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In which Jada gives tips and hints about writing and Wattpad. And does the occasional tittering.
This update is for my Vinegar Babies. You know, the people who leave those nasty, drive-by comments on your stories and profiles, and if you check their page the only reading lists they have are for books/authors they DON'T like.
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Why so salty, bruh?
Straight up, you'll come across reading list titles like: SNOOZERS, BORING, DON'T READ, 0/10, Not Very Good, DELETE...
Dafuq???
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And some vinegar babies think they're slick - instead of having an actual reading list title, they'll just use emojis to insult you:
🙄💤🤷😞🤢💩🖕
You get the picture, right?
And if you choose to waste your time confronting your haters, they will usually defend their actions with arguments like:
1. It's not MOI'S fault your book sucks.
2. It's a free country, I do what I want.
3. Who cares?
And my personal favorite:
4. Cash me ousside, how bout dat?
Legit, I once had a girl tell me "Well, don't write a book that fits the cause". Okay?! So lemme get this straight, because you don't like my book, or me, it's alright for you to be unnecessarily vindictive? WRONG. It's not okay. It's legal, sure, but it's so not cool, man.
If you think insults are an acceptable form of critique, you are WRONG. Don't have one seat, have several. And if you think it makes you look better, or more intelligent, uh-uh.
Be humble. Sit down.
To put it bluntly, there's a difference between being constructive and just being a dick. Nasty reading titles aren't about helping other writers, generally it's about putting them down, and frankly, it doesn't make anyone feel any more inclined to READ YOUR BOOK or FOLLOW YOU. Naw, bruh. As a matter of fact, I won't be doing either. If I cruise by your profile and see that you've left a slew of ugly comments on other author's works, and you've also got a bunch of reading lists devoted to slamming other writers, I'll consider you troll-material and quietly move on. So will others, so let's try to play nice in the sandbox, eh?
And as for those of you who genuinely want to give advice to other writers, I find that Kendrick's advice applies here as well:
Be humble. Sit down.
Please do not assume people are posting their stories strictly so YOU can shred them to pieces. It's helpful when you offer advice in the comments, or correct mistakes you happen to come across, but please remember to do so kindly. Save the sarcasm for your friends and those who know you, and be polite to strangers. Otherwise, you might look in the mirror one day and find yourself starting to look a little bit like this guy.
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We don't want that, now do we?
Hey, if this post hasn't convinced you to be a better person, and Jesus hasn't either, then just remember: nice people have longer lifespans. I don't know if that's true or not, but from now on, every time you're mean to someone, you'll always wonder....
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You're welcome.
If you found this advice helpful, pretty please click that little star up above and VOTE! And don't forget to add KIA to your reading lists so you don't miss out on updates.
