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ratherastory) wrote2010-04-03 05:33 pm
ratherastory) wrote2010-04-03 05:33 pm
Oh, God, I'm neurotic
This is me being insecure and neurotic. Nothing to see here, move along.
Dear Self,
We have been over this. Just because a reviewer obviously didn't understand your story or maybe just didn't read it carefully does NOT mean you suck forever as a writer. Come on. There are plenty of people whose opinions you trust who told you the story worked just fine. One *anonymous* reviewer should not be enough to reduce you to a quivering pile of insecure goo.
Jesus H. Christ, woman, pull yourself together!
Love,
Me
Dear Anonymous Reviewer,
Really? You read all 8,000 words of that fic and came away with the notion that I have sympathy only for Sam and that I'm awful to Dean? Really?
I'm a little flummoxed that that's what you took away from the story. Truly.
Maybe you ought to read it again a little more carefully. Or, better yet, go away before I enlist Missouri to hit you with a spoon. I am all for constructive criticism, but that? That wasn't it.
No love,
Me
Dear Self,
We have been over this. Just because a reviewer obviously didn't understand your story or maybe just didn't read it carefully does NOT mean you suck forever as a writer. Come on. There are plenty of people whose opinions you trust who told you the story worked just fine. One *anonymous* reviewer should not be enough to reduce you to a quivering pile of insecure goo.
Jesus H. Christ, woman, pull yourself together!
Love,
Me
Dear Anonymous Reviewer,
Really? You read all 8,000 words of that fic and came away with the notion that I have sympathy only for Sam and that I'm awful to Dean? Really?
I'm a little flummoxed that that's what you took away from the story. Truly.
Maybe you ought to read it again a little more carefully. Or, better yet, go away before I enlist Missouri to hit you with a spoon. I am all for constructive criticism, but that? That wasn't it.
No love,
Me
no subject
On a serious note, I have no idea how a person could read your last story and see bias. That was a "Heal the brotherly bond through torture!fic" project, not some "Let me show you who`s the better brother here" crap. Maybe that reviewer thinks that Sam doesn`t deserve to have the bond repaired? That he should go into the trash can together with the amulet? Anyway, can`t imagine it had anything to do with your writing ability. Which remains awesome. If you want to scare the reader, you scare them shitless, if you want them to sympathize with Sam, they will do so. Maybe the anon hated the unnatural feeling of liking Sam and bashed you for that.
no subject
It's true. I am equally mean to both boys.
"Heal the brotherly bond through torture!fic" project
You have the most brilliant ways of describing my fic. I'm still all giggle/glowy over the "restorative crucifixion schmoop" comment you made the other day.
You rock. :D
Clearly the anon commenter was a Dean fan and was unaccustomed to feeling sympathy for Sam. I'm pretty sure I threw in a lot of sympathy for Dean, but in a very different way. Dean is a very different character than Sam, and his suffering comes out in a different way as a result.
Whatever. I vented about it and am now trying to not take it personally anymore.