jerrybaldy: Ok have been here a short while and there is a really disappointing aspect to this place. I refer of course to the standard five star review that pretty much everybody gives to everybody. Questions often asked in a "what the hell are you trying to do to me" style if you dare only reward a four that could stop somebody being recognised for their 575 poem about the sun being orange. This place has found a base level with a depressing predictability. There is also a spiritual gang that get the sixes out if you include God and good in the same painstaking drivel. Please feel free to give me one two three four five or six stars as I will now be handing them all out. I don't like to give low stars either but without honesty it's a waist of time and I am already handing out fives like it's par but no more. If you are a fan you will be treated no different. I may not change a thing in fact it is improbable but I will be honest. I will give up all hope of being on this site's listings of "the best" as frankly they are so ludicrous if you take an honest look that I no longer aspire to them as I did for a few short days. Jerry. |
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First, use the site's reviewing system as explained under Info, FAQ at the top of the screen. Second, allot stars accordingly while being kind and courteous. If you get enough 'thumb' rewards from those you review, you might win $100 real dollars in the Reviewer of the Month Contest. Third, if someone complains, ignore it. If they get really nasty and demand that fifth star report them to site Administration by pulling down Contact Us at the top of the screen. If they ask you not to review them, do the same. Either act is against site rules. If everyone reported them, they'd stop doing that or they'd be gone. - | ||
Let me add that just because I can't understand a good read or get "into" it doesn't mean the author has written bad stuff. It just means that the author hasn't piqued my mind. The Bible is s Supposed to be the greatest book ever written. But there are many, many passages that I can't get through because the words bore me or it's too deep. Someone college schooled may have a different opinion. I'm only a HS grad with a creative writing back ground. I relate to authors who write similar to myself..personal experience. Simplistic words that sing as I read them. I don't know what I'm going to read when I click on a title, unless it's specific like dark humor, etc. in which case I'd skip. I don't think your complaint is fair. If you are getting more fives than sixes then I'd suggest you find another critique group who just might think your work is only a five star too! - | ||
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My biggest issue here, personally, is that a good majority of reviewers don't seem to possess an incredible amount of literary knowledge. I'm not a mechanic, so I can't necessarily fix your car. But if you ask me what's wrong with it, I'll certainly offer you my uneducated opinion. And if you happen to take my advice, you very well might find yourself in deeper trouble and much more confused. I feel like if someone is going to judge something that I consider sacred, they should have at least a basic knowledge of what they're doing... But that's just my opinion... 8^) - | ||
With the exception of poetry, which I think when well done, has a language of it's own, writing is about communication, pure and simple. We writers need to know if we "communicated" or not. People need to tell us this. I don't think it takes gteat academic knowledge to determine if the writer is "speaking to us" or not. Sometimes writers get so caught up in their heads and form "coded ways of thinking" that need to be pointed out by the reviewers as "not getting the message across" - | ||
If you could see the end of the story coming from half-way, let him know. If a character behaved in a way you think doesn't fit what you've been told about the character, tell the writer. If the dialog doesn't move the story along but is just chit-chat, tell the writer. If you simply love one of the characters, the way he or she talks and behaves ... Tell the writer. Tell him/her when it's right, and when it's wrong. Tell him or her if he's got something happening in a story that would not have happened at the time the tale takes place. No women's lib in 1640, for example. No coke machines in 1950s drugstores. Above all, be polite and helpful. - | ||
Epiphany! Oh, Epiphany! :) - | ||
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Poster- "God is great, it's him I rate". Reviewer- "that was amazing. You really captured God there and how great he is. I rate him too and your amazing poem. Amen and God bless brother." These steaming piles of religious postings are not creative poetry, they are a form of worship and preaching with nothing new to say. Would it be harsh to say they have quite a narrow choice in subject matter? Dear God. I hate to ask, but please save us from endless postings praising you. - | ||
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While praise for a job well done is always nice, I would really prefer the reader to tell me what is was, exactly, that you got out of the writing. If you hate it, and give me three stars, so be it. Just please, let me know why... - | ||
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I'm really sorry you are turned off by us religious fanatics, as some like yourself call us. So what are you a fan of? As to my being a fan of Jesus, I am more than just a fan, I am a a total committed Believer in Him. Every day He pleads my case before Almighty God the final judge of all our words and works. He will also plead your case before God, so that in the hour of final judgment, you will be able to stand in the circle of the righteous. Please do yourself a big favor and read from the Bible, Psalm chpt.1 Your wanna be Friend, G.E. Parson gd - | ||
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