User blog comment:Cinderstarz/Commenting Help/@comment-17759525-20150422110752

Eheu, I appreciate that you're asking for help on this, but no one should ask for my help on commenting XD it drives me mad

Blade-style aside, constructive criticism is a mix of "this is good" and "this could be better". You're simultaneously complimenting the story and giving suggestions for how the author could improve his or her writing. For instance, you could say that you really like a certain character's personality, but in this one scene here it felt like the way he acted didn't quite match his personality...

Even if it's just something as simple as "Whoops, you have a typo there" or "You should probably break up these long paragraphs a little", any suggestions you have to improve the story can be constructive.

Constructive criticism is NOT:

"This is so great! Fluffybeetle is the best character EVARRRR"

"Omigosh, you are a terrible writer and a disgrace to humankind. Seriously, did you never learn how to spell?"

To really be constructive in your comments, you have to find the happy medium between criticism and complement. A comment that only includes one or the other (yes, my examples are outrageous, so shoot me) is not a good thing! If there's a story where you can't see anything upon which the author could improve, then try saying something like, "I really love this story! Fluffybeetle is my favorite character because of reasons x and y. I really can't find anything that you could improve here! Keep up the good work!"

(Do Not use Fluffybeetle as a character's name. I will hunt you down XD)

Hope this helps ^^ typing so much on a phone at 5am is hard eep XD