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06-23-2008, 06:42 PM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Out in the bush, Queensland, Australia, far from the madding crowd
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Why rush your story?
We’re always reading at the top of a creative thread “Here’s something I dashed off in five/ten/thirty minutes”.
Yeah, and it shows.
You guys wouldn’t submit something that you'd "dashed off" to a publisher, would you? So why do it here? I assume you’re interested in improving your writing skill; taking the necessary time over any piece of work, to get it right, is part of that process of improvement.
So come on, how about we see no more of this “Here’s something I dashed off”? Show us you have the self-control necessary to become a writer. Take pride in making what you present to us as good as it can possibly be.
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Last edited by The Backward OX : 06-23-2008 at 10:06 PM.
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06-23-2008, 06:45 PM
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Adept Writer
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Making excusses and saying, "I'll write latter" when I know I won't untill I stop makin excusses.
Gender: Female
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These are words of wisdom. (Look at the post above)
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06-23-2008, 06:50 PM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Crossmaglen, Ireland.
Gender: Male
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Yeah, definitely agree (aaagh) with Ox here. I hate having people point out stupid mistakes that I could have easily rectified myself. So, read over your work two and three times before posting.
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06-23-2008, 07:14 PM
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Addict
Join Date: Mar 2008
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I never rush my writing. I rewrite and edit things like a thousand times before I'm even willing to show them to anyone.
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06-23-2008, 10:19 PM
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Mentor
Join Date: May 2007
Location: E. Sussex U.K.
Gender: Male
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Strange how the same wise words of advice turn up in different forms again and again, and get ignored by so many again and again.
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06-23-2008, 10:27 PM
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Best Seller
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 506
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Olly Buckle
Strange how the same wise words of advice turn up in different forms again and again, and get ignored by so many again and again.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools do from the wise.
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"Carpe Diem, quam minimum credula postero"
(Seize the day put no trust in tomorrow.) ~ Horace
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06-23-2008, 10:32 PM
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Addict
Join Date: May 2008
Location: East coast.
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I think people are looking for quick praise and validation that they are a writer. I don't think they really take any comments that aren't "I really liked this" (What does THAT do for anybody?) to heart.
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"How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Thou know'st we work by wit, and not by witchcraft;
And wit depends on dilatory time." - Iago
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06-23-2008, 11:27 PM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne Australia
Gender: Female
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I don't critique such writing because I know that if the author sat down and took some time with it, it would be a better story.
They can post these rushed stories all they want; the rest of us shouldn't critique them.
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06-24-2008, 01:15 AM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: May 2007
Location: On islands
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It's just a lay-off, hoping it won't be judged as harshly, or so that criticism can be dealt with by thinking, "Well, it would have been better if I'd cleaned it up more."
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06-24-2008, 01:43 AM
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Writing Machine
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Scandinavia
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A combination of lin and Wintermute's answers, I dare say.
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- Steve Martin
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06-24-2008, 04:26 AM
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Best Seller
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: at my desk
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I don't care. If its good I'll read with joy. You can't polish a turd folks!
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06-24-2008, 04:31 AM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Atlanta, GA
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“Here’s something I dashed off in five/ten/thirty minutes”.
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I rarely see this in the Workshop. When it happens, the author is admonished.
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-- Albert Einstein
"I am really only interested in a fiction of miracles."
-- Flannery O'Connor
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06-24-2008, 12:52 PM
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Adept Writer
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Making excusses and saying, "I'll write latter" when I know I won't untill I stop makin excusses.
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Yes lin is also right. Hmm. Sometime I think it's an excuse for horrendous writing. You often see this syndrome with beginning actors. "I'm sorry my monologue suck, I have a sore throat," or "I just woke up so my voice is funny," or "I studied my lines in like 5 minutes so it may suck." They have to tell you that they have more potential than their work shows you.
You of course need to fix your grammar/spelling mistakes, but also they need to look at content. Is my story really anything good? Does it make sense? Etcetera.
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06-24-2008, 03:40 PM
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Best Seller
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Surely not MN
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JosephB
I rarely see this in the Workshop. When it happens, the author is admonished.
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I remember when I was admonished for this and I still feel stupid about it.
EDIT: I did it because I was proud of my speed, not because I was making an excuse, but still.
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06-24-2008, 04:00 PM
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Best Seller
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Bonnie Scotland
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You of course need to fix your grammar/spelling mistakes, but also they need to look at content. Is my story really anything good? Does it make sense? Etcetera.
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That's why a lot of people post their work as soon as they have done a rough draft - to check if it is actually readable to the general readers out there and if it makes sense, in my opinion anyway.
I agree that spelling and grammar are important to check before you post. Saying that, some people aren't as confident with grammar and maybe post to get help with that specifically. It's all very well reading a book about it, but if you don't 'get it' then you're screwed if you don't get pointers from forums like this.
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