Right ON target ! Thank you Sir for your words of wisdom and advice. I feel much better now - and at least I see what you mean and it's 100% true.
Thanks.
I do wonder if it's not like Pop Stars or Idol.
You win, they get an album out of you, your on your own.
Mad magazine did a cool boy band segment, but they ended up getting their organs sold off by management.
I doubt WOTF is that bad, and some writers go on to good things in writing at least.
Anyone know the average ratio of successful writers after winning the contest?
With the trip overseas, gala, workshop, so on, it can seem like the rise before the fall.
I'm still struggling, so ever winning does sound like a battle.
I think of winning like the ceremony at the end of Star wars, before Empire was a thing.
Did Vader regroup and hunt them down? Did they all live happily ever after (implied, but obviously not the eventual case)? So on.
Perhaps more like when Vader kills Ben.
He trained him and gave him all this power, and now he's gone. Good luck kid.
(Maybe I should have called this Delusional Paranoid Terror?)
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Thanks.
I do wonder if it's not like Pop Stars or Idol.
You win, they get an album out of you, your on your own.
Mad magazine did a cool boy band segment, but they ended up getting their organs sold off by management.
I doubt WOTF is that bad, and some writers go on to good things in writing at least.
Anyone know the average ratio of successful writers after winning the contest?
With the trip overseas, gala, workshop, so on, it can seem like the rise before the fall.
I'm still struggling, so ever winning does sound like a battle.
I think of winning like the ceremony at the end of Star wars, before Empire was a thing.
Did Vader regroup and hunt them down? Did they all live happily ever after (implied, but obviously not the eventual case)? So on.
Perhaps more like when Vader kills Ben.
He trained him and gave him all this power, and now he's gone. Good luck kid.
(Maybe I should have called this Delusional Paranoid Terror?)
Your progress and career as a writer is ultimately up to you. You have to decide where and how far you want to go. The contest and the peers you meet are certainly there to help, but they won't do the work for you. WoTF provides some fantastic support for growing writers, and from what I've heard there are some tremendous resources and contacts available for those who win and attend the week-long workshops.
But you can also have a successful career without the contest. Many folks have "pro'd out" and were no longer eligible to participate. And of course it all depends on how you personally define "success" for your writing.
"There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
— W. Somerset Maugham
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And of course it all depends on how you personally define "success" for your writing.
More how others do.
Writing on a cubicle wall with a needle in your arm isn't very successful.
Although.., you obviously didn't kill yourself the night before, so there is that.
I feel most people would define writing success as having at least 3 published novels that sell well.
Or having at least quarterly publications of note.
Anything less is still a work in progress.
Your progress and career as a writer is ultimately up to you.
I feel that's a cop out.
Unless you include eliminating the competition.
There are many, many things other than ourselves that dictate a writing career.
Editors are there to stop people getting published, for example.
It's called slush, not next issue.
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None of what you said is correct, and I have to wonder if you have a very jaded view of what writing is all about.
I certainly hope you aren’t writing with needles in your arm or letting other people define what writing success looks like for you.
And editors aren’t actually there to stop you from publishing. Editors are there to guide the publication of their anthologies or publishing houses. Their job is to pick the very best from among the thousands of submissions they receive to fill the limited space they have available.
And you can’t eliminate other writers who you see as competition. You are participating in an art that is filled with writers of many kinds. Your stories are unique. I recommend you see us less as competition and more as peers. We’re all here to help each other. Or at least we should be.
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Or at least we should be.
Yeah, don't start me on that one.
None of what you said is correct,
?
Mind boggling.
I certainly hope you aren’t writing with needles in your arm
Ah.
So you have to read, and, not be confined to a hospital bed.
Got it.
Not that I am, but I did have blood taken recently, so I guess that's bad too?
letting other people define what writing success looks like for you.
Success isn't just whatever we make up.
Or you could already be there or never make it.
You can set low expectations for yourself and succeed easily enough.
But do you really?
I'd prefer the opposite.
