I wish everyone would start being really honest when leaving feedback and instead of just saying "oh it was great" or "oh I loved it" let the writer know what you liked best and didn't like, anything that you thought really needed to be fixed or changed or at least what you would have liked to see happen in the story or something along those lines you don't have to name every little thing just the things that stood out most in your mind while reading the story anything other than just that you liked it. Be honest thats what tells the writer what they need to fix in their next writing piece, instead of just trying to make the writer feel good about the story they wrote. Feedback has really been lacking around here what is everyone hibernating for winter? you would want feedback for any storys you wrote return the favor and leave feedback weither you really liked the story or you really didn't care for it, noone is going to get mad for what someone else says no bashing just say I didn't really like it and tell why. Not every single Hanson fan fic is going to win everyone over.

Val's opinion on the feedback issue

I totally agree with Beth on the feedback issue. And see this goes to show. Even if you don't like something you've read send feedback anyway letting the person know what is wrong. They can use constructive criticism to help them in anything they write in the future. And as you all can see. Beth's constructive criticism on my story did not hurt my feelings or make me mad in any way, because I knew myself before I even wrote it I wasn't gonna be able to pull it off, but I gave it a shot anyway. And if you all leave feedback no matter good or bad I'm sure we'll start seeing more stories posted on here. Because I know myself that most authors love to read comments on their stories, if the comments are good then that's great. But if they're bad then that's okay too, because it lets them know what they need to work on. Well sorry to ramble on, but thanks for listening.

Valerie