I GOT AN OFFER!


Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 24

Thread: I GOT AN OFFER!

  1. March 20th, 2015, 02:17 AM #1
    Boofy
    Boofy is offline
    Member Boofy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Location
    England, England
    Posts
    944
    Awards Showcase
    Laureate / Point Value: 10 Sir Jester Bitt Ovolaf / Point Value: 15 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Purple Patch / Point Value: 5 The Purple Patch / Point Value: 5
    Total Awards: 5
    Total Points: 55
    Blog Entries
    4

    I GOT AN OFFER!

    I got an offer from a University to do my English degree and I have zero A levels (I trained at culinary school instead, hah)

    I applied expecting to be turned away at the door but they approached academics with some of the work I've produced since joining the site and they've given me an offer! I wouldn't have written any of it without actually having joined (There's about ten poems as part of my submission portfolio from here!)

    Now I have to do a few free online courses to prove my readiness for the course (So far proving fairly straightforward) and then it's just the interview! ^^;

    eeeeeeeeeeeeeek, thank you so much guys <3
    Remember kids: Drink vodka, play Dotka!

    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. March 20th, 2015, 02:23 AM #2
    TJ1985
    TJ1985 is offline
    Member TJ1985's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2015
    Location
    West Tennessee, USA.
    Posts
    819
    Awards Showcase
    WF Star Staffer / Point Value: 15 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 Star Judge 5 / Point Value: 10 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Purple Patch / Point Value: 5
    Total Awards: 5
    Total Points: 60
    Blog Entries
    22
    Wooooohooooooo! Congrats Boofy! I'm so happy for you!
    If I can't go down rockin', then I won't go down at all. - Waylon Jennings.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. March 20th, 2015, 02:38 AM #3
    TKent
    TKent is offline
    WF Publisher Emeritus TKent's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Posts
    5,363
    Awards Showcase
    DSO Level 5 / Point Value: 20 WF Star Staffer / Point Value: 15 Published Poet or Songwriter/Lyricist / Point Value: 5 Published Writer / Point Value: 10 Published Academic Reviewer, Editor or Producer / Point Value: 10 Published Academic Reviewer, Editor or Producer / Point Value: 10 Published Academic Reviewer, Editor or Producer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 The Pandora / WF Treasure Award / Point Value: 50 The WF Grate-full Award / Point Value: 20 Sir Jester Bitt Ovolaf / Point Value: 15 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Purple Patch / Point Value: 5 WF Star / Point Value: 20 WF Star / Point Value: 20 WF Star / Point Value: 20
    Total Awards: 18
    Total Points: 300
    Way to go!!

    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. March 20th, 2015, 02:53 AM #4
    Plasticweld
    Plasticweld is offline
    Banned
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Location
    Montour Falls NY US
    Posts
    3,265
    Awards Showcase
    DSO Level 3 / Point Value: 15 WF Star Staffer / Point Value: 15 WF Star Staffer / Point Value: 15 Published Writer / Point Value: 10 Published Writer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 Star Judge 5 / Point Value: 10 The Pandora / WF Treasure Award / Point Value: 50 The Fin - Challenge Meister Award / Point Value: 50 The WF Grate-full Award / Point Value: 20 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Purple Patch / Point Value: 5 WF Star / Point Value: 20 WF Star / Point Value: 20
    Total Awards: 17
    Total Points: 310
    Blog Entries
    22
    Quote Originally Posted by Boofy View Post
    I applied expecting to be turned away at the door but they approached academics with some of the work I've produced since joining the site and they've given me an offer! I wouldn't have written any of it without actually having joined (There's about ten poems as part of my submission portfolio from here!)
    This is exciting on a couple of different levels, first congratulations that is no small accomplishment. I don't think anyone here ever doubted that you are talented and have a spark about you that is kind of contagious.

    What I find most exciting about this is that you were a stranger here just a short time ago, brand new and un-known. With a spirit of boldness, and I would say courage, you threw yourself into this community. You did not hold back but gave it your all. Your success is an accomplishment for both yourself and the WF. There is another Boofy out there, another writer who is talented and looking for a way to succeed. They need only look at you as an example to see that you are rewarded for courage and hard work, that is remarkable and it makes me feel good to be able to point at you as a role model for other young writers...Bob
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. March 20th, 2015, 03:04 AM #5
    Boofy
    Boofy is offline
    Member Boofy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Location
    England, England
    Posts
    944
    Awards Showcase
    Laureate / Point Value: 10 Sir Jester Bitt Ovolaf / Point Value: 15 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Purple Patch / Point Value: 5 The Purple Patch / Point Value: 5
    Total Awards: 5
    Total Points: 55
    Blog Entries
    4
    Hehe, I don't know what to say. Thank you, Plastic, Tkent, TJ. All I've wanted to do is give back after everything I feel I've been given by you all here. I never felt remotely confident in my abilities before I found WF and I feel I owe a lot of my progress and my enthusiasm to you guys. I always wanted to study English, growing up, but opted for cooking because it was recession proof and I think that something convinced me that I just wasn't good enough. Well I applied after I joined here and I started writing my novel (Of which there are fifteen chapters so far!), I started writing poetry, reading more than ever and in different genre's. I really started thinking about what I was writing, putting my work up here and getting feedback, reading some of the brilliant excerpts of others, it really gave me a firmer idea of my style and of pacing, things I feel I neglected to acknowledge before.

    Coming here has snowballed me right to the place where I feel I've always wanted to be. I don't have the words to express my gratitude. ^^;
    Remember kids: Drink vodka, play Dotka!

