I don't get this...

[Whispersecret]

I got the following feedback today, sent by Anonymous, about two of my how-to pieces. They have to be jokes, right? And if they are, why remain anonymous? This seems the sort of thing a friend would pull.

I just finished reading your story, "How To Name Your Characters," and I must
say I was disappointed. As a story goes, it didn't have much of a plot, and the
eroticism was basically nonexistent! True, there were a lot of people in it,
all with different and exciting names, but you never brought out any of their
characteristics, or explored their motivations and passions. I think you need
to go back and re-write this story, lose most of the people you named, and
instead come up with some sensual situations and sexy fun! How about it?


Your story, "Choosing The Right Words," lacked any kind of a plot, didn't it? I
mean, it was almost like reading a guide to proper writing style! I wasn't
turned on in the least! Surely you can do better than that, Whispersecret!
Your characters need to be further developed, and you need to have a more
coherent plotline. This particular story went nowhere!

If the person who sent me these is out there reading this thread, please explain.

Anyone else, what would you think if you were me (I?)?

 

[Couture]

ROTFLMAO
You have to admit that was pretty funny!

 

[P. B. Walker]

lol... that was a good laugh...

maybe he/she is shy...

- PBW

 

[star_driver]

pulling your leg

Whisper,
C'mon, you don't really believe it's a critical analysis of your essays, do you? I think someone is just having a little fun with you. Each "analysis" talks only to the aspects of the essay that are among the topic of the essay. It's doesn't criticize character development in "Choosing the right words" and doesn't criticize the words used in "naming characters". Gotta be a joke and if they are reading the board, they are enjoying your consternation!

Both are excellent and I return to them now and again to help improve my own work.

 

[Laurel]

Maybe those reviews were written by this guy:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...IP6AYACFK5/1/ref=cm_mp_rv/102-6152795-6096929

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

what would I think?

Anyone else, what would you think if you were me (I?)?

If I were you I'd think about touching myself (sorry couldn't resist)

I'm going to slink away to read one of your stories now.

hopefully leaving you with a smile on your face, or at least a lop-sided grin?

 

[Whispersecret]

Aha! Couture! It was you! Just kidding.

I just thought if it was a harmless joke that the person wouldn't have felt a need to remain anonymous.

All right, anonymous person, I'm smiling now.

Coulda been worse. They coulda called me a freak of nature or something.

 

[christo]

Funniest goddam thing I've ever read

Has anyone clicked on the link Laurel provided? It's a bunch of reviews on Amazon and it's so fucking funny stuff is coming out of my nose. Laurel, is this for real? I used to post reviews on Amazon (got as high as #175) but they started editing my reviews bigtime and this bitch wrote me about how I was "editorializing" too much in my reviews. That's when Amazon's stock price was going in the shitter, I figured they were losing their sense of humor. Maybe they fired all the editors.

Go read these reviews. You'll pee your pants.

 

[karmadog]

Thank you so much for suggesting I read those reviews. I did in fact pee my pants, but fortunately, there was a review of a book called "Reuse of Sewage Effluent: Proceedings of a Symposium" by the Society of Civil Engineers. If I can just find this gem, I will have a use for those pants.

This subject hit particularly close to home as my father is a retired civil engineer. We often had lively and enlightening discussions of sewage effluvia at the dinner table and during long car rides.

My parents are divorced and I am in therapy.

Civil engineers are lonely men and women.

 

[Laurel]

Re: Funniest goddam thing I've ever read

Has anyone clicked on the link Laurel provided? It's a bunch of reviews on Amazon and it's so fucking funny stuff is coming out of my nose. Laurel, is this for real?

Yeah, I think he is. I was searching for something on Amazon a while back - I forget what - and I came across one of his reviews. It had me in tears. He posts new reviews fairly often. I wonder if others know about him. I wonder if he has a fan club. I'd join, no question.

 

[uwiggleigiggle]

Without the spoons amongst us, who would stir things up?

OMG!!!!! Laurel, I have never heard that before...........That is great...........I am going to make a banner and put it on my desk at work...........