Tomoyuki There is no need to worry about this. These are black PRs, these are pressure rating groups. Someone outside their group rises above a certain line, for example, above level 300, they start a “spam” attack. It’s good that there are only 8 and not 100 of them. This is a common practice on literary sites. Literary trolls, never mind.
Yes, there are writers, there are novelists, their level of work is much higher than that of ordinary authors. They know how to write correctly, they know the basics of composition, building sentences, how to write an introduction, an epilogue and other literary troubles. Among them are those who have really high-quality and interesting stories. But there are those who have a beautiful and beautiful letter, but there is no sense. This is their job, they are specialists in this.
Authors are those who are interested in sharing their thoughts, this is a hobby, and therefore their work should be evaluated from this position.
You are given the right according to the rules for using this site, you can ban. Talking about unethicality is generally stupid, since the Internet itself is 90 percent unethical! They all go through the woods (a local saying denoting that The opinion of others is indifferent to a person, since they themselves do not follow the rules).
To be objective to each other is simple, to be objective to oneself is more difficult, but it is possible if a person respects himself.
If you look at reviews from other authors, then for the most part it is "spam" 5 star or 1 star, while 4 or 3 stars does not guarantee you that your work has been read, understood. It just says that your work on some subjective perception did not please the reader.
Even a critical review, of some kind of “guru” of a writer, is also not objective. Since the "guru" the writer can "swim" himself and not understand "not his topic of competence." And so give a biased review.
It's just that you, as an author, should be honest with yourself, soberly assess your strengths and weaknesses. Take from the criticism tips that are useful to you and put them into practice.
In the end, you, as an author, can write your story to the end, and then start rewriting it, redoing it in the second or third edition. Everything is in your power.
If you really want to get high-quality, professional, and objective advice on how to improve your story, then you will have to turn to a specialist .. Professional editor, corrector, pay money for a consultation, then you can get what you want. I received such advice, once from a literary critic, in the heat of revelation. After giving my work to the literary contest - they rolled it on a log, like piranhas tore to the bones and then they also chewed. As a literary critic said, they have a rest on literary sites on the Internet, so you cannot get objective advice about your work. This is from personal experience.
And so all assessments are subjective ... never mind if you really want to write and share your thoughts. Anyway, even your work will have its readers.
Objective criticism should include:
- Strengths of a read work
- Weaknesses
- Tips for improving how you can fix it
If you immediately received criticism without indicating your strengths, then this is poor-quality criticism.
Everywhere there are standards, requirements even to reviews, critical articles. If we talk about it seriously.
And if this is just a hobby as it is on literary sites, then the review here does not meet the standard.
Most likely, out of 10 reviewers, 1-2 of them will read your work. And 9-8 reviewers will simply rely on previous reviews ..
And, what are you so worried about, just ignore the bad reviews and write your novel.
