Voting

[*Catbabe*]

I just finished reading a story that I thought was very well written. However, I didnt really like what the author did with the two main characters about half way through the story. I didnt think the characters reactions were believable based on my initial impression of them. I was undecided on how to vote since I thought the story was well constructed and very interesting up to a point.


I am curious. When you vote, how much of it is based on the writing? How much is based on development of the story and its characters?


Cat

 

[SexyChele]

For me, it's a mix. If the story is well written, that kicks the voting up a notch. Not a lot of people take the time to even go back over their stories to even weed out basic spelling errors. So, if a writer took the time to write well, I'm appreciative of that.

Yet, I think character development is also high on the scale as well. If a story was well written, but the character development was lagging, it might average out to a "3" for me. But it would really depend on how I felt after I had read the entire story. It might get kicked up to a "4".

And I would certainly give the author feedback, letting him/her know what I liked/disliked about the story.

 

[dizzylia]

For me it's usually an overall feeling for the story. I try not to let my voting be influenced by my own opinions on how the story should go. After all, a story belongs to the author, not the audience.

I'd say the main factors for me are grammar/spelling, how well the story "flowed", how believable the story is, both in content and dialogue.

 

[*Catbabe*]

Thanks for taking time to share your opinions. I think both of you had valid points.

 

[gauchecritic]

When voting (which isn't as often as it could be 'cos I won't register a vote under three) I tend to let my hand on the mouse decide, not in the least scientific but completely visceral and a pretty good gauge of feeling.

But then, I am

Gauche

 

[Angeline]

Hiya Cat!

I have just a few criteria:

1. Does the story draw me in so that I feel I'm there--that is is the combination of action, characters, dialogue good enough to make me forget I'm sitting wherever reading a story? A good story gets me totally absorbed.

2. Is it relatively free of errors? I cannot get into a story when my eyes keep tripping over misspellings, typos, and grammatical errors. A few almost always escape the eye, but a pattern of them can wreck an otherwise great story for me.

 

[PaulX35]

Here on Literotica, I vote high on stories that are well written and possess a story line that goes a bit further than the basic stroke story level. In short stories I don't expect elaborated character development, but I do expect consistency, credibility and a way of writing that is intended to draw the reader in.
I'm an old fashioned fart, who thinks that lousy and careless spelling ruins the feel of a story, no matter how good it is. It's the other's right to not care about that, but I do, and vote accordingly.

Paul