On Fri, 18 Jul 1997 23:54:00 -0500 (CDT), RPM - acct 3/5
<rpm39788@Bayou.UH.EDU> wrote:

ON WHAT THE WRITER WANTS:

NOBODY wants to hear #4.
The C&C that dreams are made of are made of #1-3
The very least one can ask is for #1
Getting #2 can almost be as depressing as #4, so please, even
 if it's short, do #1 AND #2.

I have to disagree here. As a writer I want to hear whichever of these
corresponds to the reader's true opinion. If I write something based on
an idea that's been done to death already, or is for whatever other
reason not worth doing, then I WANT people to say "This sucks. Write
something else." I won't necessarily agree, but I do need to know if
people think this.

"I liked your story" C&Cs are meaningless IMO unless they only get sent
when the reader really DOES like the story. I always say in my fics that
ALL honest feedback is welcomed -- and I mean it.

And most importantly, people, support your favorite fanfic writers.  Some
quit just because of the silence, and that's a shame.

True. But not just your favorites. First-time writers need support even
more.

Gary Kleppe
kleppe@execpc.com, Home page http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe
My fanfics and the FFML map are on my comics/manga page,
       http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe/comics