Comments on: The Rules http://bookfraud.com/2006/03/15/the-rules/ At least 65 percent not depressing. Tue, 15 May 2012 03:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2006/03/15/the-rules/comment-page-2/#comment-2609 bookfraud Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:37:48 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=75#comment-2609 angela: i'm glad to have read your mind. you are absolutely right about the stupid bandwagon effect -- one person starts it, and there's no turning back. angela: i’m glad to have read your mind. you are absolutely right about the stupid bandwagon effect — one person starts it, and there’s no turning back.

]]> By: bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2006/03/15/the-rules/comment-page-2/#comment-4410 bookfraud Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:37:48 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=75#comment-4410 angela: i'm glad to have read your mind. you are absolutely right about the stupid bandwagon effect -- one person starts it, and there's no turning back. angela: i’m glad to have read your mind. you are absolutely right about the stupid bandwagon effect — one person starts it, and there’s no turning back.

]]> By: bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2006/03/15/the-rules/comment-page-2/#comment-818 bookfraud Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:37:48 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=75#comment-818 angela: i'm glad to have read your mind. you are absolutely right about the stupid bandwagon effect -- one person starts it, and there's no turning back. angela: i’m glad to have read your mind. you are absolutely right about the stupid bandwagon effect — one person starts it, and there’s no turning back.

]]> By: Angela http://bookfraud.com/2006/03/15/the-rules/comment-page-2/#comment-2608 Angela Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:51:52 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=75#comment-2608 At last---someone who has written down the very thoughts rolling through my head in those workshops. My boyfriend is a musician and we have rules too about my critiquing his music and he, my writing. We do not always follow the rules, which are supposed to be, "Be honest, but not so honest I cry or he gets his feelings hurt." There's a fine line and it's a tough one. I want the criticism--and I honestly value his far more than some idiot in a workshop who's been brainwashed into thinking they know what a good story is. I am extremely upset by people who make stupid comments and the rest of the people in the workshop jump on the bandwagon and further stupid comments. I like workshopping, but in a perfect world we'd be able to weed out the idiots--in which case there might not be many of us left. Thanks for the hilarious post. I feel ya. At last—someone who has written down the very thoughts rolling through my head in those workshops. My boyfriend is a musician and we have rules too about my critiquing his music and he, my writing. We do not always follow the rules, which are supposed to be, “Be honest, but not so honest I cry or he gets his feelings hurt.” There’s a fine line and it’s a tough one. I want the criticism–and I honestly value his far more than some idiot in a workshop who’s been brainwashed into thinking they know what a good story is. I am extremely upset by people who make stupid comments and the rest of the people in the workshop jump on the bandwagon and further stupid comments. I like workshopping, but in a perfect world we’d be able to weed out the idiots–in which case there might not be many of us left. Thanks for the hilarious post. I feel ya.

]]> By: Angela http://bookfraud.com/2006/03/15/the-rules/comment-page-2/#comment-4409 Angela Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:51:52 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=75#comment-4409 At last---someone who has written down the very thoughts rolling through my head in those workshops. My boyfriend is a musician and we have rules too about my critiquing his music and he, my writing. We do not always follow the rules, which are supposed to be, "Be honest, but not so honest I cry or he gets his feelings hurt." There's a fine line and it's a tough one. I want the criticism--and I honestly value his far more than some idiot in a workshop who's been brainwashed into thinking they know what a good story is. I am extremely upset by people who make stupid comments and the rest of the people in the workshop jump on the bandwagon and further stupid comments. I like workshopping, but in a perfect world we'd be able to weed out the idiots--in which case there might not be many of us left. Thanks for the hilarious post. I feel ya. At last—someone who has written down the very thoughts rolling through my head in those workshops. My boyfriend is a musician and we have rules too about my critiquing his music and he, my writing. We do not always follow the rules, which are supposed to be, “Be honest, but not so honest I cry or he gets his feelings hurt.” There’s a fine line and it’s a tough one. I want the criticism–and I honestly value his far more than some idiot in a workshop who’s been brainwashed into thinking they know what a good story is. I am extremely upset by people who make stupid comments and the rest of the people in the workshop jump on the bandwagon and further stupid comments. I like workshopping, but in a perfect world we’d be able to weed out the idiots–in which case there might not be many of us left. Thanks for the hilarious post. I feel ya.

