Responding to Reviews

My mathematical intuitiveness has determined, since I am posting Chapter 10, there have been 9 previous posts (told you I was good with numbers) providing you with much needed information to help you guide through this site. This is based on those writers experiences and knowledge of what makes FanStory go.

Let me set the stage ... the previous 9 chapters were written by some of the finest writers you will come across here on FanStory. AND, AND, AND not only are they skilled writers, they are also some of the FINEST INDIVIDUALS you would be proud to meet and lucky enough to call them your friends!

These 9 writers encompass the four writing styles - short story, novels, poetry and script. You will find the names of these nine and many more in the top 10 of multiple styles. How they do that is mind boggling to this math geek turned writer.

Read what they posted, closely and multiple times. Bookmark it, print it and put it in a folder for reference. It will be well worth it.

Now to my one pet peev...

As you're aware you can finance your posted writing from your own pocket, or review others works to earn member dollars (which I'm guessing most of us do).

So, there is someone, somewhere on this Earth reading your post and writing their review. This takes time. It takes their time. As you're hopeful for many, many upon many reviews of your posted work, the reviewer is also waiting for a response to their review. It takes time, effort and understanding to write these reviews. So I am asking, Mr. or Mrs. Newbie Writer...

Show respect to the reviewer in your response with more then a two word response of "Thank you" or doubling that to a four word response of "Thank you very much"!

Respond to them, by name. If you don't know their name, go to the profile.

Like Patrick Swayze said in the movie, Roadhouse, "show them respect".

It's the same here, though we are not in a Texas bar, show the reviewer some respect back by telling them thank you for the review, thank them for taking the time to read and share their thoughts with you, tell them what you may have liked about the review, something! Engage in a conversation. There's nothing I personally hate more in a response is the two worded thank you. To me it shows no time or effort was placed and honestly, and I'm not being arrogant, it shows a lack of respect! Maybe it's because I'm 69, old fashion and raised to be respectful to others I'm writing this. But it does tick me off.

I no longer read those writers, even if there pay out to review is three digits!

This was not written to offend anyone, it's how I feel and my opinion!

Happy writing. We are all here to create, learn and better ourselves. If all goes right, we are engulfed in a community of friends and in many cases, family!

John