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morbane ([personal profile] morbane) wrote in [community profile] concrit_x2020-09-05 03:36 pm

September 2020 Madness Round

Madness will happen on this post and in its comments. Thanks for playing!

Getting concrit
Ask for concrit by replying to this post (until the end of September 7). Anyone's welcome, whether or not you just took part in the August round. If you did sign up, you're welcome to ask for concrit on the same or different pieces, or ask for responses to more specific or different questions or the same ones. Concrit is not guaranteed.

Please include:
  • How you want to receive feedback

ie, by reply to your own comment, by posting a review where the work is published (AO3, ff.net, LJ...), or by another means. (Note: comments are not screened on this post, so if you post a contact detail, anyone can see it.)

  • Any specific questions you want concrit-givers to focus on, and what level of bluntness you prefer, if relevant


  • Which works you want feedback on, and if any of your works are "safe" or should be skipped over


  • What fandoms and content, roughly, your works contain - especially if asking for feedback on just a few pieces.


You can comment asking for concrit until the end of September 7 in your time zone.

It's okay to be more specific about the kind of concrit you want in Madness than in a normal round.

If you are willing to provide feedback on the feedback you get - "Yes, this was what I was looking for / I was surprised you focused on this aspect / Actually, that wasn't quite what I was asking / etc" - consider saying so. Please be constructive in these replies as well.

Sign-ups are closed now. Responses only please!



If you don't want any more concrit, reply to your own comment to say so.


Giving concrit
You don't need to wait until September 8 to reply - go ahead as soon as you see an author or work you'd like to give feedback to.

Please respect authors' safe works, and pay attention to their specific questions, the level of bluntness they prefer, and where they want you to post the feedback. If you want a starting point, see a rough guide to points to consider in concrit.

If you'd like to pay it forward and don't have anything to say about the stories linked below, see the rest of the open-for-concrit tag.

[personal profile] sunlit_promise 2020-09-06 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi. I’m [archiveofourown.org profile] sunlit_promise, and I would be grateful for concrit on any of my works. (There’s also an index here, which has a link to a prompt fill that isn’t uploaded to the archive. Feedback is welcome for that as well.) No safe works, but I’d prefer concrit on something besides 100-word drabbles. Most of the other stuff is still fairly short, I hope that’s okay.

Currently have works in: Stand Still Stay Silent, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ouran High School Host Club, Psycho-Pass, Death Note.

I have some concerns regarding characterization and flow & sentence structure & word choice, but I would equally like general feedback - overall impression, suggestions, which parts worked for you, which didn’t, etc. The things I write are usually intended to convey a feeling rather than a story, so I would appreciate concrit on this, too. E.g. whether a feeling was evoked, and if so, was it successful, etc.

Feedback right here would be nice, and bluntness of any level is fine. (If there is stuff that did seem to work, though, I’d be happy to know about it in addition to the stuff that could be improved. But at the same time, there’s no need to sugarcoat.) Thank you so much.