I absolutely...loved this. Brilliant summary of all things s.hit.

Mind if I talk to you on Fan Fiction? You seem pretty interesting. I'm under the same name there as I am here. :)

George~

Wow, thank you! Hey, I'll admit, I kind of tend to write shitfics =[, I don't know how to write that well, I mean, sure, I try, but it doesn't work out, want to help a desperate writer? My pen name for fanfiction is ichigorukia4life (I need help for "Inked Fingertips"...Oh, and by the way, you, are a beautiful writer, like, for serious! Please write more SasuSaku if you can!

BWA HA HA HA! It's Viv!

:)

Anyways, those are good points. Methinks, though, for the second point, you might want to mention the ZOMFG HUGE ASS BLOCK OF TEXT THAT YOU CANNOT READ AND IS POSSIBLY BOLD AND/OR ITALICIZED AND/OR UNDERLINED.

Big hint there.

:D

I wanted to review your other fic; the one that has a guy in it... But the darn thing won't open. So yeah, the title of this one attracted me and I thought I'd give it a try.

I love the delicious sarcasm you added to this, as well as the bluntness. I agree with almost every point you raised, and believe it or not, I was thinking of my fic as I was reading this. I'm checking right now if I'm overusing exclamation points! (Talk about overuse, haha.)

"Oh, speaking of things that no one cares about, while reading the author’s note, were you forced to live through a conversation/scene that included the writer speaking to some character in the story while glomping each other, whining bitchily, and typing little text faces, such as T-T, :3, :D, etc.?"

I've seen that kind of thing lotsa times. It might surprise you, but a few decent authors I've met actually engage in this kind of insanity. I think it's just childish, and... hasn't got no point whatsoever.

"Did you catch something in the note (much like in the summary) that said NO FLAMES?"

They're usually in the summaries in an attempt to shoo flamers, but I think NO FLAMES only screams FLAME ME! Funny how authors who put things like NO FLAMES in the summary don't realize that. Tsk.

Ah, the reviewers. You know, I wouldn't mind receiving only 5 reviews as long as they are long, got sense, offer constructive criticisms and whatnots. :)

Awesomeness to you and have a nice day. :)

-rereads my Mary Sue rant-
-sighs- and this is what i get for writing when i'm half asleep. gah, i don't like it. at all. lol, i see a few things that i want to nitpick at...xD

This was very interesting, and I agree with a lot of it (especially the NO FLAMES PLZ bit, haha). I have to say, though, that if a story started off with “The sun’s illuminating rays tickled the marigolds that were strewn throughout the valley,” I would escape SO FAST. That prose is ridiculously purple. Still, this was informative and entertaining.

Nice. Some good insight here, and I agree with you completely on pretty much everything.

One note: the "one-line-paragraphs" bit. There's a difference between being boring and being deliberately concise, and it takes a talented writer to pack thought, emotion, and dialogue into a few words or more. Granted, I tend to have long paragraphs in my writing - especially when it comes to detailed conversations - but I think the story tends to flow better when the reader doesn't have to wade through a ten-line paragraph.

They might lose themselves along the way.

Also, I hate it when there's ANY author's notes within the body of a story. Aside from being unprofessional, it really distracts from the main focus. Publicly thanking reviewers, warnings about content, previews or advertising future chapters - all of it's a waste of space and time. Here, your author's note was well-placed, because it was intended for clarification.

Otherwise, you have my kudos and support.

God bless