Pandora's Lament
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Joined 04-18-10, id: 2332898, Profile Updated: 04-29-10

I write reviews.

I do not write stories.

If you are looking at this page, it is probably because I wrote you a review for one of the following reasons:

1) Your grammar needed much work. Constant grammatical errors have no excuse. Not speaking English is not a good excuse, and neither is being too young or without a proper word processor. Seek a Beta to help fix this. This is probably my biggest complaint. Bad grammar is worse than the plague on this site; don't spread the disease with your poorly written story.

2) Improper use of characters. You have a severe problem with writing characters Out of Character. I don't mind if it is for fun, but when you write things like Voldemort spreading world peace, Vegeta singing karaoke, or Pinhead falling madly in love with your OC, you've gone too far.

3) Your Original Character. I don't mind reading these, if they are written properly. Unfortunately most people write horrible characters that suffer from Mary-Sue Syndrome. Your character is too perfect, has no flaws, and is too sickly sweet. No body likes these. Kill it dead.

4) Story. if your story has no substance, expect to get a comment about it. A few words and sentences do not constitute as a chapter. Your story must have a plot, a good body of text, and some development of characters.

5) Your author's notes are unnecessarily long and/or randomly occur during the story. Author's note are used so the author can make little side notes they feel are necessary for the reader to know. They should not be long paragraphs that outnumber the chapter itself, and putting useless tidbits during the story for your own amusement are only distracting and irritating.

6)Unable to take criticism. This site is for fun, but don't get cranky when someone leaves you a review that isn't just mindless praise. Getting iffy and attacking the reviewer for writing constructive criticism shows your lack of maturity and makes you look like a brat. Listen to what they have to say and better your work. They want to help you.

Reviews are for a reason, and if you can't take criticism, don't write stories here.