Story comments and feedback

[billie-asub]

Lately i've read a lot of critiques on stories which seem to me to be more critical of the genre than of the author's writing style or the writer's abilities. I don't think this is what the Comments Fucction is supposed to be for.

If you don't like the genre in which the author is writing, then why in the hell are you reading a story in that genre? For instance, lately I've seen a lot of criticism because, "....ho hum, another slut wife and wimp husband story..." Well, it was another slut wife and wimp husband story, but so what? A slut wife and wimp husband story can still be a very good story, and I enjoy them. Yes, it is a genre...but the same can be said about murder mysteries and about westerns. If you don't like westerns, don't read them.

Yes, many of the slut wife and wimp husband stories are very unrealistic. Sort of like the famous lady detective who's invitation to a dinner party always ensures that someone is going to be murdered at that dinner party. You'd think people would stop inviting her.

In short, criticize writing style, grammar, plotting, technique, but consider genre off limits. That is a personal opinion, not literary criticism.

 

[sweetnpetite]

Yeah, everyone here in story feedback knows that pretty much, many have had the same annoying thing happen to them. In particular theres this Laura and some other girl (l&l) for short, who especially love to attack stories on some messed up moral ground And it seems that someone is regularly pissed off that 'loving wives' means wives who give out lovin to those other than hubby. A regularly featured comment is usually this one, "Loving wives my ass, cheating slut is more like it..."

The best we can do is ignore such ignorance. And in the case of public comments, deleate them when they are stupid like that

 

[Lou Nuttick]

I'll give you an opinion from one reader's perspective, since I haven't posted a story yet.

The guidelines for feedback don't really specify that it be for literary criticism, and I suspect most readers wouldn't feel qualified to do that anyway. What they do know is whether or not they liked the story, and if not, perhaps they also know why. Sometimes it's for poor style, and sometimes it's for genre. I pay close attention for genre, since I am certain subjects are very unappealing to me, but perhaps other readers don't.

For myself, unless I really like the story's content, I won't take the time to go over its technical shortcomings.

If want your feedback restricted to literary criticism, I'd suggest that you specifically ask for it at the end of your story, if you haven't already done so. If you do, though, be prepared for even less feedback than you're already getting.

Just my opinion,
Lou