Truth With Some Fiction
A satirical observation in the land of make-believe...15 total reviews
Comment from robyn corum
LisaMay,
Wowzer. First, please remind me to never challenge you to a verbal duel. Ouch! You*ve cut to the quick here, and may leave several bleeding.
Surely we*ve all noticed this. Write your own fab, unique piece first, and THEN create the contest. Clever? Maybe. See through? Certainly.
I won*t judge everyone the same, though. There are some who do have good hearts and may not realize what others may see, think, or feel. Well, mostly I won*t.
So utterly outstanding from a crafting pov.
Nice.
reply by the author on 04-Apr-2022
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LisaMay,
Wowzer. First, please remind me to never challenge you to a verbal duel. Ouch! You*ve cut to the quick here, and may leave several bleeding.
Surely we*ve all noticed this. Write your own fab, unique piece first, and THEN create the contest. Clever? Maybe. See through? Certainly.
I won*t judge everyone the same, though. There are some who do have good hearts and may not realize what others may see, think, or feel. Well, mostly I won*t.
So utterly outstanding from a crafting pov.
Nice.
Comment Written 04-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 04-Apr-2022
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Thanks for the starry review. If this leaves several bleeding it will be because they recognise themselves - then they need to take a look at why their actions have prompted a story like this, and the comments that others have directed about those contests and the made-to-measure entries. I don't like gamesmanship.
Comment from giraffmang
Hi there,
Now, I wonder what website this is of which you speak. I wish you would have much more clearer on that front...
There's been a whole slew of these type of things recently, myself included. My biggest pain / concern is the rules that have little to do with writing. It's becoming a place for word games rather than writing and being excluded from entering because of your family make-up has NOTHING to do with writing.
I hope all of this kind of thing dies soon. They're not even that popular. There's a lot of ill-feeling surrounding them as well but folk just stick their heads in the sand and become belligerent.
Well written piece.
GMG
reply by the author on 04-Apr-2022
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Hi there,
Now, I wonder what website this is of which you speak. I wish you would have much more clearer on that front...
There's been a whole slew of these type of things recently, myself included. My biggest pain / concern is the rules that have little to do with writing. It's becoming a place for word games rather than writing and being excluded from entering because of your family make-up has NOTHING to do with writing.
I hope all of this kind of thing dies soon. They're not even that popular. There's a lot of ill-feeling surrounding them as well but folk just stick their heads in the sand and become belligerent.
Well written piece.
GMG
Comment Written 04-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 04-Apr-2022
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I agree with all your comments.... I guess there is no real point stirring the already bubbling pot, but the excluding rules are so irritating because of their obstructive nature.
Comment from Wendy G
Write-off doesn't sound like a good site for those who really want to improve their writing and the variety of genres they can master. A shame that exclusion rules, rather than inclusion. Everybody is different, and all contributions should be welcomed, including in contests. Contests, especially blind ones, are helpful in knowing how one's work is generally perceived, and often they provide a prompt that one hasn't thought to try before. Your essay is well thought through, and well developed. I hope you enjoy FabStory more, and that it doesn't go down that path. Success is only meaningful if it is an acknowledgement of good writing, not if people are "playing games" to achieve success.
Wendy
reply by the author on 04-Apr-2022
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Write-off doesn't sound like a good site for those who really want to improve their writing and the variety of genres they can master. A shame that exclusion rules, rather than inclusion. Everybody is different, and all contributions should be welcomed, including in contests. Contests, especially blind ones, are helpful in knowing how one's work is generally perceived, and often they provide a prompt that one hasn't thought to try before. Your essay is well thought through, and well developed. I hope you enjoy FabStory more, and that it doesn't go down that path. Success is only meaningful if it is an acknowledgement of good writing, not if people are "playing games" to achieve success.
Wendy
Comment Written 04-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 04-Apr-2022
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I hope 'FabStory' can remain fab. Your last sentence is the right way to look at the meaning of success.
Comment from oliver818
Thank goodness you got off that awful site! You must be so relieved that the only motivation on fanstory is pleasing other people. Haha well done, I enjoyed this.
I still like the competition like the horror and science fiction one even though they have very high word counts. Thanks for sharing
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Thank goodness you got off that awful site! You must be so relieved that the only motivation on fanstory is pleasing other people. Haha well done, I enjoyed this.
I still like the competition like the horror and science fiction one even though they have very high word counts. Thanks for sharing
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Comment Written 04-Apr-2022
Comment from royowen
I think you've voiced your opinion of fanstory, not that you would say that it was, but the writers here are generally pretty good, and it's always be my desire to help others, though not expecting you to comment, blessings Roy
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reply by the author on 04-Apr-2022
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I think you've voiced your opinion of fanstory, not that you would say that it was, but the writers here are generally pretty good, and it's always be my desire to help others, though not expecting you to comment, blessings Roy
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Comment Written 04-Apr-2022
reply by the author on 04-Apr-2022
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I'm home for more than 5 minutes at the moment, so I can comment... and I apologise if you have felt neglected by my not replying to several of your fine reviews, which I have appreciated.
In this satire I am mainly writing about how a couple of contest-setters have made their prompts so tight with rules it seems apparent that the rules are engineered to suit their own stories. I know you don't enter contests so maybe you haven't noticed.
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Phew, I?m glad you?re not mad at me.
I used to enter, but they were distracting, so I don?t anymore, bless you
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Now why would I possibly be mad with you, Mr Sensitive!!?