Comments on: Slushpile: Your May Demotivator http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/ The Fundamentals of Our Publishing are Wrong Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:37:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Writing Demotivators « Life of a Story Engineer http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/comment-page-1/#comment-1696 Writing Demotivators « Life of a Story Engineer Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:25:15 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/#comment-1696 [...] Slushpile (As a warning to me as I submit next month) [...] [...] Slushpile (As a warning to me as I submit next month) [...]

]]> By: MelodyO http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 MelodyO Tue, 29 May 2007 18:07:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/#comment-1465 Hee, you're rather adorable.<br/><br/>Surely this update will silence your critics. Right? Right??? Hee, you’re rather adorable.

Surely this update will silence your critics. Right? Right???

]]> By: Sean Lindsay http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 Sean Lindsay Mon, 28 May 2007 14:38:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/#comment-1464 Okay, I caved.<br/><br/>A while ago I tracked down a better image for this Demotivator than the one I used originally, and this time I was able to obtain permission to use it (the owner of the previous image couldn't be reached).<br/><br/>I held off updating the image in this post because I wanted to update all the Demotivators with a new look. But, the comment thread has attracted <i>two</i> humourless whiners who think that criticising my execution gives them some transient sense of superiority. (They clearly haven't read this blog's <a HREF="http://101reasonstostopwriting.blogspot.com/2007/04/bigger-asshole-code-of-conduct.html" >Code of Conduct</a>, either.) I can't fsckin' stand humourless whiners, and want to choke off their oxygen.<br/><br/>So to everyone else, I hope you like the new photograph. To 'Dan' and 'ordinary woman', I hope you understand that I was totally going to do this anyway. Okay, I caved.

A while ago I tracked down a better image for this Demotivator than the one I used originally, and this time I was able to obtain permission to use it (the owner of the previous image couldn’t be reached).

I held off updating the image in this post because I wanted to update all the Demotivators with a new look. But, the comment thread has attracted two humourless whiners who think that criticising my execution gives them some transient sense of superiority. (They clearly haven’t read this blog’s Code of Conduct, either.) I can’t fsckin’ stand humourless whiners, and want to choke off their oxygen.

So to everyone else, I hope you like the new photograph. To ‘Dan’ and ‘ordinary woman’, I hope you understand that I was totally going to do this anyway.

]]> By: Sean Lindsay http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/comment-page-1/#comment-1463 Sean Lindsay Mon, 28 May 2007 06:03:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/#comment-1463 dan, if I felt compelled to say thank you to people for pointing out things I already knew, I'd join a writer's group. dan, if I felt compelled to say thank you to people for pointing out things I already knew, I’d join a writer’s group.

]]> By: Dan http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/comment-page-1/#comment-1462 Dan Mon, 28 May 2007 04:40:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/#comment-1462 Unfortunately, I have to agree with ordinary woman: attention to visual detail is what distinguishes brilliance from mere ingenuity. I think it was kind of her to point out the incongruity. Say thank you. Unfortunately, I have to agree with ordinary woman: attention to visual detail is what distinguishes brilliance from mere ingenuity. I think it was kind of her to point out the incongruity. Say thank you.

]]> By: Sean Lindsay http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/comment-page-1/#comment-1461 Sean Lindsay Mon, 14 May 2007 11:51:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/#comment-1461 Wow, everyone's a fsckin' critic. And they say writers need imagination.<br/><br/>Yes, thank you, it's not the ideal photo, but it's better than a pencil sketch of me with a speech bubble saying "Now imagine a pile of shredded manuscript paper."<br/><br/>Anyone who thinks that pages of what look like financial records couldn't possibly be part of a manuscript hasn't spent any time reading slush.<br/><br/>The photo can be changed, but I'm afraid you're probably stuck with your tendency to tell people things they clearly already know. Wow, everyone’s a fsckin’ critic. And they say writers need imagination.

Yes, thank you, it’s not the ideal photo, but it’s better than a pencil sketch of me with a speech bubble saying “Now imagine a pile of shredded manuscript paper.”

Anyone who thinks that pages of what look like financial records couldn’t possibly be part of a manuscript hasn’t spent any time reading slush.

The photo can be changed, but I’m afraid you’re probably stuck with your tendency to tell people things they clearly already know.

]]> By: ordinary woman http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/comment-page-1/#comment-1460 ordinary woman Mon, 14 May 2007 11:29:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/#comment-1460 Well, heck, I am visiting from there and you DO need a new photo, dude. Those are shredded receipts and financial papers. <br/><br/>A+ = concept<br/>C- = execution<br/><br/>Where, pray tell, is said 'bin'? I've got a few bills lying around; you can have those. <br/><br/>Eagle Eyes Well, heck, I am visiting from there and you DO need a new photo, dude. Those are shredded receipts and financial papers.

A+ = concept
C- = execution

Where, pray tell, is said ‘bin’? I’ve got a few bills lying around; you can have those.

Eagle Eyes

]]> By: Sean Lindsay http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/comment-page-1/#comment-1459 Sean Lindsay Sun, 13 May 2007 15:35:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/#comment-1459 Allow me, for a moment, to <i>revel</i> in the fact that this Demotivator was linked to by the divine <a HREF="http://misssnark.blogspot.com/2007/05/slushpile.html" >Miss Snark</a>.<br/><br/>If you're visiting from there, welcome, and please leave your manuscripts in the bins provided. Allow me, for a moment, to revel in the fact that this Demotivator was linked to by the divine Miss Snark.

If you’re visiting from there, welcome, and please leave your manuscripts in the bins provided.

]]> By: A.R.Yngve http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/comment-page-1/#comment-1458 A.R.Yngve Sun, 13 May 2007 14:36:00 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/05/11/your-may-demotivator/#comment-1458 Sublime. :) Sublime. :)

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