09-02-2016, 04:31 AM
Hi, I'm curious which forum everyone prefers to post in. I usually favor mild because (1) I'm afraid of serious because it just somehow seems terrifying and (2) I find that I get a good mix of more experienced folk and noobs critiquing my work. I don't do novice, because I don't get as much feedback. Every once in a while, when I start to think more about preparing for publication, I'll post something in 'members only', but I feel like I don't get as many critiques there (presumably because the new people can't see it or haven't figured out how to enable the Arse).
I'd kind of like to start dabbling in serious, but I feel like that forum scares away the new people. Overall, I see posts in there not getting as many total crits. I know that, when I was newer (ok, I'm still kind of new), I felt like I couldn't comment in serious because I didn't have the experience and that was intimidating.
So, just curious how others feel about that and how you guys go about choosing a forum.
I'd kind of like to start dabbling in serious, but I feel like that forum scares away the new people. Overall, I see posts in there not getting as many total crits. I know that, when I was newer (ok, I'm still kind of new), I felt like I couldn't comment in serious because I didn't have the experience and that was intimidating.
So, just curious how others feel about that and how you guys go about choosing a forum.