My current story is not complete, and because I've read feedback along the way, I have been able to add certain things in way of explanation. Feedback can be very valuable for a story! But I will also say that the basic story was mostly done before I ever started posting. One example I can give about feedback is that I mentioned in passing a person's pet cat. I probably would never have mentioned little Meowoof ever again if she hadn't become so popular among feedback leavers. Feedback can be very valuable to an ongoing story and I think it can greatly improve a story, but I don't want to see the author change the story just to make readers happy. I know I got major flack because of something I did, but I stood by it. But then if not for feedback little Meowoof would never have been mentioned again.
I read stories in both the archive and on the boards. I don't read as many on the boards because like others I can't keep it straight when I'm reading several stories at once.
Ah, somebody else does this:
For the longer ones, I'll copy them over to Word and make an eBook out of them that I can read on my PocketPC when I have free time.
I love doing that.
Well said, Wendy:
There are typos and even a couple of continuity errors in stories of mine on the Archive, but it's really not worth making people do extra work just to spare my blushes.
But then really, I doubt you have made any major typos....
