Story Comments

Sooo in case you guys haven't noticed I mostly use my blog to post rants... ha ha.. sorry *rubs back of neck uncomfortably*

But this is something that really bothers me, as in A LOT! 

It is about Story Comments. 

Now I understand there are just some quiet readers out there, hell that is me sometimes cause I can't think of a good comment to write HOWEVER I, now this is a personal statement and may not be true for everyone, prefer no comment at all over a negative one. Like seriously? If you want to complain about how I write then go vent to your friends. It is my fanfiction, I write what I want and how I want. If it is not constructive critism then like shut the hell up? 

What do you want me to do? Re-create everything about my story and characters so you can be satisfied?!

I understand that sometimes we read a story that we do not like the main character or something, trust me I deal with this too, but instead of writing a comment, or in this case comments, about how I dislike this character such-and-such because they are so annoying yada-yada-yada I just get over myself. It is not MY story I am reading, it is someone else's who put so much effort and work into it. It hurts to say the least when you try hard to deliver something worth-while to read and then you get 10 encouraging comments but there's that one that just stands out about how annoying or lame or stupid--- whatever adjective--- something about your story is. Personally I don't want to hear that on AFF. 

This is the only site I post stories on, everything else is personal. Now if I was trying to be a published author I would take that crap however this is an amatuer site for the most part, many of the users are not even 18 yet so lots of things are under-developed you know? 

I am not saying that I have anything against CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISM, but if you are just dropping a comment like "ew I dont like this this and this" then just stop. PLEASE. 

At first I put up with it but now with each comment it is making me just tired of writing this story or that story. 

Does anyone else face this problem? I feel like a total for even being bothered by this :/

 

 

 

 

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FullmetalTitan
#1
Thank you! We shouldn't write solely to please others: I don't mind if people don't like my characters of course, I'm the same way with certain ones but we can't bash the author just because of that reason. I mean, when you think about it sometimes our characters are like our children in a way. If someone badmouths them of course we'd be upset about it or however you'd put that.

Giving opinions and having opinions are wonderful, but, people should know the difference between bashing and sharing their thoughts...unfortunately many people don't know the difference -__-

I may not know you but I'm sorry for what happened to you :( I went through the same thing once it's not easy hearing someone talking about how bad your characters/story is behind your back.
heart_surgery #2
It didn't happen to me yet, but I totally agree. If someone dislikes a story they should just leave it be and search for another one that they'll like better >.>