it's likely to be constructive criticism (which the poor little dears DON'T seem to want)
Hence why I'm reluctant sometimes to give feedback. I pointed out once a story where the writer had the main character enter the same room twice and that it's "you're" not "your".
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Let's say I'm never doing that again. Pity. It was a good story, but I think with a good beta, it could have been a great story. With regret, I deleted the author's site on FF from my bookmarks. Sometimes, it doesn't pay to be helpful.
Ironically, I used to post heavily unbetaed, more "whee!" motivated than anything else. My best break was an email kindly commenting on what he/she enjoyed of my story and then very patiently pointed out some boo boos that would have distracted readers.
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Hence why I'm reluctant sometimes to give feedback. I pointed out once a story where the writer had the main character enter the same room twice and that it's "you're" not "your".
....
Let's say I'm never doing that again. Pity. It was a good story, but I think with a good beta, it could have been a great story. With regret, I deleted the author's site on FF from my bookmarks. Sometimes, it doesn't pay to be helpful.
Ironically, I used to post heavily unbetaed, more "whee!" motivated than anything else. My best break was an email kindly commenting on what he/she enjoyed of my story and then very patiently pointed out some boo boos that would have distracted readers.
Best comment ever.
Betas are gold, I tell you. Gold.