what's going on round here nowadays?

Is shit. Discuss.


Seriously though, if I post a piece in scraps it's because I want to work on it. If I post a piece in my gallery it's because I have worked on it a lot. It's not at 'finished' state (they never are) but on the other hand I probably won't be completely overhauling the plot. If I post a piece in the workshop it's because it's generally at first or second draft stage (not a finished piece) and I'm going to rewrite it completely, probably several times. I sort of assumed this was how most people did things.

Working from this, therefore, a piece of criticism in my gallery which sugests a piece should be totally changed beyond all recognition is a little bit extreme. Unless the argument is very convincing it'll get the smile'n'nod'n'walk away approach from me. Likewise, if I post a piece in the workshop there ain't no point quibbling over a semicolon, because it ain't gonna be there in the next draft. Is this wrong?

Jesus, not that you get any proper criticism in this place anyway. Writers are the worst people you could possibly get to criticise anything because they're all too bloody precious. Crap writers (ie. DA writers) are worse still. In fact, I've found preciousness in inverse proportion to talent, time and again.

I don't give a toss about *any* of the writing I post on DA. Someone I love and respect could tell me that the entire body is a big pile of poo and I wouldn't give a fuck. That's not to say I'm not precious about writing: I am, terribly. More honestly, I'm too much of a coward to post anything I have actually invested blood, sweat and tears in unless people tell me it's crap. Often, I'm too much of a coward to invest that much in a piece in the first place. Negative criticism (such as I get, and I don't get it often enough) doesn't upset me. But when someone has spent a great deal of time and effort nitpicking grammar in a piece I'm going to redo from scratch, I get frustrated. I get frustrated at the waste of effort, mostly. It may seem ungrateful, and when criticism is so hard to come by maybe it is ungrateful. But there it is.

Likewise I get frustrated at the unhelpful "This is shit stop riting" kind of comments which get left on pieces by novice writers. It's not "the kindest thing" to disillusion 'em while they're young. They're doing something they enjoy, they're posting it on the internet. They'll get bored of it in a few years and discover the opposite sex or get a career. Those that don't will grow and develop in their craft. Always, always give a new writer something to build on, something to work with. That's what I think anyway.

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RE: My last post stating I was leaving and never wanted to see any of you again etc.




i lide.

something about these 'farewell' type posts that make me want to disbelieve my own hype and step right back into the fracas. I've been more active on DA in the last couple of weeks than I have been for months and months. Which is bloody typical.

Love you all. But not in a straight way, if you're blokes, cos ew that's gross.

x

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i don't come on here really anymore. i'm only here tonight because i'm drunk and not asleep yet. this isn't a bad thing, the not coming on here very much. i've moved on i guess. still writing but less, and the quality i think has improved. i won't post on here probably. i don't have much time for anything right now. i have more fun stuff to do like love and that.

this isn't a 'that's all folks' but this is to say that if you're still watching me (and you might be) thinking i'm going to post writing, i'm probably not. i'll post the odd bit of assholery in the forum but that's where it ends.

it's been fun. thanks guys.