Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: annoyed
  • Music: Shakespear's Sister, "Black Sky."

So y'all know...

...I have no issues with pointing out typos, especially in the Velveteen stuff, which is quite long, but maybe you could also, you know, acknowledge liking the thing (assuming you did)? Otherwise it gets a little pointed and aggressive-feeling, and decreases the odds of getting another story.
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catsittingstill

July 1 2014, 11:17:50 UTC 2 years ago

*hugs* I know that feeling. It's like people don't realize that when they say "there's a typo here" they're saying "this is a mistake" and when they do that a lot, they're sending a meta message "there are a lot of things wrong with this; this is really bad."

If "this is really bad" is not the intended message (and usually, to be fair, it's totally not--the intended message is more like; "This is great; it deserves a perfect presentation--you're almost there, let me help") then it's very important to put a signpost on that turn--one of the "warning 20 miles an hour exit" ones, with a line drawing of an 18 wheeler tipping over. So the creator of the piece isn't going too fast for the curve.

seanan_mcguire

July 1 2014, 17:13:43 UTC 2 years ago

Yeah. And when there's no "I enjoyed this" to go with the meta message, the meta message becomes all.