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male, fluent Spanish and Portuguese speaker (FSI 5+), currently working on Finnish; Indonesian FSI 1+ certified. I comment on stories that interest me, and I always leave constructive criticism, as balanced as I can make it. I suspend disbelief so long as a story doesn't ignore things like real-life science, accepted principles nor ignores verisimilitude. (I've written over 500 pages in real life elsewhere [from 1987-1996, TWO YEARS before the site owners created Lit] and professionally edited in multiple languages--plus my livelihood depends on evaluations, so I deal with some of the toughest around--and with some authors here trying to make money on their works, conscientious feedback should be appreciated, because it helps an author improve a work for free.) Thankfully, there's now a Comments Guideline policy you can find right under a comment box at the end of a story: it allows you to comment on the STORY, but NOT vilify other commenters. Read it and inform yourself! Authors: 1-- biggest gripe I read are stories rarely get comments; others lament not getting actionable ones. The site owners in their comments policy tell commenters to not only comment on each story they would like to, but also to leave constructive criticism to help authors if they can. Why is it so hard to understand that the site owners grant commenters the privilege to comment so long as they are civil? 2) This is basically a vanity publishing site, where the site owners earn money off the author's stories and other things.. This is not a professional site; few leave actionable comments often. Therefore, if you think you're doing great by getting 5s and having commenters/fellow authors only saying great job...if they haven't talked about your characters, the grammar of the story, spot- checking facts, mentioning and noticing transitions, addressing character development in a factful fashion.. then when you go to try to sell your work at Amazon, Smashwords or some other platform... don't be surprised when it tanks because you didn't want honest and clearly valid feedback. Talk about needing to reread the story of The Emperor's New Clothes! 3) I've noticed at least five authors state or insinuate that they should get a 5 just because they submitted something. Really? Standard evaluations using rubrics normally account for at least five things, in varying degrees of splitting up the points: grammar--this is at least 20 points of an assignment, or worth one star here if it's really bad; your premise; do you have the required length; do you possess sufficient details and development for your story and/or characters; transitions, and sometimes including your conclusion. These are all normal things that readers will notice at different times.. so why is it so hard to understand that readers would mention these items as strengths or problems? It's so odd how I read too many state that grammar and punctuation are NOT important. If that were true, why do we have the MLA, APA, and Chicago style guides? Using language in terms of grammar and spelling is sometimes far more important than even the story itself. A smoother story that reads and flows well is always going to help you- - not hurt you - - so it's in everyone's best interest to strive for eliminating poor grammar and punctuation as something that creates hard stops in the reading. |
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