I do that somewhat. I tend to explain what I see as wrong, and then suggest how to fix it. So it looks like:
You have good grammar. It's nice to see someone not doing (grammatical error).
Character X is behaving OOC. I noticed this when you said (quote) and (quote). Character X does not act that way, Character X acts (description of character's actual personality). In (situation of first quote) they might act like (option) or (option) because (reason and explanation), and in (situation of second quote) they might act like (option) or (option) because (reason and explanation).
If the author is doing something right, I don't need to go through each bit part by part, so my review will inevitably be longer when talking about I don't like. Thus making my reviews still seem largely negative.
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Date: 2004-08-14 12:37 am (UTC)You have good grammar. It's nice to see someone not doing (grammatical error).
Character X is behaving OOC. I noticed this when you said (quote) and (quote). Character X does not act that way, Character X acts (description of character's actual personality). In (situation of first quote) they might act like (option) or (option) because (reason and explanation), and in (situation of second quote) they might act like (option) or (option) because (reason and explanation).
If the author is doing something right, I don't need to go through each bit part by part, so my review will inevitably be longer when talking about I don't like. Thus making my reviews still seem largely negative.