Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-43779122-20200209203959/@comment-35757757-20200209212617

(oh come on. We can all acknoweledge when someone else is better than ourselves. Like, I say that Gigi D.G is better at writing than I am [she made Cucumber Quest].

And look, you're honestly frustrating me a lot right now because you're refusing to even LOOK AT IT. I'm just trying to show you that good quality work comes from rewriting because that means you're PUTTING EFFORT INTO IT. Otherwise, it feels like you don't care.

Seriously, remember when I made that long constructive criticism post on your message wall? Well, I guess you didn't actually listen since it sounds to me like you didn't take any of it into account and just had me basically waste my time by trying to help you because if you still think Timber is a Mary Sue then you clearly didn't try to fix him.

And you go around actign as if criticism is a bad thing. Well, guess what?

Definition of constructive: "helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement [opposed to destructive]"

Definition of criticism: "the act or art of analyzing and evaluating or judging the quality of a literary or artistic work, musical performance, art exhibit, dramatic production, etc."

See? It's literally supposed to help you.

You just have to TAKE IT INTO ACCOUNT.

Look, the real way to avoid writing a Mary Sue is easy: DON'T HAVE THE UNIVERSE BEND AROUND THE CHARACTER.

DON'T just make everyone suddenly love your character if they're good, and automatically hate them if they're bad. If your characters just suddenly love a complete stranger, there's a problem.

DON'T have your character win at everything with no sort of obstacle or challenge. It destroys the suspension of disbelief and keeps the audience from getting invested because there are no stakes; no struggle; no conflict. It's boring

And DON'T let your character just do anything with no consequence. In real life, how would you feel if someone was convicted of murder with tons of evidence yet they got off scoff-free with no consequences whatsoever? I think that most sane people would find that frustrating, and that translates to your story with your character.

THERE. NOW PLEASE ACTUALLY READ THIS THING SO I WON'T HAVE WASTED VALUABLE TIME IN MY LIFE WRITING THIS AND TRYING TO HELP YOU. PLEASE)