Ooh - I have a question for writers and readers:

[leethet]

I've gotten the impression that it's considered kind of bad manners to admit you think your story isn't good. If you agree, what is the reasoning behind that? Note: I'm not here to attack anyone's position. I don't even have one myself except that if this is a thing, as I've kind of gleaned, I'm not sure I understand why it's a thing.

As ever, any sort of response and discussion is welcome in my LJ.

Comments

[leethet.livejournal.com]

I think if I saw on a post that the writer didn't think it was very good, I'd probably not read the story.

I think I might at least sample it out of morbid curiosity. :-) Y'know? Or if I were familiar with their work. Although that, too, probably, is just my interest in the craft - I might want to see if I thought they'd gone south too, or if I could tell in what way.