You know how people are always saying that when you beta for someone/ask someone to beta, the best thing to do is to tell each other what you want out of it, what you want them to critique. What if you are doing that and they're not even bothering with that? I am getting frustrated, to say the least.
Before I go on, I want to add that I have a tough skin. If something is not working in my story, I welcome that feedback. What bothers me is when I tell them what to concentrate on/what not to bother with and it gets ignored. This has happened the last three times now. Am I doing something wrong? Because I thought I was clear.
For instance, I say not to bother with critiquing the opening or something because it is getting scratched, but I've included it so they're not just plopped into the story and have no idea what is going on. But then that's what they concentrate on and the ENTIRE feedback is on that section. It's practically useless when it's something that's not going to remain.
Or another example, if I say I want a critique on the story and characters and what I get back is nitpicking on the grammar and little is said about the story.
These are not what happened to me, but just made-up examples (although kind of similar) to give you an idea of what I mean.
I'm taking the time to tell them what I need out of the critique, but it's obviously getting ignored. What is the point of telling each other what you're wanting/needing from the critique if doesn't get addressed?
I mean, I really appreciate that they've taken the time to do this, but it's not very helpful when so much of it needs to be weeded out because it's not applicable, unless it's on a very broad sense.
I am really frustrated here.
Where is the disconnect?
Before I go on, I want to add that I have a tough skin. If something is not working in my story, I welcome that feedback. What bothers me is when I tell them what to concentrate on/what not to bother with and it gets ignored. This has happened the last three times now. Am I doing something wrong? Because I thought I was clear.
For instance, I say not to bother with critiquing the opening or something because it is getting scratched, but I've included it so they're not just plopped into the story and have no idea what is going on. But then that's what they concentrate on and the ENTIRE feedback is on that section. It's practically useless when it's something that's not going to remain.
Or another example, if I say I want a critique on the story and characters and what I get back is nitpicking on the grammar and little is said about the story.
These are not what happened to me, but just made-up examples (although kind of similar) to give you an idea of what I mean.
I'm taking the time to tell them what I need out of the critique, but it's obviously getting ignored. What is the point of telling each other what you're wanting/needing from the critique if doesn't get addressed?
I mean, I really appreciate that they've taken the time to do this, but it's not very helpful when so much of it needs to be weeded out because it's not applicable, unless it's on a very broad sense.
I am really frustrated here.
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