aliantha wrote:It wasn't criticism. You had a valid concern.
As I recall, the phrase was 'self-congratulatory backslapping'. Sounds like criticism to me. But I can cope with congratulating myself and slapping myself on the back. I was just pre-empting accusations of hypocrisy as I usually do, by confirming that I am indeed a hypocrite and revealing that I sometimes don't care.
aliantha wrote:It wasn't criticism. You had a valid concern.
As I recall, the phrase was 'self-congratulatory backslapping'. Sounds like criticism to me. But I can cope with congratulating myself and slapping myself on the back. I was just pre-empting accusations of hypocrisy as I usually do, by confirming that I am indeed a hypocrite and revealing that I sometimes don't care.
Where is this criticism?
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
aliantha wrote:It wasn't criticism. You had a valid concern.
As I recall, the phrase was 'self-congratulatory backslapping'. Sounds like criticism to me. But I can cope with congratulating myself and slapping myself on the back. I was just pre-empting accusations of hypocrisy as I usually do, by confirming that I am indeed a hypocrite and revealing that I sometimes don't care.
Where is this criticism?
On your face. Or, alternatively, here (two posts).
Yeah, I was thinking the deadline was earlier in August.
First draft is finished. Now to let it ripen.... (Which is to say: Now to let it sit for a couple of days so I can sort of forget what I wrote, the better to spot any possible stupidities.... )
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"Dreaming isn't good for you unless you do the things it tells you to." -- Three Dog Night (via the GI)
aliantha wrote:Yeah, I was thinking the deadline was earlier in August.
First draft is finished. Now to let it ripen.... (Which is to say: Now to let it sit for a couple of days so I can sort of forget what I wrote, the better to spot any possible stupidities.... )
I let my story "ripen" for a couple of weeks. I re read it yesterday and was overwhelmed by the "stupidities". I'm genuinely disheartened. Not sure where to go from here but I'll make an attempt to finish the story and do a re write.
"If you can't tell the difference, what difference does it make?"
aliantha wrote:Yeah, I was thinking the deadline was earlier in August.
First draft is finished. Now to let it ripen.... (Which is to say: Now to let it sit for a couple of days so I can sort of forget what I wrote, the better to spot any possible stupidities.... )
I let my story "ripen" for a couple of weeks. I re read it yesterday and was overwhelmed by the "stupidities". I'm genuinely disheartened. Not sure where to go from here but I'll make an attempt to finish the story and do a re write.
Yeah, I'm kinda hoping I don't have a similar problem with mine....
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"Dreaming isn't good for you unless you do the things it tells you to." -- Three Dog Night (via the GI)
I'm 98% pleased with my entry, except I'm not sure if the writing style is kinetic or confusing. I use a lot of appositives to speed things up, which I think works, as the story's heavy on action and bedlam.
Lord Foul wrote:I'm 98% pleased with my entry, except I'm not sure if the writing style is kinetic or confusing. I use a lot of appositives to speed things up, which I think works, as the story's heavy on action and bedlam.
Yuck. I've never heard of an appositive before, but now I know what it is I realise I generally hate them.
Well, mine don't look like the ones on that site. I hope. I generally don't think, "Oh, I just wrote an appositive." The effect should be seamless and not draw attention. It's kind of like profanity. Some movies make my grandfather cringe, yet for some reason Scarface, of all films, does not bother him whatsoever.
But I can cope with congratulating myself and slapping myself on the back. 
I was just pre-empting accusations of hypocrisy as I usually do, by confirming that I am indeed a hypocrite and revealing that I sometimes don't care. 
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