Most artistic people do the opposite.
Or we'd just give up.
If you ever think you can't get any better, just give up. I've heard that somewhere?
And editors aren’t actually there to stop you from publishing.
Yes they are.
They only have so much room, so many won't make it. Or just aren't good enough.
You sound like my bank
"We don't deny anyone a loan."
I didn't get a lone.
And you can’t eliminate other writers who you see as competition.
I did hear about a competitive computer game player who did.
Or that ice skater Weird Al sang about.
Drug lords do it all the time.
Or the physics on South Park.
"Zee, zee, zee, zee, zee..."
Well, it was worth a shot.
I recommend you see us less as competition and more as peers.
Who said I see you as competition?
Hope your having a Merry Christmas.
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HMx1 (somewhere in the middle)
My frustrations seem to be with writer's block. If I'm having trouble getting into the groove, it's just hard to even start, and once I make myself start, I don't want to continue. That's how I wound up in the spot where I'm at now: a novel in the works, a newly-edited version of my last rejected story submission, and two new stories in the works for the contest.
If I can't find my groove with one project, I just move to another. The end result: a bunch of stories that are halfway finished. As I said, I have one story that's been rejected here before, and it's become my default story to tinker with when I cannot get into anything else. This means this will be the third time I've submitted this story because, naturally, the others aren't finished.
As far as the contest goes, one of my new stories takes place in such an alien world, that constraining to the word count limit is going to be a challenge. It doesn't help that my lead character is rather stiff, and I feel like he may not have as interesting a 'voice' as my others.
The second (new) story is close to having its first draft done, which is great. However, I can feel it in my bones that there are going to be a lot of revisions to this one to make it and its world understandable. At least it's not as ambitious as the other story.
I really need a way to tackle writer's block in a way that doesn't involve starting a fresh story...
It sounds like you’re not having any difficulty starting new stories. Rather, it sounds like more of an issue finishing stories.
One recommendation is to maybe start smaller with flash or micro stories. Something under 1,000 words that you can complete in a single day or two. It will get you in the practice of starting and finishing stories. Then you can work your way up to larger word counts.
I often write micro stories (less than 500 words) as writing exercises a couple days a week. They get the creative juices flowing, and it feels good to write a complete story in just an hour or two.
"There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
— W. Somerset Maugham
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@shounenbat that doesn't sound so much like 'writers block' (as you are able to write on different topics) so much as 'writers ADHD' 😉 (I made that up - but I do think its a real thing!). The shiny and new always seems so much more alluring than the hard graft of finishing what we've started.
But that makes this easier to solve (or at least, means you should try different approaches to traditional block) as it means you're not *tired* or *mentally fatigued*, you're capable of writing and creating, it just needs to be something you're excited about - so try and re-inject the enthusiasm you had for the on-going story. Stop writing it serially. If the current paragraph is a chore, is there another scene you would be more excited by? The ending? The climax? What about sharpening some of the dialogue or adding vivid imagery. For me at least, if I can just keep the pen moving (keys tapping) I find the last 10% is easier, even if its the least interesting bit as at that stage I have so little left to go.
So my suggestion is try writing the story out of sequence, and see if you get more done that way.
"...your motivations for wanting to write are probably complex. You may have a few great passions, you may want to be rich and famous, and you may need therapy."
- Dave Farland, Million Dollar Outlines
"...I also miss almost 100% of the shots I do take."
- Gideon Smith
Writers of the Future:
2026 Q1: P Q2: TBD Q3: TBD Q4: TBD
2025 Q1: HM Q2: SHM Q3: HM Q4: HM (resub of 2024 HM)
2024 Q1: F Q2: HM Q3:SHM Q4: SHM
2023 Q1: RWC Q2: SHM Q3: SHM Q4: R
2022 Q4: R
Submissions to other markets:
2026: 6 submitted 0 acceptances
2025: 163 submitted 10 acceptances
2024: 53 submitted 8 acceptances
2023: 74 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
2026 goals: a. 2025 Novel submitted to agents/publishers b. Draft 0 of a new novel c. Speak at a con on panels d. Write 3 serious shorts NOT for WOTF e. Submit something, somewhere, every month
It sounds like you’re not having any difficulty starting new stories. Rather, it sounds like more of an issue finishing stories.
