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fistofcurry
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Posted: 22 Mar 2017 at 10:12am |
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Yes and no. As with anything creative feedback is largely subjective. I know that on my final piece for the FFC I got some very confusing and contradictory feedback: what one judge praised another disliked, what worked for one judge flopped for another. But I get that problem here as well. In the feedback for my round one entry I had people tell me my ending was too long and too short, that the character was too bold or too meek. I've also noticed that feedback here is not always as constructive as it could be. I know there were some glaring flaws in my story that none of the forum reviwers noticed, we'll see if the judges do. The judges have a better idea of how to address a story's issues. |
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Vernacula
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Last year I had a judge whose reading level was probably around 6th grade. Sorry to sound bitter, but I've never received such support and apologies from THIS community over such ghastly feedback (just from one judge - the other two loved my piece). It's luck of the draw. That said, most of that top 16 percent deserve to be there.
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tcFlash
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Congratulations on being published. Fantastic. I think you are correct about our peers and ourselves as peers, are story specific. Good point.
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seawhere
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I'm one of the weirdos who finds the"professional" feedback helpful. It could be I've had a run of good luck the last couple of years, but the technical tips I've gotten have made a difference in how far I've gotten in subsequent competitions. Also, got published this year. So, yeah, helpful.
In general, I find our peers to be more story-specific in feedback (and that goes for me too!). The judges get into writing as a whole, in my experience. Again, I could be lucky. |
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tcFlash
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When our peers are critiquing, they may be wringing our stories out looking for one little tidbit to use as a negative point. They aren't trying to be mean, just balanced. Nobody wants a review that is simply a slap on the back and being told they just wrote the next War and Peace. So here in the forums, we may go overboard a little in search of a valid negative point. The judges, on the other hand, tend to be quite forgiving on the subject of genre. We are even told in the instructions from the outset to be creative in interpreting the genre. But this can really be a time for us to view our work objectively, and it sounds like that is what you are wanting to do. These contrary opinions force us to honestly evaluate which one is true. For me, that is a valuable part of these challenges and forums. I gain a deeper understanding of my writing and of myself as a writer.
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nixie
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Some folks do post their feedback as well - which can help you in sussing some of that out. :)
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nicayal
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Same, except my feedback in the forums indicated I seemed to have missed the mark a bit with my story + genre, etc. but I ended up getting an honorable mention as well. So, if anything, I'm hoping for judge feedback that explains what the judges liked about my piece so I can compare it with the more critical bits of feedback I got on the forum and see if I can make more sense of everyone's opinions on the whole. But I guess we'll see soon enough. Congrats on your HM, by the way!
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Monsieur Renard
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Ah, thanks for the heads-up. That's a shame, I was looking forward to the "professional" feedback. Mostly about why I was an HM but not a top 5 and what I could do about it in future. I have enjoyed the forum feedback though, so that's a plus.
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tcFlash
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The feedback can be sketchy sometimes. Feedback here in the forum is much more helpful in my opinion. |
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Monsieur Renard
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So we've got our results. Congratulations to everyone who got through, it was a tough a contest. Now my question is, who gets feedback? Just the top 5? Top 5 + Honourable Mentions? Everyone?
Anyone know how they do this? EDIT: found an old email from the organisers, we all get feedback. Cheers
Edited by Monsieur Renard - 21 Mar 2017 at 5:04am |
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