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.
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Fine then, let me rephrase that: We'll forgive you when you submit something, dammit.CovenantJr wrote:As I recall, the phrase was 'self-congratulatory backslapping'. Sounds like criticism to me.aliantha wrote:It wasn't criticism. You had a valid concern.
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Where is this criticism?CovenantJr wrote: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.
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On your face. Or, alternatively, here (two posts).dANdeLION wrote:Where is this criticism?CovenantJr wrote: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.
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You make good points about who buys (or doesn't buy) the Anthologies.
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Stop encouraging him, dAN -- he's an annoying git.
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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......
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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.... )
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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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.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.... )
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Yeah, I'm kinda hoping I don't have a similar problem with mine....aTOMiC wrote: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.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.... )
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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.
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Yuck. I've never heard of an appositive before, but now I know what it is I realise I generally hate them.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.
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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.