Character Feedback: Burc'ya Dar Skiarta

[Gambler]

Do you guys have suggestions for improving that? I ask because we have these threads a lot, where we beat up on a specific issue, but we always just circle around it and don't hone in on any sort of specific solution.

Any suggestions?

I have seen a bunch of systems here and there, namely on literary workshop sites and short story compilations, but the general theme seems to be that a user has to post at least two pieces of constructive criticism on another member's work before being allowed to post anything of their own. From what I've experienced, it is fairly effective at giving writers the necessary criticism they need to improve while honing the editing skills of those handing out the criticism. It might not be the most enforceable rule unless you make a "profile admin" of sorts, but I doubt anyone wants their job to solely consist of babysitting the profile boards to make sure people get what they want.

Just putting it in the rules should be enough to get most people to take it seriously. As long as members follow the rule, they will easily catch anyone who falls through the net of posting before offering critique, which saves the need for having a profile admin. It gets more difficult the further along you take it, but it seems to be an effective system.

Food for thought from the perspective of a deprived writer.

 

[Samara]

I sure hoped I helped ;-;

You were the only one who even bothered to read, or at least, comment :CCry1 (And Jiang)

As for Burc'va: I like your roleplay, often its interesting but it seems to short (talking about IC posts and characters both here). You make an interesting background/character but only post a little of him, like for example Jard Carrick. It is interesting, but everything i know of him is that he drinks and is divorced, I would like to know things such as his childhood, how is it that he grew up to care more about the republic that for his own family, where did his drinking problems originate, has he got any friends? Any family contact attempt? Was his relationship with his sons good? Or did they loathe him too?

There is, pun intended, potentially a lot of potential, but it is raw and unrefined, it could be so much better if you worked it out that you don't even know.

 

[Dread]

As much as it would be nice to have comments on my profiles once in awhile, I think it's just best for people to just not expect comments. Rely on yourself and update your profile as you get better at writing.

Of course you could just ask your friends to read your profile...problem solved(if their willing).

 

[Brandon Rhea]

I have seen a bunch of systems here and there, namely on literary workshop sites and short story compilations, but the general theme seems to be that a user has to post at least two pieces of constructive criticism on another member's work before being allowed to post anything of their own. From what I've experienced, it is fairly effective at giving writers the necessary criticism they need to improve while honing the editing skills of those handing out the criticism. It might not be the most enforceable rule unless you make a "profile admin" of sorts, but I doubt anyone wants their job to solely consist of babysitting the profile boards to make sure people get what they want.

Just putting it in the rules should be enough to get most people to take it seriously. As long as members follow the rule, they will easily catch anyone who falls through the net of posting before offering critique, which saves the need for having a profile admin. It gets more difficult the further along you take it, but it seems to be an effective system.

Food for thought from the perspective of a deprived writer.

Just to make sure I understand, for every profile you want to post, you have to post two pieces of constructive criticism on two other profiles that are not your own?

 

[Gambler]

Just to make sure I understand, for every profile you want to post, you have to post two pieces of constructive criticism on two other profiles that are not your own?

Basically, but it doesn't have to be "two for one." That's just the preference I've noticed. It can be one for one, one for three, three for one, or any combination thereof.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

Basically, but it doesn't have to be "two for one." That's just the preference I've noticed. It can be one for one, one for three, three for one, or any combination thereof.

It's interesting, but I'm skeptical as to whether it's a good idea when it's not enforceable all that well like you said. I don't really like the idea of a rule that's just there to try to get people to do something.

 

[Gambler]

It's enforceable, but only if the members take it upon themselves to police it. Without cooperation it would be extremely difficult to maintain. The same can be said about most rules, true, but I feel like this would be harder. Even so, it has proven productive whenever I've seen it used. Could it hurt to give it a trial period for two or so weeks and see how it goes from there?

 

[GABA]

It's enforceable, but only if the members take it upon themselves to police it. Without cooperation it would be extremely difficult to maintain. The same can be said about most rules, true, but I feel like this would be harder. Even so, it has proven productive whenever I've seen it used. Could it hurt to give it a trial period for two or so weeks and see how it goes from there?

I am not for this idea.

I usually scan through profiles when I'm not busy replying to threads but 95% of the time, if I like what I read, I don't post a reply, and if I don't like what I read, I don't post a reply. Just because people have different writing styles, and different 'views' on how they perceive the star wars galaxy.

I usually just post about grammatical and punctuation errors, but other than that I keep my internet mouth shut.

Perhaps profile pages can be moved to the individual fractions though? As in Jedi profiles to the Jedi fraction pages, Hutt profile to the Hutts, etc, it would look less overwhelming than seeing them all listed on one page.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

It's enforceable, but only if the members take it upon themselves to police it. Without cooperation it would be extremely difficult to maintain. The same can be said about most rules, true, but I feel like this would be harder. Even so, it has proven productive whenever I've seen it used. Could it hurt to give it a trial period for two or so weeks and see how it goes from there?

It's essentially what we have now just with a number and conditions attached to it. It comes down to people making the choice or not making the choice to read and comment on a profile and either self-regulating or having other people call them out on it.