Kevin's Watch

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.

CovenantJr wrote:

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.

Fine then, let me rephrase that: We'll forgive you when you submit something, dammit.

<-- has a feeling all will be forgiven this weekend, regardless if anything is submitted or not...

I keep thinking of ideas for my story, and then realize that they're awfully similar to things I've read. GET OUT OF MY HEAD, WILL YA!

CovenantJr wrote:

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 wrote:

CovenantJr wrote:

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).

You make good points about who buys (or doesn't buy) the Anthologies.

Stop encouraging him, dAN -- he's an annoying git.

oh yay...
somehow I thought deadline was the end of this month
Hyperception is making decent progress on his story then...

...whether or not he'll submit it...

Menolly wrote:oh yay...
somehow I thought deadline was the end of this month
Hyperception is making decent progress on his story then...

...whether or not he'll submit it...

Just as long as he realizes PROgress is the opposite of CONgress......

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.... )

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.

aTOMiC wrote:

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....

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.

Sorry.

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.