One recommendation is to maybe start smaller with flash or micro stories. Something under 1,000 words that you can complete in a single day or two. It will get you in the practice of starting and finishing stories. Then you can work your way up to larger word counts.
I often write micro stories (less than 500 words) as writing exercises a couple days a week. They get the creative juices flowing, and it feels good to write a complete story in just an hour or two.
lol. I think we read this and responded at the same time - seeing the same problem, but different solutions! This is the forum at its best. Writers helping writers.
"...your motivations for wanting to write are probably complex. You may have a few great passions, you may want to be rich and famous, and you may need therapy."
- Dave Farland, Million Dollar Outlines
"...I also miss almost 100% of the shots I do take."
- Gideon Smith
Writers of the Future:
2026 Q1: P Q2: TBD Q3: TBD Q4: TBD
2025 Q1: HM Q2: SHM Q3: HM Q4: HM (resub of 2024 HM)
2024 Q1: F Q2: HM Q3:SHM Q4: SHM
2023 Q1: RWC Q2: SHM Q3: SHM Q4: R
2022 Q4: R
Submissions to other markets:
2026: 6 submitted 0 acceptances
2025: 163 submitted 10 acceptances
2024: 53 submitted 8 acceptances
2023: 74 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
2026 goals: a. 2025 Novel submitted to agents/publishers b. Draft 0 of a new novel c. Speak at a con on panels d. Write 3 serious shorts NOT for WOTF e. Submit something, somewhere, every month
If I'm having trouble getting into the groove, it's just hard to even start, and once I make myself start, I don't want to continue.
I'm there too.
You cover the window, I'll check the corridor.
Ideas are easy.
Perhaps thinking of the story's defining event could help.
Cars attacked by the t rex. Hmm..., How did they get to that point and where are they going now?
And, check your algorithm!
That will tell you what to do if your stuck.
The easiest out may be to simply take a started story and write it backwards chiasmicaly.
Tod went to school and got beat up...
Hmm..?
...Todd shot the bullies and ran home.
You should be done in 5.
RxLOTS
HMx1 (somewhere in the middle)
And, check your algorithm!
Huh…?
Is someone using AI or computer-generated algorithms to write their stories? I hope not!
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Is someone using AI or computer-generated algorithms to write their stories? I hope not!
I agree.
Let me know where to send your prize for bringing it up.
Huh…?
See, now your also in the zone.
Welcome to my world.
I wouldn't be too worried about computers though, as this goes back millennia, or more.
I will be impressed if AI ever actually catches onto the algorithm, as a movie, or even novel, 100% algorithm would be truly something to see.
Imagine, every blade of grass, every fly, every pebble, perfectly placed, every pixel.
The stuff of nightmares.
Books are eluding me a bit though.
Books and film are different, but ultimately the same, so it will just take some perseverance.
It should make my writing a simple, yet infinitely complex chain reaction.
I'm still not entirely sure how far films go, possibly further than books can, as there are hundreds of hands.
I've been watching films 30+ years.
Now I'm watching them again, for the first time.
It's a religious experience.
It's like we've been lied to for centuries by a select group.
I'm like Tom Hanks.
If I can only get bigger, I could make some sticky bombs.
Yes, that's it, I'm Tom Hanks stuck in a broken machine.
I'm learning the algorithm to reprogram it, but I'll never know what I'm gonna get.
Now I'm Neo.
I'm in the other side.
I'm making clay with Demi Moore.
Now some guys are hitting me with beams of energy.
No! Don't cross the...
I'm back. I'm ok.
What the heck is the marshmallow man?!
The search continues.
RxLOTS
HMx1 (somewhere in the middle)
It sounds like you’re not having any difficulty starting new stories. Rather, it sounds like more of an issue finishing stories.