    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. March 20th, 2015, 03:40 AM #6
    joshybo
    joshybo is offline
    WF Veteran
    Join Date
    Sep 2014
    Location
    Kentucky, USA
    Posts
    1,190
    Awards Showcase
    DSO Level 2 / Point Value: 10 Published Poet or Songwriter/Lyricist / Point Value: 5 Published Writer / Point Value: 10 Published Writer / Point Value: 10 Published Writer / Point Value: 10 WF Prize Challenge Winner / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 Star Judge 5 / Point Value: 10 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Purple Patch / Point Value: 5 Star Critter / Point Value: 10
    Total Awards: 20
    Total Points: 200
    Blog Entries
    2
    Congratulations, Boof! You're very talented and I'm sure that you will make the most of this opportunity!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. March 20th, 2015, 03:42 AM #7
    InstituteMan
    InstituteMan is offline
    WF Veteran InstituteMan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2014
    Location
    KC & LFK
    Posts
    3,751
    Awards Showcase
    DSO Level 4 / Point Value: 15 Published Writer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Purple Patch / Point Value: 5 Star Advisor / Point Value: 15 Star Critter / Point Value: 10
    Total Awards: 8
    Total Points: 95
    Way to go, Boofy! Go get 'em at university!
    Wisdom is seldom boisterous.

    -- a guy I know --

    If you're into hillbilly themed pornography (and, really, who ISN'T these days?), check out Hidden Content and Hidden Content . There's no pornography, but everything IS written by a hillbilly.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. March 20th, 2015, 11:33 AM #8
    Firemajic
    Firemajic is offline
    Poetry Mentor Firemajic's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2011
    Location
    in the flame
    Posts
    11,741
    Awards Showcase
    DSO Level 4 / Point Value: 15 WF Star Staffer / Point Value: 15 WF Star Staffer / Point Value: 15 WF Star Staffer / Point Value: 15 WF Star Staffer / Point Value: 15 Published Poet or Songwriter/Lyricist / Point Value: 5 Published Poet or Songwriter/Lyricist / Point Value: 5 Published Poet or Songwriter/Lyricist / Point Value: 5 Published Poet or Songwriter/Lyricist / Point Value: 5 Published Poet or Songwriter/Lyricist / Point Value: 5 Published Poet or Songwriter/Lyricist / Point Value: 5 Quotidian Poet / Point Value: 25 Pendekoid Poet / Point Value: 10 Purple Pip / Point Value: 5 Purple Pip / Point Value: 5 Purple Pip / Point Value: 5 WF Prize Challenge Winner / Point Value: 10 Laureate / Point Value: 10 Laureate / Point Value: 10 Laureate / Point Value: 10 Laureate / Point Value: 10 Laureate / Point Value: 10 Laureate / Point Value: 10 Laureate / Point Value: 10 Laureate / Point Value: 10 Laureate / Point Value: 10 The Pandora / WF Treasure Award / Point Value: 50 The Fin - Challenge Meister Award / Point Value: 50 The WF Grate-full Award / Point Value: 20 The WF Grate-full Award / Point Value: 20 The WF Grate-full Award / Point Value: 20 The WF Grate-full Award / Point Value: 20 Sir Jester Bitt Ovolaf / Point Value: 15 Sir Jester Bitt Ovolaf / Point Value: 15 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20
    Total Awards: 49
    Total Points: 725
    Boofy... living proof that good things happen to good people... I am so excited for you! Congratulations! enjoy this... you have earned the right... Thank you for sharing this fabulous news! Peace always... Jul
    She lost herself in the trees,
    among the ever-changing leaves.
    She wept beneath the wild sky
    as stars told stories of ancient times.
    The flowers grew toward her light,
    the river called her name at night.
    She could not live an ordinary life,
    with the mysteries of the universe
    hidden in her eyes....
    Author: Christy Ann Martine

    Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
    love leaves a memory no one can steal....
    Author unknown.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. March 20th, 2015, 11:50 AM #9
    bazz cargo
    bazz cargo is offline
    R.E.D. Supervisor bazz cargo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    The wilds of Wiltshire in the UK
    Posts
    9,919
    Awards Showcase
    DSO Level 4 / Point Value: 15 WF Star Staffer / Point Value: 15 Published Writer / Point Value: 10 Published Academic Reviewer, Editor or Producer / Point Value: 10 WF Prize Challenge Winner / Point Value: 10 LM Pulitzer / Point Value: 10 Star Judge 10 / Point Value: 0 Star Judge 5 / Point Value: 10 The Pandora / WF Treasure Award / Point Value: 50 The George Potter Award / Star Judge 15 / Point Value: 30 The WF Grate-full Award / Point Value: 20 The WF Grate-full Award / Point Value: 20 Sir Jester Bitt Ovolaf / Point Value: 15 Sir Jester Bitt Ovolaf / Point Value: 15 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Sir Likedalot Medal / Point Value: 20 The Purple Patch / Point Value: 5 WF Star / Point Value: 20 WF Star / Point Value: 20 WF Star / Point Value: 20 WF Star / Point Value: 20
    Total Awards: 21
    Total Points: 355
    Blog Entries
    2
    Well knock me sideways and call me Rupert. The minute you walked in the door I knew you were a person of distinction. You made this happen, (Delete) amazing. One day I'm gonna be saying, hey I knew her before she was famous.

    Pure magic.
    Hidden Content
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. March 20th, 2015, 11:54 AM #10
    Mistique
    Mistique is offline
    WF Veteran Mistique's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2009
    Location
    Leeuwarden, Netherlands
    Posts
    1,132
    Awards Showcase
    The Purple Patch / Point Value: 5
    Total Awards: 1
    Total Points: 5
    That is so amazing. Congratulations
    I long for the day when MS stands for mystery solved!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules

This website uses cookies
We use cookies to store session information to facilitate remembering your login information, to allow you to save website preferences, to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners.