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Fellow writers of fic: born out of a discussion on the Doctor Who anonmeme, I have created concrit_anon, an anonymity-optional community for posting fictional works and receiving constructive criticism. The aim is for users to post their fic, either anonymous or otherwise, and other readers can post their concrit, again either anonymously or under the username of their choice.

Right now I'm in the early stages, deciding if this is an idea that's going to work, or a giant pain in the ass I'm going to end up regretting. I have a post up on the comm where you can comment and let me know which side you're placing your bets on. Do stop on by, even if it's just to jeer at me (anonymously, hopefully) or to say hello and help me feel I haven't wasted the last couple hours of my life.

Ta!

Comments

[ladylovelace.livejournal.com]

I, for one, would love this to work and shall spread the word for you.

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

This idea would be awesome as long as people understand what concrit is and it must be backed by observations, actually reading the material and quoting it in context to the critique being made.

I really could use something like this if I felt safe enough to post there and anonymous does nothing for me. I don't need to hide if I feel the person critically analyzing me has my writerly person at heart.

[alias-amy.livejournal.com]

Good luck! I hope this takes off for you! I can definitely see it being very useful for the right type of person.

If you ever want concrit, I'm always happy to give it to anyone on my flist privately, as opposed to leaving it on a review on pulped fictions. I've been thinking about this issue a lot lately, because I've been doing so many reviews. I think sometimes I sound like such a Pollyanna on PF, but I don't want to leave concrit unless I know they really want it, just because I myself don't take it well unless it's someone I know and whose writing I like.

But if you ever want a thorough review of something, I'd do it for you in a heartbeat.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

I'm totally behind this. I don't have much of use to say at the moment, but I definitely want to see this work. Anon commenting will be easy, but how do you plan to work out anonymous fic-posting?

[stick-poker.livejournal.com]

Ooo. Interesting idea.

[lemniciate.livejournal.com]

I've actually seen at least two of these comms created in the past--one for Merlin and one panfandom. I love the idea and desperately want honest and genuine feedback for my fic but idk, they never seem to take off. I think the people who are aware of controversy (the 'bnfs', people who have been wanked on in the past) wouldn't bother to put their names down because well, the controversy. And the people who aren't so widely read may put their names down but nobody knows them well enough to really help out. You're left with a handful of people putting their names down and not enough anons to give critique. :/

[jacknjill270.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I am on this like ants on a Jolly Rancher. I probably wouldn't post a whole lot of fic, since I write at like, a geological pace, but I'm always willing to give people my opinion. :) I hope it goes well! I'm interested to see how this works out.

P.S. I finished Alias Grace a couple nights ago after staying up until 2 AM to get to the end. And it. was. AMAZING! Thank you so much for sending it to me, I loved it!