]]> By: Angela http://bookfraud.com/2006/03/15/the-rules/comment-page-2/#comment-817 Angela Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:51:52 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=75#comment-817 At last---someone who has written down the very thoughts rolling through my head in those workshops. My boyfriend is a musician and we have rules too about my critiquing his music and he, my writing. We do not always follow the rules, which are supposed to be, "Be honest, but not so honest I cry or he gets his feelings hurt." There's a fine line and it's a tough one. I want the criticism--and I honestly value his far more than some idiot in a workshop who's been brainwashed into thinking they know what a good story is. I am extremely upset by people who make stupid comments and the rest of the people in the workshop jump on the bandwagon and further stupid comments. I like workshopping, but in a perfect world we'd be able to weed out the idiots--in which case there might not be many of us left. Thanks for the hilarious post. I feel ya. At last—someone who has written down the very thoughts rolling through my head in those workshops. My boyfriend is a musician and we have rules too about my critiquing his music and he, my writing. We do not always follow the rules, which are supposed to be, “Be honest, but not so honest I cry or he gets his feelings hurt.” There’s a fine line and it’s a tough one. I want the criticism–and I honestly value his far more than some idiot in a workshop who’s been brainwashed into thinking they know what a good story is. I am extremely upset by people who make stupid comments and the rest of the people in the workshop jump on the bandwagon and further stupid comments. I like workshopping, but in a perfect world we’d be able to weed out the idiots–in which case there might not be many of us left. Thanks for the hilarious post. I feel ya.

]]> By: bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2006/03/15/the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-2607 bookfraud Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:29:30 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=75#comment-2607 alex: thanks for the kudos. no, you are not alone, there are many of us who have sat through workshops mystified at what passes as a good story. anastasia: it is hard to overcome a preface to a showing of creative work; it is human nature to explain things. but you are right -- the only way to present things is just giving them as they are, no excuses. it's the only way one can make his or her work better. collin: it's important to have trusted readers, which is a point they don't tell you in grad school. the "advanced writer" workshops sound interesting though. faith: writing is an isolating thing to begin with, and that you have writing friends online is good. have you ever considered a class or such, where you can apply my brilliant rules, to deal with the fools? alex: thanks for the kudos. no, you are not alone, there are many of us who have sat through workshops mystified at what passes as a good story.

anastasia: it is hard to overcome a preface to a showing of creative work; it is human nature to explain things. but you are right — the only way to present things is just giving them as they are, no excuses. it’s the only way one can make his or her work better.

collin: it’s important to have trusted readers, which is a point they don’t tell you in grad school. the “advanced writer” workshops sound interesting though.

faith: writing is an isolating thing to begin with, and that you have writing friends online is good. have you ever considered a class or such, where you can apply my brilliant rules, to deal with the fools?

]]> By: bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2006/03/15/the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-4408 bookfraud Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:29:30 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=75#comment-4408 alex: thanks for the kudos. no, you are not alone, there are many of us who have sat through workshops mystified at what passes as a good story. anastasia: it is hard to overcome a preface to a showing of creative work; it is human nature to explain things. but you are right -- the only way to present things is just giving them as they are, no excuses. it's the only way one can make his or her work better. collin: it's important to have trusted readers, which is a point they don't tell you in grad school. the "advanced writer" workshops sound interesting though. faith: writing is an isolating thing to begin with, and that you have writing friends online is good. have you ever considered a class or such, where you can apply my brilliant rules, to deal with the fools? alex: thanks for the kudos. no, you are not alone, there are many of us who have sat through workshops mystified at what passes as a good story.

anastasia: it is hard to overcome a preface to a showing of creative work; it is human nature to explain things. but you are right — the only way to present things is just giving them as they are, no excuses. it’s the only way one can make his or her work better.

collin: it’s important to have trusted readers, which is a point they don’t tell you in grad school. the “advanced writer” workshops sound interesting though.

faith: writing is an isolating thing to begin with, and that you have writing friends online is good. have you ever considered a class or such, where you can apply my brilliant rules, to deal with the fools?

]]> By: bookfraud http://bookfraud.com/2006/03/15/the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-816 bookfraud Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:29:30 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=75#comment-816 alex: thanks for the kudos. no, you are not alone, there are many of us who have sat through workshops mystified at what passes as a good story. anastasia: it is hard to overcome a preface to a showing of creative work; it is human nature to explain things. but you are right -- the only way to present things is just giving them as they are, no excuses. it's the only way one can make his or her work better. collin: it's important to have trusted readers, which is a point they don't tell you in grad school. the "advanced writer" workshops sound interesting though. faith: writing is an isolating thing to begin with, and that you have writing friends online is good. have you ever considered a class or such, where you can apply my brilliant rules, to deal with the fools? alex: thanks for the kudos. no, you are not alone, there are many of us who have sat through workshops mystified at what passes as a good story.

anastasia: it is hard to overcome a preface to a showing of creative work; it is human nature to explain things. but you are right — the only way to present things is just giving them as they are, no excuses. it’s the only way one can make his or her work better.

collin: it’s important to have trusted readers, which is a point they don’t tell you in grad school. the “advanced writer” workshops sound interesting though.

faith: writing is an isolating thing to begin with, and that you have writing friends online is good. have you ever considered a class or such, where you can apply my brilliant rules, to deal with the fools?

]]> By: Faith Bicknell-Brown http://bookfraud.com/2006/03/15/the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-2606 Faith Bicknell-Brown Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:41:28 +0000 http://bookfraud.com/?p=75#comment-2606 Sadly, the writers in my life are all online. Sadly, the writers in my life are all online.

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