I Saw Sprite's pet peeves as an editor so I thought I would give people on the other end of the coin somewhere to voice how they feel and as it's my thread, I'll start
(1) Although I am willing to deal with it now as my stories are catching on, I hate having to deal with multiple story mods while trying to publish, Especially considering I don't know what any of them find acceptable and what they don't. I remember when I was trying to publish chapter one of my story, It was a Royal pain because I got it back from one mod, fixed all the stuff the first mod didn't like only to get it back from a different mod who did not like some of the stuff that the first mod approved of.
(2) Getting links to forums that are supposed to help me, that from what I can see most are too full people debating to get anything useful out of it.
i know i've said it beofre but the formatting thing from word... is that fixed now?
It can be a pain, dealing with different personalities & desires in regard to a story. It should definitely be clarified for the mods as to what they'll accept or pass on. And some of the links aren't all that helpful with every literary problem. Gray areas in particular. And I certainly hope alcohol, as in drinks, isn't considered drug taking? It's socially acceptable as long as drunken debauchery doesn't ensue. Am I to assume such is the case in stories as well? It's what we do in given situations. Over & above common usage, so long as it's not gross in context. Like mom always told me, as an older teen on up, " It's only dirty if it's in your mind that it's dirty!" It's all in your personal outlook. I'll always wonder how far that went with her? I mean, what the heck, our parents were just as human as we! So, in light of that, some ground rules are needed so individual likes & dislikes don't confuse things & bog them down in nit-picky red tape. That's extra work for all concerned, which I'm sure all of us dislike.
