Comments on: On Critiques 11: Bad Crit 10 http://www.staciakane.net/2009/08/27/on-critiques-11-bad-crit-10/ Author of Urban Fantasy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:56:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom Gallier http://www.staciakane.net/2009/08/27/on-critiques-11-bad-crit-10/#comment-6653 Tom Gallier Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:00:16 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/?p=935#comment-6653 Where is the gratuitous sex and violence? You know sex and violence sells, and making it gratuitous is like giving an Olympic runner steroids. Yep, makes it BETTER. Yes, that is my standard critique. Where is the gratuitous sex and violence? You know sex and violence sells, and making it gratuitous is like giving an Olympic runner steroids. Yep, makes it BETTER.

Yes, that is my standard critique.

]]> By: writtenwyrdd http://www.staciakane.net/2009/08/27/on-critiques-11-bad-crit-10/#comment-6652 writtenwyrdd Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:19:35 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/?p=935#comment-6652 Yes, this is the worst sort of critique, because it says *nothing* useful. Telling someone you loved it is nice, but it doesn't help; they need to know when there are things that need to be fixed (like missing punctuation and grammar issues) or common flaws like lack of clarity, confusion, showing vs telling,etc. A critique like this gives me the writer the sense of futility and "Why bother?" Yes, this is the worst sort of critique, because it says *nothing* useful. Telling someone you loved it is nice, but it doesn’t help; they need to know when there are things that need to be fixed (like missing punctuation and grammar issues) or common flaws like lack of clarity, confusion, showing vs telling,etc.

A critique like this gives me the writer the sense of futility and “Why bother?”

]]> By: Justin http://www.staciakane.net/2009/08/27/on-critiques-11-bad-crit-10/#comment-6651 Justin Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:48:12 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/?p=935#comment-6651 Man, it's never a short guy . . . :cool: Man, it’s never a short guy . . . :cool:

]]> By: BernardL http://www.staciakane.net/2009/08/27/on-critiques-11-bad-crit-10/#comment-6650 BernardL Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:59:00 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/?p=935#comment-6650 LOL! I knew I should have put a zombie werewolf in this. :) LOL! I knew I should have put a zombie werewolf in this. :)

]]> By: driftsmoke http://www.staciakane.net/2009/08/27/on-critiques-11-bad-crit-10/#comment-6648 driftsmoke Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:53:14 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/?p=935#comment-6648 You crack me up, Stacia! :mrgreen: The only critique that is equal to this one in terms of badness is the one where they have marked *one* comma splice or *one* homophone in a 1000 word writing sample. You crack me up, Stacia! :mrgreen:

The only critique that is equal to this one in terms of badness is the one where they have marked *one* comma splice or *one* homophone in a 1000 word writing sample.

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