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[aidenfire]

I review a lot. Basically, one can be safe assuming that if I read something and liked it, (something on LJ, or FA, or some other place where reviewing is easy), I reviewed it. And, as most of the things I read are on recs or from great authors (here's looking at you, flist! <3<3), I like most of them. However, I don't write a lot, or spectacularly, so I'm not sure how writers respond to people like me--people I've termed serial reviewers. After a certain point, do reviews from the same person start to lose your interest? If a person has reviewed your work five times? or ten? Do you think that the person is simply reviewing to review, or does each individual review make you happy? Also, if you had a long, chaptered, novel-length, would reviews on each chapter irritate you, or would they make you think the reader really enjoyed the fic? What if you were friends with the reader? Would that make you value their reviews more or less?

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[aidenfire]

I haven't met you before (hi!) so I'm not familar with your writing--do you have any long, finished novel-lengths? If so, do you prefer a review on every chapter even then, when you are already finished with the fic and not really thinking about revising it? Or would you rather have one longer review at the end?

And on con crit for friends, yes. I should have made that an option, because I'm sure you're not alone. As I said to the person who commented above you, I hadn't thought of that, but yes, I too feel more comfortable leaving crit when I'm not just randomly popping in and telling someone that I have no kind of relationship with at all that I had issues with their fic. The closer I am to someone, the more I feel that A) they understand that I would never try to be cruel or insulting, no matter how terrible the fic; B) they realize that from previous reviews I genuinely like their writing; and C) I can predict how they will react a little, and phrase my advice accordingly, so they don't take offence.

Thank you for sharing your ideas! *g*

[persephone56.livejournal.com]

I don't have any finished novel-length ones yet. I can only say what I do when reviewing them: I usually do a longer review for the last chapter telling my overall opinion. I do reviews for individual chapters only if something particularly strikes a chord with me and I don't want to forget that detail in an overall review. (It's nice to have people point out to you specific details they liked!) I feel this approach strikes a balance between doing detailed reviews, but not overwhelming the author by doing them for each chapter, either.

I'm pretty new to the fandom on LJ, so that's why you haven't seen me yet! 'Hello,' back to you!