(Got cut off there, sorry.)

In any case, if someone writes a story that is cliche, generic to a T and they don't even bother the research some of the subjects they write about then they absolutely deserve a flame. Do you know how many stories I've seen abuse the family abuse card for cheap sympathy? It's sickening.

As for contacting me, my profile is Sabere Commander.

Sorry but I respectfully disagree about flames. I started out and FFnet and let me tell you, there are some terrible stories there that warrant flames. Then again, I imagine the concept of a trollfic doesn't exist on a website about original work.

In any

Hello! Outside of fiction press and Nanowrimo, can you recommend any other resources for improving writing? Thanks!

This is a really great tool you posted. Thank you so much for posting this, no doubt it has most likely helped others, and I truly hope it can help me. Posted my first original story on here recently that I collaborated with my boyfriend on, and we both just want to see our hard work pay off. But in the end, I thank you again for the advice! Really enjoyed reading through your own opinions and thoughts.

You know, I don't believe you need to be so apologetic for what you've written in these chapters. You did a great job at it, and it didn't sound pushy in any way to my ear/eye. I think it was well done.

Your point about giving reviews in order to obtain them was a well taken. I'll be sure to review more.

Your emphasis on editing and alpha reading could not have been more well placed. Encouragement is something I'm always big on offering up, even if a story stinks. That said, nothing screams at me more loudly than a couple of misspelled words and some sloppy grammar in the first couple of paragraphs. It seems to me that fresh authors need to hear about those pretty clearly.

In all a great job. I for one appreciate the time you and your unindicted co-conspirator put into it. Well done.

THLinSD

Thank you for taking the time to write and post this. I truly found it helpful.

Thank you for this. I made my account on fictionpress years ago but never found the time to actually be active on this site. I didn't know the common courtesy of reviews as well so your guideline is a huge eye-opener for me. Thank you again.

Thank you so very much for this. I feel as though, lately, I've been getting a shortage of reviews and I've been going crazy, thinking to myself, "Does my story really suck that much?" It's getting views, yes, but NO ONE is reviewing. It's disillusioning.
I've been writing reviews to other stories, and I'll admit, sometimes even doing the "P.S. I'd appreciate it if you could review my story," act, as well. But not much seems to be getting through.
Another thing I tend to do is COMPARE. I know, I shouldn't. I see other stories that have around seven chapters but sixty-something reviews while mine has twenty chapters and only thirty.
Whatever their methods, I WANT THEM.

Again, thanks for writing this. It was really helpful and opened my eyes to what I can change when seeking reviews. I'll definitely be focusing on doing R/R. Another thing that stood out to me was your post about characters. About how, if they're too "perfect", a lot of people will hate them. I completely agree but, the thing is, we're all so conditioned to believing that the greatest love stories happen to the beautiful people. It's all around us. In the shows we watch, the novels we read, etc. Maybe it's something we have to get over personally before we can have it reflect on our work. If that makes sense at all… .

I have read it, and I have to say you really helped me out a lot. I'll now try to improve on my current story. Thanks though! :)

This was extremely useful. I'm new to FictionPress and looking for CC, as you call it, to help me with my work, and even if I deny it, the occasional bout of praise... :-D
Your advice is structured, relevant, and addresses issues that I didn't even know existed. I just want to say that I'm walking away from this wiser and very, very grateful. This truly does mark a change in my progress - a boost, a reform. Thank you, genuinely. You cannot possibly know the effect this has had.
God, that sounds cheesy. But it's all true. :-D

I liked your story! Full of dragons and baby ninjas. It was great. I totally read it. This is a story right? Anyway can you review me now? Thanks in advance. I care nothing about this in reality. Bye!

Wow, I really appreciate this guide. I was hopping back and forth between this and my other story, trying to catch what I was doing right and wrong. It was very helpful and made me see some of the things I'm going to have to change. I know this was posted in '05 but I hope you get this review. If you do, then again, great job with this. If you're still around, I would like to get some feedback/criticism on some of my writing. I'll PM you my email address.

Thank you for posting this! I'm new to fictionpress so I found this really useful. Thanks again!

Helpful!

Hey, this was pretty good! And please review on my stories! CC and flames... sure! :)

-Princess Adeline