Idea Critiquing

(Crossposted to idea_critique for which it was written -- but a lot of people probably would like to read this, so posted here too.)

Since a lot of people have difficulty giving constructive criticism and insightful commentary, I thought I'd help by writing out a little guide. A lot of these questions will actually be helpful for full stories or drabbles as well, so keep them in mind -- they make a good checklist of questions to ask yourself to find useful things to say. You don't need to use ALL of these, or even ANY of these, when commenting, but if you need help, this is where to turn.

( Questions to ask for... )

Just Linking

This speaks for itself, I think.

There's probably a couple of Republicans friended to my journal who are sick and tired of my amused hounding of the election; I apologize and promise I'm not usually like this. I also apologize to the apathetic people, but not to the undecided voters.

Anago-san: ne? ne? Daily Dinosaur Comics is brilliant?