One recommendation is to maybe start smaller with flash or micro stories. Something under 1,000 words that you can complete in a single day or two. It will get you in the practice of starting and finishing stories. Then you can work your way up to larger word counts.
I often write micro stories (less than 500 words) as writing exercises a couple days a week. They get the creative juices flowing, and it feels good to write a complete story in just an hour or two.
I think it's more a problem of finishing this one particular story, so I keep working on multiples just to avoid the frustration of working on that particular story. I think it's a great idea, just so, so painful to work on.
As I said, I have almost the first draft of another story finished, but it's not quite there yet, so I'm resubmitting my other story and hoping I've tinkered with it enough to get an honorable mention so I don't have to worry about it anymore.
Ideally you should start and finish each story, perhaps with only a few on the go if absolutely necessary.
That's the idea.
I think endlessly starting stories is great for the beginner, as you keep learning new things and getting better, which makes old stories redundant.
You can't pump out novels if you endlessly start stories.
If your not at least submitting the stories and you have been writing for a few years, perhaps you have a problem.
I think word mass is an issue.
It's easier to begin with x1000 words in a story form, rather than a blank piece of paper.
AI is rightly frowned upon, but would obviously help in this situation.
My own research suggests an older technique/s where the story essentially materialises before your eyes.
Then it's just editing.
And you don't even need a computer.
Take that Silicon valley.
(Watched the first season, top notch.)
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HMx1 (somewhere in the middle)
AI is rightly frowned upon, but would obviously help in this situation.
I would highly recommend that you NOT use AI for your stories. At all. The contest strictly forbids using AI in your submitted stories.
There is no secret formula or trick that will magically create your stories for you. Writing is work. It’s hard work. It’s not supposed to be easy. If it were, anyone could win this contest and be a professional writer.
"There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
— W. Somerset Maugham
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Is someone using AI or computer-generated algorithms to write their stories? I hope not!
I agree.
Let me know where to send your prize for bringing it up.
Huh…?
See, now your also in the zone.
Welcome to my world.
I wouldn't be too worried about computers though, as this goes back millennia, or more.
I will be impressed if AI ever actually catches onto the algorithm, as a movie, or even novel, 100% algorithm would be truly something to see.
Imagine, every blade of grass, every fly, every pebble, perfectly placed, every pixel.
The stuff of nightmares.
Books are eluding me a bit though.
Books and film are different, but ultimately the same, so it will just take some perseverance.
It should make my writing a simple, yet infinitely complex chain reaction.
I'm still not entirely sure how far films go, possibly further than books can, as there are hundreds of hands.
I've been watching films 30+ years.
Now I'm watching them again, for the first time.
It's a religious experience.
It's like we've been lied to for centuries by a select group.
I'm like Tom Hanks.
If I can only get bigger, I could make some sticky bombs.
Yes, that's it, I'm Tom Hanks stuck in a broken machine.
I'm learning the algorithm to reprogram it, but I'll never know what I'm gonna get.
Now I'm Neo.
I'm in the other side.
I'm making clay with Demi Moore.
Now some guys are hitting me with beams of energy.
No! Don't cross the...
I'm back. I'm ok.
What the heck is the marshmallow man?!
The search continues.
If you write stories the way you write posts, then I think I know why you're getting rejected. Because this makes no sense. I suggest you learn how to use paragraphs.
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There is no secret formula or trick that will magically create your stories for you.
It's not magic and it's there for all to see.
If they choose to.
Pick your pill buddy.
Writing is work. It’s hard work. It’s not supposed to be easy. If it were, anyone could win this contest and be a professional writer.
Perhaps that's just muggles?
Besides, I suspect the contest stats may make that unlikely.
100 years, 12 winners.
1200 people.
Let's double it to guarantee fatalities.
2400 people.
I suspect there are even more entrants than that?
We can't all possibly win.
Although, you actually say anyone, not everyone.
