Subject: Re: [Now with SPAM] Re: Value of C&C (was Re: [FFML] Another message...) (fwd)
From: David Homerick
Date: 8/24/1998, 12:49 PM
To: MegaZone , fanfic@fanfic.com

MegaZone wrote:

1. Bad formatting.  Simple as that, lines like this one I'm doing deliberately that are longer than 80 columns
or that have
seemingly random line wrapping.  It makes it a bitch to read, and what it
does for me is make me think "If the author couldn't take the time to do
something as simple as format the text, I bet they didn't take the time to
write a good story."

This is rather poor reasoning.  Bad formatting is usually a software
problem and has nothing to do with the ability to write a good story. 
If you get an unreadable story, send a polite note to the author telling
him the problem.  Chances are he has no idea that anything's wrong.

-- David