can be devastating.
That said, some possible guidelines for criticism:
* Be specific. "You rock" doesn't help the writer any more than "you suck."
* Offer solutions. "This part was boring" isn't as helpful as "this part might have been more compelling if you had described more of the action and less of the architecture."
* Be honest, but never brutally honest. It's all fun and games until somebody loses a sense of self-worth.
One Last Thing:
I hereby give fair notice that I have appointed myself Official Grammar & Punctuation Bitch. Misuse an apostrophe at your peril.
Are we intending to post reactions here, or are we waiting for a group e-mail?
Personally, I'd prefer to air dirty linen behind closed doors. Brief, general comments ("great job," "mind yer apostrophes," "loved the bit about what Weedle had in his trousers") are ok, but I think we should confine serious criticism ("criticism" meaning, of course, positive as well as negative feedback) to a forum to which we the writers have sole access. Publicly applauding ourselves is gross, and publicly absorbing the deft critique of a serious flaw can be devastating.
That said, some possible guidelines for criticism:
* Be specific. "You rock" doesn't help the writer any more than "you suck."
* Offer solutions. "This part was boring" isn't as helpful as "this part might have been more compelling if you had described more of the action and less of the architecture."
* Be honest, but never brutally honest. It's all fun and games until somebody loses a sense of self-worth.
One Last Thing:
I hereby give fair notice that I have appointed myself Official Grammar & Punctuation Bitch. Misuse an apostrophe at your peril.