And anyone probably are.
If you write stories the way you write posts, then I think I know why you're getting rejected. Because this makes no sense. I suggest you learn how to use paragraphs.
I guess you must submit late with stories that are off topic.
PS
The AI thing is funny, as there is a JG podcast where he speaks to an author who is talking about creating, basically AI, or similar, to write stories.
John thinks it's good, or is polite about it at least.
This occurred before the AI to do.
Does anyone remember who it was, or the WOTF podcast title?
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HMx1 (somewhere in the middle)
Harvey,
It might be bad form to call this out publicly, but honestly my dude, the messages you post on the forums — and in particular the responses you make to other people's attempts at questioning your content — simply make zero sense. Your quoted responses seem completely apropos of nothing and utter non-sequiturs, with each successive sentence following no logical connection.
At first, I thought maybe you were just a bot crashing the forums, or perhaps someone who simply enjoyed using AI-generated content for attention. Now I think you're just trolling those of us who actually use the forums to communicate, educate, and help each other out. The content you are posting isn't helping anyone, and you're actually just using words to confuse all of us, possibly on purpose.
I'm asking that you stop quoting me in your responses, and I'm also going to refer your content to @jason for consideration for action among the moderators. Again, sorry for posting this publicly. But I suspect a private message would have been ignored and, honestly, this is getting kind of ridiculous. I sincerely hope you find joy in your writing and wish you the best on your personal publishing journey.
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I'm asking that you stop quoting me in your responses, and I'm also going to refer your content to @jason for consideration for action among the moderators.
Really?
Well, you can lead a horse to water.
It is baffling that someone would get angry at me, because they chose to talk to me?!?
I know the forum has some fundamental flaws, but, sheesh, don't be one of them.
No one has a gun to your head.., I hope.
It smacks of sore loser.
Loser of what?
I do hope (unfortunately knowing better) this isn't an example of the friendly community that's supposed to exist here.
New pill!
The chill pill.
PS
"Frustrations."
My God! It's self-replicating!
What manner of topic have I created?
PPS
Actually, I find a lot of the above post just plain rude.
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If you write stories the way you write posts, then I think I know why you're getting rejected. Because this makes no sense. I suggest you learn how to use paragraphs.
I guess you must submit late with stories that are off topic.
The thing about WOTF is there is no late. There is only next quarter.
And that brings me to my current frustration - my mental state for the last 2 years is such that my emotions have not let me write much fiction. I am currently in the second draft of a story I'm aiming at WOTF, but I have no idea which quarter it will be ready, and that's fine. Having a goal to submit every quarter is good for some people, but not for me.
But I don't think you cared to know that about me, Harvey. You just wanted to insult me. Bad form.
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HM - 11
R - 11
My published works
But I don't think you cared to know that about me, Harvey. You just wanted to insult me. Bad form.
And, of course, your sending in fiction.
Are we just making stuff up now?
Where are we finding these people?
For pity's sake stop, before it grows a head.
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HMx1 (somewhere in the middle)
Harvey, if multiple people are finding your posts upsetting, it might be worth pausing and asking yourself what you’re doing to cause a stir rather than just getting defensive and blaming them for getting upset.
A little empathy and teachability might even help you climb out of the rejection rut that you’ve been finding so frustrating. Those are two invaluable traits for a writer. If you’re always airing opinions and refusing to hear anyone else’s, it stifles your growth.
Or if you’d like the same advice in a good old fashioned aphorism, straight from the 50s: “There’s a reason God gave you two ears and only one mouth.”
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.“ -C. S. Lewis
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V41: HM, HM
V42: HM
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"4 Laws of Storytelling" (YouTube reflections on the craft)
Throws hands up.
"Serenity now!"
if multiple people are finding your posts upsetting, it might be worth pausing and asking yourself what you’re doing to cause a stir
Three village idiots do not a wise man make.
People have chosen to have a go at me.
Nothing more.
It's more worth while noting those that do not.
rather than just getting defensive and blaming them for getting upset.
