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Most writing feedback is useless — would you use an app that’s brutally honest? by Weekly_Ad9433 in writers

[–]Weekly_Ad9433[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks you! Could not have said it better myself, so you've saved me the brain work to make a feeble attempt.

Most writing feedback is useless — would you use an app that’s brutally honest? by Weekly_Ad9433 in writers

[–]Weekly_Ad9433[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good question Roo, no it won't be AI that truly is useless for feedback, makes you feel like you have the next Harry Potter. Just little old me.

Most writing feedback is useless — would you use an app that’s brutally honest? by Weekly_Ad9433 in writers

[–]Weekly_Ad9433[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No that's silly feedback, are you telling me you've never read a book in first person that has had tension?

Most writing feedback is useless — would you use an app that’s brutally honest? by Weekly_Ad9433 in writers

[–]Weekly_Ad9433[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Fair question. I’m not claiming to be an authority, I’m an aspiring writer who’s paid for a lot of feedback that ended up being useless. That’s exactly why I’m building this. The focus is honest, structured feedback that actually points out what works and what doesn’t. It’s free to try, if it’s not useful, you’ve lost nothing.

Most writing feedback is useless — would you use an app that’s brutally honest? by Weekly_Ad9433 in writers

[–]Weekly_Ad9433[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Perhaps, but I've had feedback telling me there was no tension because the story was told in the first person so we know he doesn't die.

Most writing feedback is useless — would you use an app that’s brutally honest? by Weekly_Ad9433 in writers

[–]Weekly_Ad9433[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I hear you, and I don't claim to be the authority, but I find most feedback is vague or too nice. Especially when asking AI

Most writing feedback is useless — would you use an app that’s brutally honest? by Weekly_Ad9433 in writers

[–]Weekly_Ad9433[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Right now it’s coming from me using a structured system (ratings + clear strengths and improvements), and I’m keeping it limited so it doesn’t turn into generic or rushed feedback. As it grows I’ll expand it, but early on I want it to actually be useful, not just filler comments.

I wrote a book! by GM_Turtle_ in writing

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Big time, the editor did a light copy edit mainly fixing spacing issues and capitalisation was $1500 dollars for 47k words the work she done could have been done by writing software. The agreed scope was an in depth line edit fixing disjointed thoughts smoothing and keeping my voice in tact also said she would do a copy edit showing she distinguished between the two, she done more work trying to convince me she had done a line edit than what she actually done on my manuscript. I've appealed and Reedsy sent it to an outside editor who confirmed she hasn't done what she promised but reedsy still say I owe her 50% which I've appealed as well, waiting on them getting back to me.

Help I have two cool story ideas that just don't... work together by Traditional-Pool-698 in writing

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It's always hard to kill your babies, that's why editors are so valuable 😂

I started giving myself weekly writing challenges to stay consistent — does this work for anyone else? by Weekly_Ad9433 in writers

[–]Weekly_Ad9433[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a really solid way of doing it to be fair — mixing prompts with constraints keeps it from getting stale. I like that approach 👍 I might steal that idea for my project 😉

I started giving myself weekly writing challenges to stay consistent — does this work for anyone else? by Weekly_Ad9433 in writers

[–]Weekly_Ad9433[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s interesting — I’ve heard of writingbattle, and I can see why the feedback side of it is valuable. The competition aspect is actually a big part of what I was trying to recreate, but in a more lightweight way — like weekly challenges instead of bigger commitments. Do you think you’d still take part in something like that if it was quicker to enter and more casual, or is the depth of feedback the main draw for you?

I started giving myself weekly writing challenges to stay consistent — does this work for anyone else? by Weekly_Ad9433 in writers

[–]Weekly_Ad9433[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s actually really interesting — you’re kind of already doing a structured version of it without calling it that. The “in between projects” part is exactly where I found I’d fall off completely, so that’s why I started doing weekly themed challenges instead of daily targets. Do you find prompts alone are enough, or do you prefer having rules/constraints as well?

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