A couple of you have said you enjoyed the YWS Mythbusting article this week, and Aley suggested I make a forum about it. If you could answer the following questions, that would be great!
1. What did you like about the article?
2. What do you think could be improved?
3. If this does become a weekly article, what other writing myths would you like busted?
Thank you!
YWS Mythbusting: Feedback and Suggestions
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1. I liked that it gave people's opinions on different matters which allow us to see what some people prefer.
2. I realize that there is a poll section to this site, but maybe if there were a way to show writers what readers on this site preferred. That way if someone's in a rush they can get a quick gist of things.
3. When you make the main character kind of like the "Chosen One" destined to do great things and save the world, is that cliche? -
I don't like it how you put so much emphasis on what people SAY. PROVE your points. Don't borrow off of what others may say -no matter their credentials.
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I agree with Black Nether. Proving your point is going to be more effective than quoting people. For poetry, it can be pretty easy to prove by showing or linking to published, famous poems that have the attribute people say is negative. For stories and books, it might be a little harder to do, but I'm sure it is possible to identify and quote from books. Having people on YWS comment on it only makes it so valid. All the same, your point should be the truth, don't go out of your way to prove something false if it is accurate.
I liked that this article dealt with things people deal with in reviews of their work. It was nice to see someone attempt to mass-convert reviewers to reality of where things belong in the world.
I would love to see you confirm or bust present tense being better than past tense in stories. -
I kinda have to agree. Maybe just changing the name of your article so that it doesn't give readers the wrong idea or change the way you go about doing things so that it fits the name.
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Thanks y'all! Will take all of these points into consideration when writing my article
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It's odd, I only agree with the first 'busted myth' in this week's article -the other two I'd never heard about.
*I might note that you stated that it's a myth that ''The Chosen One' is a cliche.'
Didn't it turn out NOT to be a cliche? -
That would be why it was busted, Black.
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Uh, sorry, didn't it turn out to actually BE a cliche -_-
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Ahhh, I get what you're saying. I think the implied meaning was "The Chosen One" is a cliche and so you should never use it, which was refuted.
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Ohkay.
*feels like a feedback specialist. -_- -
Wait, so Star Wars is cliché?
I mean... it's like "The Chosen One" turned about to be a big backstabber... DOES DAT COUNT?
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