Comments on: Snarkiversary http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2008/05/21/snarkiversary/ The Fundamentals of Our Publishing are Wrong Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:37:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lou http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2008/05/21/snarkiversary/comment-page-1/#comment-4899 Lou Sat, 24 May 2008 00:04:38 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2008/05/21/snarkiversary/#comment-4899 Bless You. I have taken down my demotivators and posted: 1. Follow the Directions 2. Don't be a nitwit Those 7 lines have undone all your work here. Bless You.

I have taken down my demotivators and posted:

1. Follow the Directions
2. Don’t be a nitwit

Those 7 lines have undone all your work here.

]]> By: Lee Battersby http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2008/05/21/snarkiversary/comment-page-1/#comment-4842 Lee Battersby Thu, 22 May 2008 12:31:10 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2008/05/21/snarkiversary/#comment-4842 Sean has always pointed and laughed at people masturbating. We got thrown out of some damn good parties that way. Sean has always pointed and laughed at people masturbating. We got thrown out of some damn good parties that way.

]]> By: Paul Riddell http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2008/05/21/snarkiversary/comment-page-1/#comment-4823 Paul Riddell Wed, 21 May 2008 17:33:51 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2008/05/21/snarkiversary/#comment-4823 Sadly, I don't think even ISBD would have made a difference. The problem with those newbies is that they all, and I mean ALL, act as if they're the only individuals who can make the exception. Instead of focusing on writing the best story possible, or quitting writing if they can't, they act like hillbillies in Las Vegas who think that they're the only people who've <i>ever</i> thought of a way to improve the odds of winning at blackjack. Actually, I take that back: they act like the dolts who blow their paychecks on lottery tickets and then scream "Of COURSE I'm going to win! When I win, I'm going to come in just long enough for you to kiss my ass!" No amount of argument and no amount of persuasion will work to change their minds, and any concrete rules are always nibbled to death with "But what if...?" and "What if I just...?" No, Miss Snark had the right idea. Her mistake was that she was offering advice to people who didn't want anything besides a partner for masturbation. This is pretty much what you're offering here, but here you're laughing and pointing, and nobody in their right mind is going to ask for a reacharound. Sadly, I don’t think even ISBD would have made a difference. The problem with those newbies is that they all, and I mean ALL, act as if they’re the only individuals who can make the exception. Instead of focusing on writing the best story possible, or quitting writing if they can’t, they act like hillbillies in Las Vegas who think that they’re the only people who’ve ever thought of a way to improve the odds of winning at blackjack. Actually, I take that back: they act like the dolts who blow their paychecks on lottery tickets and then scream “Of COURSE I’m going to win! When I win, I’m going to come in just long enough for you to kiss my ass!” No amount of argument and no amount of persuasion will work to change their minds, and any concrete rules are always nibbled to death with “But what if…?” and “What if I just…?”

No, Miss Snark had the right idea. Her mistake was that she was offering advice to people who didn’t want anything besides a partner for masturbation. This is pretty much what you’re offering here, but here you’re laughing and pointing, and nobody in their right mind is going to ask for a reacharound.

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