On Being Disqualified
Why is truth less desirable than fiction?4 total reviews
Comment from Wendy G
Legalism indeed. Most stories are based on real life experiences and just changing a name makes it "fiction" . It's ironic that being honest caused disqualification. Why don't they just call it Flash Story? Best wishes for a win!
reply by the author on 09-Apr-2022
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Legalism indeed. Most stories are based on real life experiences and just changing a name makes it "fiction" . It's ironic that being honest caused disqualification. Why don't they just call it Flash Story? Best wishes for a win!
Comment Written 08-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 09-Apr-2022
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I think Flash Story is a much better solution ... that would also solve having flash stories about God not being classified as fiction, which is frankly annoying.
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Yes, it would solve many frustrating issues. As you say, most fiction stories are simply adapted from factual experiences.
Comment from Tom Horonzy
There are times when the committee plays the power card. Save for flagrant violations I don't think they are needed as the writers who enter and read all entries will know who did and didn't and choose appropriately.
reply by the author on 09-Apr-2022
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There are times when the committee plays the power card. Save for flagrant violations I don't think they are needed as the writers who enter and read all entries will know who did and didn't and choose appropriately.
Comment Written 08-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 09-Apr-2022
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Yes, in principle I agree, but there are many voters who are unaware of the actual rules which sometimes allows blatantly non-conforming entries to win.
I was grumping about the techicality of fact/fiction.
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But if they do not meet the requirements don?t you think those that have wouldNOT vote for the violator? That is how I see it. Idk
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Of course entries that don't meet requirements should not get votes. Most entrants are aware of the rules, but often voters are not.
Comment from Carolyn Dooley
Sometimes we do put our foot in our mouth. However, the person was being honest. The truth hurts. Anyway, this was a great awareness. The writer should have thought about what they were posting. And usually this is the way people get busted. They tell off on themself. Thank you for the great post.
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2022
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Sometimes we do put our foot in our mouth. However, the person was being honest. The truth hurts. Anyway, this was a great awareness. The writer should have thought about what they were posting. And usually this is the way people get busted. They tell off on themself. Thank you for the great post.
Comment Written 07-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2022
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I don't think honesty should be punished. All stories reflect real life, so who is to say what is fact or fiction?
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True, the sad thing is that if we tell the truth, we get penalised.
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It's a power play where truth is the loser.
Comment from lancellot
Well, I've seen listed non-fiction stories win site sponsored Fiction stories. I've seen basically a G-rated children's story about friendship, win an adult site sponsored contest, first place. I've cases like you've mention win one day and get disqualified the next.
There is no consistency in rules, to the committees or the members.
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2022
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Well, I've seen listed non-fiction stories win site sponsored Fiction stories. I've seen basically a G-rated children's story about friendship, win an adult site sponsored contest, first place. I've cases like you've mention win one day and get disqualified the next.
There is no consistency in rules, to the committees or the members.
Comment Written 07-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2022
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You've noticed what I've noticed. Frankly, the inconsistencies are perplexing (to put it mildly).
