I don't understand why I'm always so obsessive over ratings of all things. There are plenty of other things I could be concerned with...but I always tend to check my rating averages on everything I publish. I don't even care about the number of rates anymore. Lately I've been posting things and the averages aren't rounding off to five. (I know that may not seem like a big deal.) It honestly pisses me off, though. I work hard on my one shots and people go ahead and give them a big fat four while I'd rather have them message me and tell me what I can improve on so I can grow as a writer.
It also angers me when I see trash floating on Quizilla that have perfect scores. I've read some one shots that deserve fives but are given fours. Why? Who knows. Maybe it's just the Quizilla audience who are unable to look beyond something that isn't all romance, kissy-kissy lovey-dovey sh*t. I don't understand - I'm writing coherently and I try to keep everyone in character. I think that the plots are fairly good/believable and fives are justified. It's like as soon as I post something, someone just scans over it and rates it a four for no reason whatsoever.
If you're going to rate low, please don't. Instead, MESSAGE ME and let me know what I did wrong. I can't stand seeing people who have no experience or people who aren't even trying getting averages that surpass my own (or work from other fantastic writers).
Thanks,
devilsblackrose66/Monica
