Bebop3
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So, in the announcement post in LW regarding the upcoming "Highway Song" invitational story event, someone posted the following as a comment:
"Who decides?
Who decides what authors get invitations? I see some good authors here, but I see a bunch that get left off. Is there an announcement somewhere inviting people to write or do you have to know someone? None of the writers I know ever get invited, and I talk to a lot of them in the forums. Look at how many 750 word stories there were, and everyone was invited. What gives anyone the right to exclude people? Is there some standard or qualification you need to get an invitation? Lots of us would like to know."
The sense of entitlement on display here is mind-blowing.
What sort of hubris do you need to have to believe that you have an inherent right to participate in an event run by someone else?
None of the writers you know ever get invited? There's a simple solution to this 'problem'. Do what blackrandl1958 does, get off your butt, run an event and invite whoever you'd like.
"What gives anyone the right to exclude people?" Uhm, the fact that they are running the event? Let's turn this on its head, though. What on Earth gives you right to insist on being invited to participate in anything?
Here's how this breaks down: Someone takes the initiative to come up with a concept, select an available date, reach out to Laurel, get the event OK'd, write up the parameters, chose writers that they enjoy working with, stay in contact with those writers offering encouragement, reminders and resources and (in Randi's case) editing a tremendous amount of stories.
And you want to stay in the bleachers and cast stones while hiding behind 'anonymous'?
Seriously? Not bothering to get off your butt and run your own event allows me to dismiss these complaints entirely. The fact that the argumentative is petulant and full of barely concealed angst over not being invited would have me dismissing it otherwise.
Think your friends should be invited to participate in a story event? Reach out to Laurel. Run one and invite them. It's not a complicated process. Don't like an upcoming event and feel it's unjust? Don't read the stories.
Unvarnished truth: The average score on invitational stories in events run by Randi is considerably higher than open events. Additionally, some talented authors that ONLY participate in these events offer new stories. The readers benefit. The site benefits.
The only people that are harmed are those that have the hubris to believe that they are entitled to participate in something run by someone else, and their 'harm' is self-inflicted.
"Who decides?
Who decides what authors get invitations? I see some good authors here, but I see a bunch that get left off. Is there an announcement somewhere inviting people to write or do you have to know someone? None of the writers I know ever get invited, and I talk to a lot of them in the forums. Look at how many 750 word stories there were, and everyone was invited. What gives anyone the right to exclude people? Is there some standard or qualification you need to get an invitation? Lots of us would like to know."
The sense of entitlement on display here is mind-blowing.
What sort of hubris do you need to have to believe that you have an inherent right to participate in an event run by someone else?
None of the writers you know ever get invited? There's a simple solution to this 'problem'. Do what blackrandl1958 does, get off your butt, run an event and invite whoever you'd like.
"What gives anyone the right to exclude people?" Uhm, the fact that they are running the event? Let's turn this on its head, though. What on Earth gives you right to insist on being invited to participate in anything?
Here's how this breaks down: Someone takes the initiative to come up with a concept, select an available date, reach out to Laurel, get the event OK'd, write up the parameters, chose writers that they enjoy working with, stay in contact with those writers offering encouragement, reminders and resources and (in Randi's case) editing a tremendous amount of stories.
And you want to stay in the bleachers and cast stones while hiding behind 'anonymous'?
Seriously? Not bothering to get off your butt and run your own event allows me to dismiss these complaints entirely. The fact that the argumentative is petulant and full of barely concealed angst over not being invited would have me dismissing it otherwise.
Think your friends should be invited to participate in a story event? Reach out to Laurel. Run one and invite them. It's not a complicated process. Don't like an upcoming event and feel it's unjust? Don't read the stories.
Unvarnished truth: The average score on invitational stories in events run by Randi is considerably higher than open events. Additionally, some talented authors that ONLY participate in these events offer new stories. The readers benefit. The site benefits.
The only people that are harmed are those that have the hubris to believe that they are entitled to participate in something run by someone else, and their 'harm' is self-inflicted.
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