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mirabiledic2 t1_j8e6e3o wrote

It’s not confusing to the kinds of readers your writing likely gels with. Just saw this comment, and something isn’t right. When a good writer feels the need to explain themselves, they probably don’t need to. If some miss the point, which invariably happens, it means that you respect the intelligence of your audience enough to make them think.

Also bare in mind proper feedback on here is rare, and comments tend to come only when the prompt itself takes off.

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Jufilup t1_j8et5bk wrote

I only left this disclaimer since a while ago I posted a response I was fairly proud of and was heavily downvoted for not fitting the prompt. I agree with basically all ya said though, and will prolly leave it to people’s brains in the future.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/zaanjb/wp_youre_a_renowned_author_whos_still_going_to/iymn9it/?context=8&depth=9

The referenced post.

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_Bl4ze t1_j8f8nln wrote

Well, ignoring parts of the prompt is allowed in the sub rules yes, but that doesn't mean someone who wanted to read a story about time travel isn't going to downvote you just because of that, unfortunately. I'm not sure a disclaimer will do much good against that.

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Jufilup t1_j8fhrsd wrote

I think I was too close to it emotionally cause yeah that makes sense

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