Well, I certainly won't cower to bullies.
Upset from what?
You seem pretty quick to blame me for whatever it is.
I certainly never asked for their negative comments.
That's their own choice.
A little empathy and teachability might even help you climb out of the rejection rut that you’ve been finding so frustrating.
I don't emphasis with bullies.
Nore do I take to brainwashing.
And I don't see what any of this has to do with the judging of my stories.
Those are two invaluable traits for a writer.
I disagree.
If you’re always airing opinions and refusing to hear anyone else’s, it stifles your growth.
I guess your all screwed then.
“There’s a reason God gave you two ears and only one mouth.”
I have many ears, on a cord I wear around my neck.
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Hecklers aside.
Finding time is a definite frustration.
I was all planned to go to the computer and get some typing done.
Instead I ended up doing something else.
Did come up with a top notch story idea in the shower though.
Oh well, maybe tomorrow.
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Three village idiots do not a wise man make.
People have chosen to have a go at me.
Nothing more.
It's more worth while noting those that do not.
It’s more than three, Harvey.
This forum is a place where we uplift one another. It’s a positive, supportive community. I understand it’s frustrating to receive multiple rejections, but many people have offered constructive feedback on how to improve. Why not take some of their suggestions and apply them to your next story rather than attack the contest, past winners, and your fellow writers?
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Did come up with a top notch story idea in the shower though.
Thank goodness it takes more than that to be a writer, lest we drown in poorly written books.
The AI thing is funny, as there is a JG podcast where he speaks to an author who is talking about creating, basically AI, or similar, to write stories.
John thinks it's good, or is polite about it at least.
Citation needed! John (and the contest as a whole) has been extremely vocal on their stance *against* AI; I've personally discussed this with him and some of the judges. And the rules are pretty clear:
The entrant’s work must be created in its entirety by the entrant and cannot be generated, in whole or in part, by Artificial Intelligence. Any work generated in whole, or in part, by Artificial Intelligence, as determined in the Contest Administrator’s sole discretion, will be disqualified and any prize awarded based on such submission will be forfeited.
VOL 40 2nd Quarter: Third Place ("Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiber")
Past submissions: R - HM - HM - HM - HM - HM - SHM - SHM
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It’s more than three, Harvey.
You said it.
rather than attack the contest, past winners, and your fellow writers?
S-E-R-L-I-N-G-!-!-!
Citation needed!
Second.
Anyone remember?
Probably about a year ago???
Artificial Intelligence
It is a tough one.
I feel the basic understanding is modern electronic computers and huge data centres.
Really, that's just a modern version of it.
It could become a slippery slope to banning writing entirely.
Info in, mix, info out.
That's how humans work too.
It's how textbooks work.
I feel it's the modern electronic computer AI that they are talking about.
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Quit calling good people idiots. It isn't impressing anyone. And as the targets of your low wit have been around a while, we've all had ample opportunity to witness their ample intelligence. Seeing you call them idiots does not affect my impression of them, but it does rather taint one's view of you.
And if struggling to see the difference between human and AI leads you to believe that banning writing is the inevitable conclusion, perhaps writing without AI assistance is not for you. And writing with AI assistance is not for here.
VOL 40 2nd Quarter: Third Place ("Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiber")
Past submissions: R - HM - HM - HM - HM - HM - SHM - SHM
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Quit calling good people idiots. It isn't impressing anyone.
I'm not trying to impress anyone.
I used village idiots in a general way.
I wasn't the one saying, "oh, there's more."
targets
I think someone's having a Mitchell and Webb moment.
Your the baddies.
your low wit
I find that insulting.
Seeing you call them idiots
I didn't, the other person did.
Get with the program.
but it does rather taint one's view of you.
Why?
I haven't gone around disliking all your posts.
And if struggling to see the difference between human leads you to believe that banning writing is the inevitable conclusion,
Ah, a pro writer in the making.
PS
This is getting like the video I spoke of on my "do you modernise" topic.
Creepy.
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