Tim Pratt"do you read your reviews"
I don't know, do you stick your head in a large opaque bag that contains a combination of both delicious candy AND angry wasps in some unknown proportion
I do read the ones in the magazine I edit, because I have to, and I glance at reviews before I retweet them to make sure they aren't calling me TOTALLY unfair names, but mostly no. Bad ones depress me and good ones make me smug, neither helps my writing
nix@timpratt I've always wondered about this from creators. Do you seek feedback some other way? Or just do your thing and hope people like it?
Kimmy@nix @timpratt as a webcomic creator the question of "where do you get feedback" is a never ending one.
If I'm looking for insight, I tend to turn to my peers. Usually people writing similar stories to mine so I know they're on a similar wavelength.
But reader feedback can be useful too, assuming it's sincere and not trying to tear the work down. This often comes from beta readers and the creator often establishes expectations & goals with the beta reader.
If I'm looking for insight, I tend to turn to my peers. Usually people writing similar stories to mine so I know they're on a similar wavelength.
But reader feedback can be useful too, assuming it's sincere and not trying to tear the work down. This often comes from beta readers and the creator often establishes expectations & goals with the beta reader.
@nix @timpratt it can be tough because you might get a beta-reader/peer/editor with an axe to grind. Maybe there's a trope they love/hate. And they get fixated on trying to fix something in your work that.. you're pretty sure doesn't need fixing.
That can be tough (at least for me). And in those cases a creator might just have to make the executive decision to say, "whatever, man. It's my story."