Corrective methodology

a little funny based on a person who can't take correction

My apology
For my methodology
Spelling correctly

Author's Note

No, a review should not be down putting or insulting, but it also should be truthful and helpful. A person is not a snob or a know it all if they try to help, and the help is rejected repeatedly, and that person decides not to bother any more rather than to offend.

Reviews

[Eric Pudalov]

HAHA, KL!! I had a feeling that this was about spelling corrections. I know exactly what you mean!! I tend to be anal retentive about spelling and grammar, but when I advise people on it here, I only mean to be helpful.

I've noticed that it works better if you start off with something complimentary, and then go into the corrections. I usually find at least one thing I like about all the poems and stories. Maybe that will help?

Still, I enjoyed this poem anyway.

Sincerely,
The Spelling Nazi

[Lyn Anderson]

By and large, most people take it as it is intended. There are, however, those who would rather curse you out than improve their craft. And to them, I say, languish in your special world where grammar does not affect the flow and form of a story.:)

[Eric Pudalov]

Yeah, seriously!! For me, at least, the spelling and grammar errors (especially severe ones) can throw off a story or poem so much that I don't want to read it. Now, I get that some people have much more trouble with spelling than others, but I don't see that as an excuse to not work at improving it. By the way, I do appreciate your critiques too, and if you ever catch any spelling errors on my poems, feel free to point them out.

Grammar's a little more difficult with poetry, as sometimes you can play around with it. But I'll let you know!

[Madalyn Beck]

Don't you ever stop getting on my writings and scouring for those errors. Those who can't handle constructive criticism won't grow. It's a fact they may have yet to learn. xo (:

[Lyn Anderson]

I won't. You are exactly the kind of writer I do it for.:)

[NeiL ArandA]

This is mister perfect and better than you are ...Very nice one satirical in nature . Thanks for sharing KLG

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. Haven't seen you in a bit ...:)

[NeiL ArandA]

Sorry KLG I have been on a long writers block ...

[NeiL ArandA]

short term amnesia

[Lyn Anderson]

No need to apologize. We all have lives.:)

[NeiL ArandA]

Will catch up with your works Promise !

[Ruth]

Constructive criticism is always welcome in my circle... all too easy to be offended... strange really, writers will bear or bare (smiles) their soul yet take offence at such feedback. If anything it shows the poem or story was read and worth more than a "keep writing" review lol Enjoyed hon x

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. By in large, most the people I meet in here and stay friends with are like you. But there are always a few who are like that.

[Aethereal]

We evolve through the process of error and correction, and we never stop evolving no matter how good we get. This is how we perfect our signature style. In Mathematics and Science, our disproved theories are just as valuable as our proven ones because they put us on the correct path to discovery. We all learn to walk by trial, error, and correction. Someday a digital super-computer shall teach itself how to become conscious through the process of trial and error by using an Evolution Algorithm fed by random numbers generated through a device that outputs high speed number streams that possess quantum indeterminacy. Numbers that work are kept , and the others are discarded until consciousness evolves. Thoughts and moods themselves must evolve within the human brain. The process of thought and mood Evolution is always taking place in our brains. We are the evolution of stardust..

[Lyn Anderson]

Wow, thanks for the mind-blowing review on my little senryu. The thing is, we can't improve if we stubbornly refuse correction.

[Aethereal]

Those who refuse correction are in need of correction for that handicap. If the human race had not been so smug over the last three thousand years, we would have landed on the Moon a thousand years ago., and we most surely would have had fewer wars. The disease of smugness is still with us, and it’s a devastating disease. In times past, those few who’ve tired to correct for smugness in others have been tortured and murdered by mindless black-hooded minions who marched to the same dull drum beat of their self-serving masters.

[s y e]

Some people can't take constructive criticism... actually not even criticism just a pointer to help improve the poem or whatever... they just want to hear how amazing and perfect their poem is.....

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, and to me, it is insulting if I make a minor error and people don't point it out for fear of offending. That is what these people who have thin skins do, they water down the site, and the quality of writing -- we all can use an adjustment now and again, and there is no point in putting out writing full of errors and stubbornly refusing to get better.

[s y e]

I know that for one I am not perfect and probably have more errors that people point out... But the difference is, I can take it. I don't run crying when people point it out. However, if they are rude that's different. If I spot a mistake, I tell them. It's simple really.

[Lyn Anderson]

That is exactly it. Rudeness is intolerable, and doesn't help. I once had someone tell me "I needed a lot of training" in my writing because I don't rhyme and I don't always put capitals where they should be. Oh, yeah, and one person called a one line poem "the weirdest write ever" and it "did not make sense" -- those are insults. Telling someone, hey, great story line and progression, but here are the grammatical errors, that is helping, in my opinion.

[s y e]

I was got told that I should get my head out of book and get out into the real world more because my poems are, and I quote "Stupid and unrealistic" There were a whole load of other insults in there with a lot of swear words, which to be in rude and uncalled for. Helping someone improve their poem is fine...

[Lyn Anderson]

Wow. That is awful. I guess nothing should surprise me, but somehow it does.

[s y e]

Yep well let's just say he was blocked by a bunch of people... Now, nothing surprises me, to be honest.