What's the best compliment or nicest thing someone has said about your writing?

Oops! Didn't mean it that way. I was calling myself a loser. I just posted above how nice it was for someone to praise my style, and then my friend @jannert said, more or less, that a winner is someone who's praised for other things than style. She was basically saying I was patting myself on the back for the worthless part of my work, in a way.

Sorry, jannert. When my nose heals up, I'll send you a card or something. Don't worry; it will be badly written!

 

... That escalated quickly.

 

"I think you are doing the best damn job you can at it, and
in time will only get better. Pain in the ass. writing is. Some
have a knack, some only a hook, but never the less you can always
improve. Starting is rough, but you will gain the exp. over time.
So don't rush, just let it flow naturally. "

You got this shit! And don't let anyone else say other wise. !

Indiana Smurfson-Out

 

"This is the most feminist novel I have ever read, even from women."

Peace, Tex

 

Ha ha! You know I wasn't aiming at you when it came to my remark—in fact I didn't make the connection to what you'd said at all, and was simply responding to the person I quoted. I hope your tender wee nose is fine, and back sniffing out wee goodies at the backyard bird feeder, as per usual.



The thing is, if you care about your nose prose and work hard at it and get all the words and sentences as perfect as possible, people WILL get engrossed in your story and want to talk about your characters and 'what happened.' I firmly believe if your readers care about your story itself, you've succeeded.

...am I making this worse....?

 

I've currently only got one review, and the nicest thing he said was 'At least this book has mainly been editted and corrected.' He wasn't a big fan of the book...

 

Readers can be inconsiderate. It's hard to find decent, reliable and ones who know how to give feedback. Good luck. Peace, Tex

 

Thanks. I was actually pretty happy. I'd never edited anything before, so at least I know I'd done a decent job of it...

 

Some of my beta readers said they'd really be interested in seeing the thing completed and two even said they'd rip my head off if I didn't finish it.

 

I recently sent a couple of stories to a friend who had previously only seen snippets of my work. She said that, upon finishing, she felt "hollow" because there was no more. I had to send another.
You all know that feeling when you end a magnificent book or series; I'm hoping that is what this is. Has to be the Holy Grail of creative writing.

ETA: Of course, I've gotten my share of praise and quality critique on-site as well. I wouldn't know where to begin, and getting into it would leave me feeling like a braggart. I don't like that, so I trust that you all know who you are and what you said.

 

My friend told me I should publish my book. I haven't finished it yet, and I'm like 14, so that's probably not happening anytime soon!

 

I wrote a kinda dirty book once. There's one chapter that's pretty much just fucking. Like, these two characters (who have been flirting nonstop for months) finally just start ripping each other's clothes off. It's an entire chapter of nonstop, dirty, kinky, degrading, sadistic sex.

Various quotes from betas--

"I feel like this book should be subtitled Kinks I Didn't Know I Had."
"You're the fucking king of unresolved sexual tension. I hate you."
"That chapter is definitely going on the list of the hottest things I've ever read."

I liked that chapter.

 

"Not as bad as some other novels. Probably."

 

@Trish laid out some superlatives that included "Wow, just wow." I went a greater shade of hibiscus. Then it dawned she was on about my 'writing shed' not my writing.

 

It has a new name of late 'procrastination station' — I blame the 4G signal that can now reach it.

 

A while back somebody said my story would make a decent flick.
Problem is it would be mostly CGI instead of Practical Effects.
Though the thought and sentiment behind it counts.

 

My partner (the only person who's read anything I've written until recently) has complimented me on the speed with which I write when I have a new idea. That seems to be the thing that most impresses her, although I did write a short story recently in which my MC makes some observations about free will, and my partner shouted: "Damn right, Anastasia!" which was nice.

 

Constant work on it, however, should be happening soon.

 

I guess this counts as a compliment?

I tell myself I have something worth saying and equally worth while being heard. I say things and I hear them, I think I was right to write them.

*pats self on back.

 

I got an email from the admin of a flash site that had published a couple of my pieces telling me that he'd been contacted by a student filmmaker who was interested in making a short film out of one of my stories.

A movie.

Based on my story.

Over the fucking moon was I. I mean, yeah, a student short, but that does pair well with a flash fiction story published on a "non-paying market," no? Just two artists at the beginning of their careers. I still remember that happy feeling.

Spoiler: But...

It turned out to be some kind of scam or other. I mean, she (the student) was legit, I checked out her and her school, all on the up and up. I didn't know anything about contracts, and I would have given her one-time rights for a simple DVD copy of the end-result, but when she sent over the contract, it promised 5% of the total production budget, which could have been anything from $5 to about $250, based on my research. However, the contract granted her all rights to everything, in perpetuity. I wouldn't have been allowed to write a story about the Third Reich without infringing on her copyright. I told her I was concerned about the print rights, she said she'd look into it, it was her first time doing a contract, and...

...I never heard from her again. I did find the book that she'd plagiarized the contract from, however, and it did have sections reserving the print rights to the original author.

Glad I didn't sign, although I'm not sure what her real objective was.

 

My son told his friends (when I was in the room) that my book was really good. One time he even tried to explain the plot to his fiancé. Well, he hadn't read the whole thing yet and even I have a hard time explaining the plot, but he was enthusiastic.

 

Someone (on this site actually) critiqued a story I wrote and said it was 'masterful'. While I think I am far from being a 'masterful' writer, it totally made my day (ok, my week) and I felt really good about it. Even having one person find my work that good was SO validating!

 

I think the nicest thing anyone has ever said about my writing is they want to publish it. What else is there, really? But with one of my recent publications I got a hand written note from the publisher when they sent payment and sample copies. The note was a really nice touch since this publication and publisher have been on my radar for a really long time. I framed the note so that every day I see it and know this is real.

 

Lady J from group said that a Sci-fi/Comedy I started felt more original than
my WIP is.