I'm most certainly a fool

[wiseheart]

Got a very bad review on FF.Net for "Out of Legends" - which happens, I see other good stories get even worse. So, why do I let such things get to me so much?

Two reasons. Firstly, because I put a great deal of work, research and love into my stories, and it simply hurts. I can't help it. Secondly, because while I do have some excellently positive reviews for the story, compared to the over twenty thousand hits, very few people actually take the time to give feedback.

Why is it that people find it so hard to say something positive but can't withstand the urge to smite an author down when the story doesn't go the way they expect it to do?

Comments

[mistry89.livejournal.com]

I don't understand it either, and I'm sorry that someone has so much frustration with their own life that they took it out on you (and probably other drivers on their roads, and the lady at the supermarket, and the children crossing the street ...).
We all make assumptions that if we have no complaints, we say nothing, I suppose. And in the age of "squeaky wheel gets the grease" it is the naysayers and bad-mouthers that stick in the memory.
Cheers!