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@tkstylist
omg i feel so dumb
i didnt even think about it like that.
lordy
that makes me sad
if i didnt like the book i would just leave it for someone who does.
@tkstylist
Even if I don't like the book, I give it a 10/10 just because the author has put in the work to try. I do feel sometimes that I want to give my honest opinion on the ratings, but I know how it feels to feel like your work isn't good enough when others don't like it.
@tkstylist
I'm an absolute BITCH. The only time I rate is if it's complete and utter trash. And then I give it one star to remind people that others with actual taste are in the world and don't condone shit (seriously, I can link stuff from another site I'm on). Obviously I'm not perfect but there's a list I keep in my head and if the story fits more than half of it, I'm on that shit like white on rice. My Why-This-Sucks-List includes:
-when the whole story is one paragraph
-when the arthur talks liked this and dosnt no the difference between there, their, and they're, and definitely and defiantly (I can defiantly link you that one).
-when all the characters are scene/emo/preppy/hipster as fuck
-lack of spacing between paragraphs (even if the story is shit, spacing makes it look good)
-bdsm, kidnapping, childhood crushes
-cutting/ self harm (people focus too much on the rescue and the act rather than the feeling)
-when the relationship goes from 0-900 mph in two seconds
-when the summary on the front page is "pls read" or "you'll love this, trust me".
-when the summary AND opening paragraph in the first chapter is "hi I'm ____ and I _____"
-when shit is unrealistic
-the OC is bullied for no reason
And so on. I've written plenty of trash myself (in fact, most the stories, if not all that I used to have on here were just old-hat cliches I thought I'd try to do better) so I don't expect perfect 10's (in fact, I like not having a perfect 10. It says either someone out there is just like me OR someone rated it exactly what they thought it was instead of blinding clicking 10 like everyone on these sites seems to do). I've just read so much shit since I've started writing that I'm vicious about it. But I'm a hateful, cynical, sarcastic person offline too so it's really not that much of a jump for me. I'm also pretty quiet about reading so I rarely vote, sometimes comment, and have never rated (on the stories I like, I mean). Really, it's just about the trash for me. I keep reading the stories because I find them funny but I'm really sensitive about good stories on other sites being ignored while the stupid ones run wild (I told a girl on another site she was being fucking cheated because the fan base is namely "edgy" 15 year olds with no interest in anything other than "kinky" smut which wasn't what she was writing. She's an awesome author too).
@Wonderless
i do some of the things you mentioned in my books- which i hate to admit, but i can totally relate with the spacing. I cannot stand a book with little or no spacing. I have no idea how people read books like that.
@Wonderless
I space the shit out of my stories on word then when I transfer them to the site it takes all my spacing out. Most of the time I'll add it back in, but sometimes I'm like mother fucker are you serious right now?!? But those are all great factors for rating, I guess what I want is for someone to TELL me why they rated my story below perf so I can work on it? That and curse their name with some hoodoo shit, but mostly for constructive criticism lmao.
@sugarcube.
You're the sweetest JJ. I'll do that too, I'll realize this person is probably like 13 and they're trying so 10 for you cutie haha.
@tkstylist
Yeah exactly, I hate it when I see good stories getting bad ratings because people don't like the theme or the plot. I mean it's obvious, if you don't like, don't read it.
@tkstylist
I think I'm probably a little odd on here. When I vote I actually put some thought into it and give it my honest opinion. I don't vote a lot though because for most of the stories on here I do the lemon law. If I can't stand the summary I don't read it or if the summary is intriguing but the first chapter I can barely stand reading I don't continue.
I agree with the whole vote thing I would like to know why someone gives me a lower rating. I mean I know in a shite writer but I really just write for myself. I don't think people realize how it can affect the motivation of an author sometimes, like a bad rating can totally end my motivation to write that day but comments totally make my day.
@tkstylist Omg! i thought i was the only person who went through that! I write on word to keep track of my story and then copy and paste onto this website and it takes out the spacing, separates the words and all this extra shit so it takes like 20 minutes just to upload a chapter.
@leighbaby28
Oh we're all guilty of stuff (seriously, I hate kidnapping stories but I'm working on the first chapter for a Louis one) lol when I did Another Cliche Crap In Fanfics Rant, I freely admitted that certain updates to my own stories were the inspirations for some of the chapters XD I know I'm not the best writer in the world and I don't mind picking on myself.
@tkstylist
Hoodoo is a religion :O lol voodoo is a curse-related practice (but not strictly). Anyyyway, that's really weird? I used to type everything on Word (I got a new PC and don't have Word now so I've been using Google docs .-.) and once I was done with the chapter, I'd go back and space each paragraph which works for me. Have you tried doing it when you copy and paste? Like spacing it HERE?
And I get the constructive criticism thing. When I comment, I mention things I like or kind of suggest where to go. Like, if the author doesn't hit back a certain point, I make a reference to it and say something like "I NEED to know!" There was one co-authored story on another site where I pointed out I didn't like one character and her relationship because she was a slut, he was a dipshit, and it was completely abusive so I was rooting for her friend instead.
@ontheedge
I like that you write for yourself. I don't care for rates as much as I do comments because I write because I feel like it and not really to impress people. I know people like perfect scores but considering how many people just click 10 on everything on these sites, it means nothing to me so I don't think it should mean anything to other people. That tells me the reader was too lazy to really dissect my work to care what I've put up -.-
@Wonderless
I meant voodoo, my phone must have autocorrected?? You get what I mean tho. /facepalm. But yeah, I have to space when I write and it's more so a force of habit than anything. It's how I've always written. It's not really a big deal, it is sometimes when I'm like pasting something on my phone (which is a whole other bitch of a problem) that takes ages.
That kind of criticism is the best though. I read through a story I have the other day hoping to find inspiration and found a bunch of loose ends which sucks. It's okay now though bc I can touch on those Things and bam I've got something to write about. There are times when a cliche story is just fun to write, like boy next door blah blah that's cute and classic, overdone for sure, but it's a nice start-- especially if there is good character development.
@tkstylist
When I rate, it's either a 10/10 or a no rating. I don't like bringing authors down, and if I don't like it, I'll click it off. There's nothing they did that would make me rate them anything lower than 10.
@tkstylist
Literally, the easiest way to find story inspiration is take a story you like, pick the things or concepts you like and fix the ones you don't :D that's why I don't mind writing cliche shit because I change things I didn't like (I have a boy-meets-bullied-girl story in the BVB site but instead of a whiny scene/emo character, I have a pagan goth who gets just as nasty to her "bully"). Or even taking stuff a step further and getting weirder with it helps. I like it when people comment on my stories and point out flaws (on another BVB story I have, a girl reminded me that my OC's had strong personalities but to remember the Black Veil Brides do too- but it's a trash story so I don't put much into it). I also use comments to gauge how cliche it is. Or just to fuck shit up. Or change the plot :O when I did High School Horror people started rooting for Louis which was funny to me because he was supposed to be a big brother character. Next thing I know I'm typing up love triangles and trying to tear people between him and Harry.
@tkstylist
I agree, one of my newest stories has like a 9.7 and I'm like, "the fuck did I do, it only has 3 fucking chapters 0-0"
@Nialls_Girl1
(I didn't rate this one I promise)
I skimmed your first chapter and it feels very formulaic. "I did this, then that" is the beginning of almost every paragraph. Plus I don't know why Sam felt the need to describe her physical appearance to me? But the Harry encounter is pretty interesting. I dunno if that helps but maybe it's stuff to consider.
I've noticed that a lot my stories will stay at 10 for a while then one vote brings them down. What makes you rate a story lower? is there anything in particular that just makes you want to rate a story a 2?
Ive never rated below a 10, if I don't like it. I don't see the point in pulling down a rating just because it wasn't my cup of tea.
Anyway, thoughts? I'm feeling crappy about and idk why, I guess it just rubbed me the wrong way.
4/26/16