Ugh, yes, all of this. I've been in fandom for more than fifteen years, and I think this is the most annoying change I've seen. I WANT to know what I've done wrong - but I feel like that kind of crit is no longer publicly welcomed by almost anyone else. It holds me up on stuff like writing recs - do I mntion that this is rec'd reservedly because the commas got on my nerves but it was still good enough to pass on? Or is that Rude? *tears out hair*
I think the fact that fandom is expanding so fast, and on so many different platforms, means that we have a lot more people who don't care about writing as a craft and just want to get their fabulous idea out there. I just don't understand that,t hough. Don't these hypothetical impatient writers want to actually connect? Argh!
Commas are definitely the big one for me. Others that I tend to backbutton from of late are epithets (the blonde, the brunette, the officer, the agent, the taller woman, the shorter woman - dear god how many women are there!), said-bookisms (she spat, she hissed, she muttered, she growled, she whispered, she huffed), and rapid POV change. I can excuse some of those, but the POV change really got me.
I am lucky to have a good friend who makes my fics much, much better, but I miss the days when reviews included "Hey, here's a typo, and btw I love what you think about character X's motivation because..."!
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Re: Grammar, Critique, Betas
Date: 2013-06-12 05:32 am (UTC)I think the fact that fandom is expanding so fast, and on so many different platforms, means that we have a lot more people who don't care about writing as a craft and just want to get their fabulous idea out there. I just don't understand that,t hough. Don't these hypothetical impatient writers want to actually connect? Argh!
Commas are definitely the big one for me. Others that I tend to backbutton from of late are epithets (the blonde, the brunette, the officer, the agent, the taller woman, the shorter woman - dear god how many women are there!), said-bookisms (she spat, she hissed, she muttered, she growled, she whispered, she huffed), and rapid POV change. I can excuse some of those, but the POV change really got me.
I am lucky to have a good friend who makes my fics much, much better, but I miss the days when reviews included "Hey, here's a typo, and btw I love what you think about character X's motivation because..."!