Revision Process

[Lizzie]

I tend to notice that revisions get less replies that the op.... I guess people critique it once and move on.

Yes!! I've noticed this too. It's hard to know what to make of that when it's your work. Presumably there's just less to criticize because it's better, but it would be nice if people at least said, 'hey this is better' so that you know that you didn't completely butcher it in the process. Or, the opposite, if that's the case! The general you, not you you.

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 I've posted quite a few train wrecks.

Somehow I find that difficult to believe

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Outside of that, you are free to sit on the critiques and revise much later or quickly if you see something you'd like to change. There is a danger in quick revisions in that you can move too quickly, not trust your original idea, and lose the spark of the piece. That's more of confidence and experience writing sort of thing.

Yes, that's something I struggle with and it's one of the reasons I like to take my time. I do feel like I lose people in the process, though. I wonder if maybe people keep coming back to the mod's posts because they're usually quite good. Sometimes I think that when newer people comment, they don't come back because they've left the forum. Because we're expected to crit in the forum that we post in, I wonder if posting in novice or mild might result in fewer people returning -- I think that those who post in serious are regulars.