If a good friend asked you to read a 400-page work of mediocre fiction they wrote after 2 years work, would you:
- Plow through it55.6%
- Skim lightly and smile24.7%
- Agree but "forget"12.2%
- Refuse7.5%
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if they're a good friend as opposed to a more one sided relationship, I'd probably plow through maybe even help them edit it.
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Mark it up like a fucking murder scene with red pen. Fuck their feelings. As a writer, you need to know how to improve your art.
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I have a *LOT* of SF writer friends. I have a *FEW* GOOD SF writer friends. Been there done that.
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plow through it w/ the caveat that I might not finish if I really don't like it but I'll honestly tell them why I didn't like it
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refuse because I'm a slow reader and is be embarrassed on how long it would take to read it
