I've said it many times- "I don't write my reviews for anyone but me." If other people get a kick out of it, cool. Good for them. But, applying this logic to putting an apology in the first line, or apologizing for your english skills, or why you wouldn't talk about something- who are you saying that to? Are you just reinforcing the ideas of "sorry, my writing sucks. Sorry my english sucks" to yourself? That doesn't make any f******* sense. On top of that, I can guarantee nobody cares if it's your first review, 100th review, or if it's not even a review. They want to read what you have to say- not you making excuses for yourself before you've even said anything.
SO, if my heresy can reach even one person, I feel as though I've succeeded.
I don't mean to discourage you here- MAL needs more people who write decent stuff, but I see this kind of thing all the time and it bewilders me, truly. Especially when it comes from people who claim to be of college age and have most certainly written essays in their lives- that kind of thing would never be accepted by any teacher, so why is it okay here?
The answer to that is that there seems to be some (wrong) prevailing opinion that first time reviewers should be apologetic in the shadow of people who've been writing for a while. It basically prefaces half the reviews, it seems like- "dis mai furst review go E Z on me" "srrry my engrish not so gud" "now i wouldn't normally write a review or anything, but this show..."
^i'm real sick of seeing that kind of stuff, and it keeps happening because people see it and subliminally replicate it when it comes their time.
Bottom line is- You wrote it, own it. Don't be sorry about it. If you're sorry about it, don't bother writing anything, because it's not you. It's someone else.
I have to ask, because you bring this question up.
Have you ever written an essay?
If yes, did you write an apology for your essay at the beginning of it?
If yes, then by all means, my mistake. If no, though- why would you do that in a review? A review is just an expository, or sometimes persuasive, essay.
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SO, if my heresy can reach even one person, I feel as though I've succeeded.
The answer to that is that there seems to be some (wrong) prevailing opinion that first time reviewers should be apologetic in the shadow of people who've been writing for a while. It basically prefaces half the reviews, it seems like- "dis mai furst review go E Z on me" "srrry my engrish not so gud" "now i wouldn't normally write a review or anything, but this show..."
^i'm real sick of seeing that kind of stuff, and it keeps happening because people see it and subliminally replicate it when it comes their time.
Bottom line is- You wrote it, own it. Don't be sorry about it. If you're sorry about it, don't bother writing anything, because it's not you. It's someone else.
Have you ever written an essay?
If yes, did you write an apology for your essay at the beginning of it?
If yes, then by all means, my mistake. If no, though- why would you do that in a review? A review is just an expository, or sometimes persuasive, essay.