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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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[barbed-whispers.livejournal.com]

re: things with chapters / sections

I use the same criteria I always use: if I have something to say about what I just read, I leave a review. If I read a novel-length fic and I have nothing to say about any of the parts and nothing to say at the end, I usually don't review. If I read a drabble that sparks something in me, I write a long-ass review. I don't think of it as "Oh, should I review each chapter?" It's more "Wow, this section really made me think about X or I loved Y's characterization or Z/Q is the hottest porn to ever porn!" Although, if it's a WIP that I'm hopelessly addicted to, I'm more likely to review, just cos I want more!

[aidenfire]

Yeah, that makes sense. (and about drabbles and long ass reviews, yeah, I think I've written reviews that were longer than the fic itself, hee)

Thank you for sharing!