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Aug. 17th, 2004 08:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
castalieI have a question regarding SG - the question will be a generic one but I'm asking because of something I saw on one of my SG MLs. Would you, as a writer, demand feedback after posting a fic to a ML? I can't help thinking that it's a bit annoying even though technically, I suppose a writer has a right to wonder about feedback in general? All I know is that that kind of demand actually makes me want to not comment on their stories - as petty as it sounds. Or maybe it all depends on the way it's formulated.
When you post your stories on-line, you usually hope that some people will a) read them b) like them and c) that some among those who liked them will take the time to send a FB. I don't write for feedback - or I would write so much more than I do! - but getting them is one of those little pleasures in life, no doubt about that - I absolutely adore each and every one of them, be it a one-liner or a in-depth LoC. So yes, by posting a fic to a ML or an archive you sorta imply you'd love to get feedbacks... but isn't there a difference between expecting something and demanding it?
If people enjoyed your story and enjoyed it enough that they took the time to send you a FB it's absolutely brilliant - and true enough, considering the number of feedback you usually get as opposed to the number of people who actually read your story, I can understand one may really ponder about the whole thing, but actually demanding it and even getting a bit cranky because you don't? That irks me a bit, I have to admit. Then again, it's just me so if you actually did it, I'm curious... did you ever receive more feedbacks?
And finally, this has nothing to do with anything, but la casa del Mouse is still enjoying the Olympics tremendously. The swimming and the fencing in particular, apparently. The telly is on almost all day to follow the events - go figure.
When you post your stories on-line, you usually hope that some people will a) read them b) like them and c) that some among those who liked them will take the time to send a FB. I don't write for feedback - or I would write so much more than I do! - but getting them is one of those little pleasures in life, no doubt about that - I absolutely adore each and every one of them, be it a one-liner or a in-depth LoC. So yes, by posting a fic to a ML or an archive you sorta imply you'd love to get feedbacks... but isn't there a difference between expecting something and demanding it?
If people enjoyed your story and enjoyed it enough that they took the time to send you a FB it's absolutely brilliant - and true enough, considering the number of feedback you usually get as opposed to the number of people who actually read your story, I can understand one may really ponder about the whole thing, but actually demanding it and even getting a bit cranky because you don't? That irks me a bit, I have to admit. Then again, it's just me so if you actually did it, I'm curious... did you ever receive more feedbacks?
And finally, this has nothing to do with anything, but la casa del Mouse is still enjoying the Olympics tremendously. The swimming and the fencing in particular, apparently. The telly is on almost all day to follow the events - go figure.
