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Re: Letter Anti-Recs

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I get what you're saying, but conflating my actual trigger with things like my general POV preferences feels incredibly reductive and I'd really rather not, thank you. They are not at the same level of "do not want" and I refuse to act like they are.

Re: Letter Anti-Recs

[(Anonymous)]

Understandable, I just don't get the point of listing them at all unless you actually enjoy stressing out your writer. But hey, you do you.

Re: Letter Anti-Recs

[(Anonymous)]

DA I'm sure you're stressed out by this, but not all writers are? I prefer getting a short list of DNWs and "please don't" in the letter, personally.

Re: Letter Anti-Recs

[(Anonymous)]

If you're getting stressed then don't even think about it, just treat it all like a single long list of hard DNWs and move on.

Re: Letter Anti-Recs

[(Anonymous)]

That's what I do, but I still find it immensely frustrating because the DNW list is the first thing I read and I build my story from there, so to find more DNWs further into the letter is irritating.

Re: Letter Anti-Recs

[(Anonymous)]

You can phrase your POV preferences in a positive instead of a negative way. 'Likes: 3rd person POV, present tense´ is a lot clearer than 'I generally don't enjoy 1st person POV and past tense but I'm not completely opposed to it, just tread carefully´.

Re: Letter Anti-Recs

[(Anonymous)]

+100

I would find this less confusing than different lists of things to avoid.

Re: Letter Anti-Recs

[(Anonymous)]

Heh. I’m the exact opposite - I like lumping my trigger in with POV preference so because I don’t want anyone to know what triggers me.

Re: Letter Anti-Recs

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Same.

Re: Letter Anti-Recs

[(Anonymous)]

+1