Can I go back to bed?

[maderr]

I admit Prisoner has its flaws. And I don't deny I'm mostly a fanciful writer. That's what romance by and large is and, really, so is fantasy. But what am I supposed to make of a criticism that says it sounds like it's largely an imaginative work that sounds like I have little real experience on which to draw?

Fucking duh? Sorry, I'll just pop on over and fight in a war for a bit. I don't lead an exciting life, but I put more of what I have exp. into my stories than people might think.

Eh *shrug*

I need coffee *wanders away*

Comments

[nikerymis.livejournal.com]

::snicker:: I love the comment that ::GASP:: you use adjectives, obviously you MUST be a woman. I think you have the right of it, though. It's romance and fantasy - two genres that are reliant on imagination. I'd lay a wager that your commenter prefers fantasy and sci-fi books that lay it on thick with the geekery and are less character-based.

[avalon13.livejournal.com]

THE COLOURS SPEAK OF PERSONALITY MORE THAN THAT FOUND IN CARDBOARD. OBVIOUSLY YOU MUST BE A WOMAN. AND I WAS NOT TOLD? ALL THE MENTIONS OF 'PERIODS' AND 'CRAMPS' REFERRED TO WOMANLY BODILY FINCTIONS? I THOUGHT THEM TO BE SOME VAGUE REFERRENCE TO A MONTHLY VISITOR YOU KEPT HAVING! YOU ARE A WOMAN. OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE UNABLE TO WRITE ABOUT REAL EXPERIRENCES AND MANLY MAN HAVING HOT SEX WITH OTHER MAN. I HAVE BEEN LIED TOO. YOU ARE DIABOLICAL.

[shannon-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Darh-ling, the one thing that attracted me to you (I mean that in a reading/writing way, not a 'oooh, you're pretty' way... though I'm sure you are)is the fact that you're able to write such in depth stories about such different subjects and still make them believeable. I mean, come on, NOBODY can have 'experience' in fighting a war between three countries over land, magic and drugs, in which one man finds himself falling in love with his prisoner.... if your reviewer can find someone then I'm sure that the person will probably agree with ME anyway. But until then, pay no attention. Your writing is great.

[mechante-fille.livejournal.com]

Following up on Shannon's comment, I feel the same way. What has always made your writing stand out is how great you are at characterization. You make them extremely real, to the point where I half believe that you have fought in a war before, and have fallen in love with your enemy, or been betrayed by someone you loved, or have been living for 1000 years waiting to apologize to one you think you've betrayed. Or whatever. And, as you say, I'm sure that it is because you have experienced these things, in a way. No matter what the scene or plot of your stories, the trials that they go through, at the most basic emotional level, are the same things we feel in our lives, and that is why I am drawn to them.

*hugs* Hope your Friday goes well, my dear!!

[broken-moons.livejournal.com]

Meh, I've always hated that expression where it says you should (or can) only write about what you know, or have experienced yourself. It just... doesn't make sense. Part of being a good writer is taking something you haven't experienced, and try to understand and portray it in a believable manner by writing it. Only writing from experience may work for journalists, and even they often... well, don't.

Plus, with fantasy the whole thing's a moot point, anyway. >.>

Sorry, I'm not in a good mood, and stuff like this pushes my buttons. I wish I had something to read (as in, Sandstorm hasn't arrived yet! Oh, woe me...). ^_^;

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[sixpence1323.livejournal.com]

Fucking duh indeed. That's why it's called fantasy, for any dickwads out there. *headdesk*

That's also why I don't do or take criticism for and from people I don't know - they don't know me so therefore the judge my stuff on surface value only. If you get my meaning, you know? Golden rule and all that.

In other words, don't listen to them. They're full of themselves.

Experience

[raielchan.livejournal.com]

You need a T-shirt that says, "Please take me to your dungeon."

Well, you could always join the merchant marines.

[sunandshadow.livejournal.com]

I think every writer gets 'criticism' once in a while that is just nonsense. Like, someone criticized the hero of one of my romances for being a sexual predator and a hedonist. Why? Because he liked sex and, at the age of 24, took the virginity of a willing 18 year old??? Same character, different reader commented they had fallen in love with him because he was wise and kind and confident and playful. Third reader commented that the character was a nice change from the typical domineering predatory romance hero who kidnaps and practically rapes the heroine. So whatever, all you can really do is write to please yourself and appreciate your saner fans.