Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-24037587-20140911164319/@comment-25558572-20140911225850

Melodyuchiha1992 wrote: Okay seriously first of all I'm not even whining. I'm simply stating that telling someone to trash an idea is poor constructive criticism. I can handle criticism to a point but when you go in and just point out what is bad about a story then say trash the idea is far from criticism. If you want to help people get work on here don't tell people to toss an idea tell them ideas on how to make it less flawed as you put it. Even things that seem bad can be polished into something good with work. As for admins, one of the admins has been telling me what I should add and I have done those things.

Basically I'm just saying don't just sit there and say "trash the idea it's flawed." Give some thoughts on ways it could be better otherwise people are not going to take your advice and they will argue about it. If you want to help someone that's good but don't just say trash it and move on. That doesn't help writers get better. Instead it puts them down. I'm being nice here when I say this so if you are saying I'm being butthurt or whining I'm not. I'm simply wanting feedback that doesn't include simply tossing it out because of one opinion. Are you even reading what I'm saying to you?

If this is how you react to criticism, then no, you can't handle it. I never said your story was trash. I said it was forgettable and cliched, more because of the central idea than the actual content itself. You're overreacting like a scolded child.

I'm getting tired of your definsive attitude. I'm not trying to put you down, I'm trying to help you improve as a writer, which you seem highly unwilling to do. Criticism does help writers get better- if they can actually handle it without acting like I'm attacking them personally or putting words in my mouth that I clearly didn't say. And I'm not going to keep reviewing the same old story because you adamantly refuse to scrap an idea.

Oh, so you want feedback, not criticism. If that's the case, you probably won't enjoy this place very much because I give a lot of critiques here. I've gotten several reactions like yours from those who seek praise alone and think that everything they make must always turn out good or perfect. My apologies for being honest and not pandering to your reluctance to create something new.