Someone's being mean on the internet

[rodo]

Does it really make me mean and elitist that I think that Sturgeon's Law applies to fanfiction? Even my own? Because it's wrong and insults the average fanfic writer by calling them incompetent (which, btw, I didn't, I was talking about stories, but apparently story = author).

I really, really should stay away from the internet for a while, or at least certain parts of it. It's just making things worse for me at the moment. Because whatever I try, if I'm feeling even remotely positive about it someone else comes and tears it completely apart.

The only problem is: I don't have anything better to do at the moment.

*whiny post is whiny*

Comments

[dancing_serpent]

Well, the average fanfic writer as I experience them (while wading through archive after archive and then some) is a teenaged girl who writes Mary Sue fic and gets cheerleader reviews from her friends. Not what I would call good fanfiction. *wry*

[rodo]

Well, my opinion of the average fanfiction author is better than yours, basically that she tries, but is still to young and/or inexperienced to get it right. Too many typos, no paragraphs, wrong punctuation, wrong pacing, stilted dialogues, boring action scenes, etc. It all adds up, and it definitely isn't as if the author was hopeless, but the stories aren't good.

[dancing_serpent]

See, if someone calls you mean or elitist again, point them to my comment. *g*