Stupid Comments

[autoplot]

Devil's advocate: over-description is not always a good thing, for the same reasons that photorealistic painting isn't automatically better than Impressionism. I haven't read the story that prompted this particular comment, but I've read plenty of others that go into so much detail it sounds like the author's trying to describe a bank robber to the cops.

(Usually a bank robber with improbably large breasts, but I digress.)

It was because I described sunlight as "yellow" in one passage. My descriptions tend to be pretty sparse; in fact, I've gotten a couple complaints that I don't describe things enough.

Try to please everybody and you'll quickly go mad.

why not?

Because I write what I want and give it away for free. People don't like it, they have plenty of other choices in reading material.

 

[R. Richard]

Some time back I was submitting a story in chapters, for the survival contest. I got a one bomb for a chapter from a reader, because the reader didn't like the way that I was going to write the next chapter.
The rest of you are getting crap because of what you wrote. I was getting crap for something that, as far as the reader knew, I hadn't even written yet.
(IMNTHO, there are mental problems so severe that execution is the only solution.)

 

[geronimo_appleby]

It was because I described sunlight as "yellow" in one passage. My descriptions tend to be pretty sparse; in fact, I've gotten a couple complaints that I don't describe things enough.

Try to please everybody and you'll quickly go mad.



Because I write what I want and give it away for free. People don't like it, they have plenty of other choices in reading material.

no shit?

 

[HeyAll]

I wish one day in the future there's a way for Authors or Admin to block certain people from viewing your stories.

 

[autoplot]

The rest of you are getting crap because of what you wrote. I was getting crap for something that, as far as the reader knew, I hadn't even written yet.

Maybe they time traveled to the future. Talk about going above and beyond.

 

[oggbashan]

Some time back I was submitting a story in chapters, for the survival contest. I got a one bomb for a chapter from a reader, because the reader didn't like the way that I was going to write the next chapter.
...

I have had similar comments on a chapter of an incomplete story. Anonymous objected because I hadn't closed all the sub-plots and I had left some situations unresolved.

 

[Bramblethorn]

It was because I described sunlight as "yellow" in one passage. My descriptions tend to be pretty sparse; in fact, I've gotten a couple complaints that I don't describe things enough.

Ah, in that case carry on

 

[HeyAll]

Obviously there are many stupid comments, but it's always good for a laugh when some guy who thinks he's a genius always feels the need to comment on "lie" v "lay".

It's like he learned something once and he feels like knowing that makes him superior to the people who can actually write entire stories.

 

[sr71plt]

Obviously there are many stupid comments, but it's always good for a laugh when some guy who thinks he's a genius always feels the need to comment on "lie" v "lay".

Of course, no matter how often he tells me the difference, I'm still never sure I'm getting it right.

 

[slyc_willie]

Obviously there are many stupid comments, but it's always good for a laugh when some guy who thinks he's a genius always feels the need to comment on "lie" v "lay".

It's like he learned something once and he feels like knowing that makes him superior to the people who can actually write entire stories.

I had a glaring error once which was joyfully pointed out to me. It was a story about a waiter and waitress having a contest to see who could sell the most deserts, with the winner being on the receiving end of the other's tongue. Except, I consistently spelled it dessert. That was a tad embarrassing.

 

[sr71plt]

I had a glaring error once which was joyfully pointed out to me. It was a story about a waiter and waitress having a contest to see who could sell the most deserts, with the winner being on the receiving end of the other's tongue. Except, I consistently spelled it dessert. That was a tad embarrassing.

Would it embarrass you more to know that you screwed it around wrong this time?

 

[slyc_willie]

Would it embarrass you more to know that you screwed it around wrong this time?

Oh, go lay down, will ya?

 

[JackLuis]

Obviously there are many stupid comments, but it's always good for a laugh when some guy who thinks he's a genius always feels the need to comment on "lie" v "lay".

It's like he learned something once and he feels like knowing that makes him superior to the people who can actually write entire stories.

So is it you lie to a woman to lay her, or does she Lay on the bed to get laid and lied to?

 

[slyc_willie]

So is it you lie to a woman to lay her, or does she Lay on the bed to get laid and lied to?

It's too late to make my brain hurt, Jack.

 

[sr71plt]

So is it you lie to a woman to lay her, or does she Lay on the bed to get laid and lied to?

Just don't pour lye on her.

 

[Derroreaper]

Or pour lye on her and then lay her, or you'll both get burned, and that aint no lie...

 

[PayDay]

woops