I wouldn't say the average American is very well versed in European history. I don't know what her comment was, but it was likely due more to ignorance than disrespect. I have joined a UK based writer's group you might be interested in. Authonomy.com. Not a critique site exactly but it will surely give in an indication of how people are responding to your work. There are many members from all over the world there.
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| Starter | Mike46 |
| Updated | Jul 29, 2010 12:29 AM |
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Thanks for your reply.I enjoy this site and there are amny fine reviewers here.I've just received a very thorough and helpful review from an American writer which I apreciate greatly.I was really saying that reviewers might want to take into account cultural differences when reviewing.
I only just joined and haven't noticed too much of a difference (I'm a UK writer as well). Most of my reviews so far have been interesting and helpful, so I think in general the cultural bounderies don't matter too much.
I'm American and pride myself on my knowledge of UK/European History, so hopefully it was jsut that particular reviewer who may not be so well versed in it. I find that my reviews don't differ because of locations, but I can tell the difference greatly if I recieve a review from an adult, or from a teen. I'm only 23 myself, but so far it isn't the geographical differences I'm struggling with as regards reviews, but it's age that determines what reviews I receive, and how I give them to those much younger.
i'm no history major but know world war 1 was fought over the Antarctic cuz that's where the aliens landed.
usually, when reviewing, i'll look up where they're from, then check with them to see if it was mistake or how you folks do it- like 'said he' over the 'he said' thing- also you do ", instead of ," have no idea what it's called, i'm just a shaved ape beating on the keyboard... okay i ain't shaved
plus with aussie's i cut them a lot of slack, cuz they're writing upside down already-
canadians i might judge a bit harsher, cuz, really? 14 gold medals, fix wasn't in?
Funnily enougth I didn't realise it was an american site untill I had my work critiqued. My British spelling was picked up on as a spelling error but apart from that I'm sure its a good thing theres a bit of diversity here.
funnily enougth no, I'm not a great speller, I rely heavily on a spell checker so no I didn't notice.
hello all,
I am also a writer from the UK and I have to say I appreciate the cultural differences between writers from different geographical areas. Its nice to get an international perspective on your work.
I agree with LondonviaParis on this one though, I think age/literary experience play a much larger role in the quality of critiques - for example a review by a 17year old might be less consise than one by a 43yr old published scholar. But the whole point of sites like this is to support and encourage creativity and help each other to acquire the necessary literary tools to be better writers.
Varity is the spice of life. And I'm highly aware that I've spelt variety wrong :S
Hello all. I'm an American, with degrees in both anthropology, and history.Let me say we anthros thrive on cultural diversity. If we didn't, we'd probably have majored in entymology instead.Don't let dumb Yanks annoy you.I grew up around them, and have yet to find any who speak and write American English correctly.As for grammatical errors, that's what editors are for.I'm more interested in the substance of what I'm reading, and the creativity that went into writing it, than I am with the mundane formalities of 'style'.
Barb. "Have yet to find any Yanks who speak and write American English correctly?"
Except for me and thee, of course, right, Barb? And not sure about thee?
Erm. Re: your Hello all. Hello, all.
I joined this group last year and the chasm between UK and US culture has never been so graphicaly portrayed as in some of the comments I've seen.Not just on my writing (although 1 American reviewer obviously had no respect for UK history in her comment regarding the first world war). More allowance should be made when reviewing ,for different cultures.