Subject: Reply to Phobos
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Posted on: 2013-03-13 21:34:00 UTC

Not so much a self-esteem boost as an actual criticism of what he did right and wrong. The lack of motivation he has stems from knowing he's doing something wrong, but not what (his words, not mine). I don't know enough about the source material to really help him. If, however, you guys only critique particularly bad fanfiction, then I apologize for misunderstanding. I thought it was a blanket 'everything that isn't quite *good*'. I figured someone here might be able to tell him what's good and what's not, and where good could be better and where bad could be removed or improved. I've tried, but I don't like My Little Pony and I actively dislike Kirby (no offense to Kirby fans, I just prefer darker games), and all I could really say was 'spelling seems okay'. He keeps telling me that the fic isn't good, but he doesn't know how to make it so. It's the lack of knowing *how* to improve that seems to be bugging him, rather than needing a hug. He's been trying to rewrite the damn thing since August, only recently posting a half-chapter in January, then promptly going back into the funk.

If it honestly isn't bad, however, I might achieve the same effect by telling him you guys said that there wasn't anything wrong with it, and he just needs to stop being a perfectionist.

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