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Re: Quoth the Raven: 'Anymore'
By: Zyngaru Date: June 30, 2022, 1:59 pm
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[quote author=HumbledBareBoy link=topic=786.msg25052#msg25052
date=1656564272]
Unfortunately and sadly, even though his writing is genuinely
enjoyable and pretty d--ned good, but he...does not share in my
esteem of his work... :( ...and indeed, his primary stated
reason for not giving story submission a try is that he is
convinced his writings is of insufficient quality to be "worthy"
-- i.e., "not good enough," as preposterous as I find that
sentiment in his mind! He did go as far as to look over the part
of the site about authorship and story submission, and guess
what?
Stuff like what's mentioned in this very thread was, primarily,
what discourages him. He even specifically mentioned the
"anymore vs. any more" part as being especially influential in
scaring him off! :'( Because I'm not an irritating a-hole, I've
elected not to pester him or push the idea too hard, but I have
not yet given up on the path of "gentle encouragement and
baby-steps," either...
Alas! ::)
[/quote]
HBB.
My suggestion is to mention to your friend to stop reading the
submission guideline's page and go and read "New Author"
stories. It is in reading the stories in the archive that he
will discover that MMSA accepts and posts all kinds of stories.
Grammar doesn't seem to be a prerequisite for acceptance. If it
had been, then my early stories would have never been accepted.
I suspect even some of my later stories turns a few English
Majors stomachs.
It's the story that matters. Yes, it helps to be readable.
Obviously, this man's stories are readable since you think so
highly of them, so he shouldn't have anything to fear.
As for the Anymore/Any more controversy, it was a big Ta-do at
first and now it is hardly mentioned. I write how I write. I
don't give Anymore vs Any more much consideration when I write.
I try to get it correct in its proper usage, but if I don't, I'm
sure readers will figure what I mean.
Even on this site the corrector function is trying to make me
change any more to anymore. But who really cares? That is not
what people who read our stories are looking for. They want
hot, very hot, fun, silly, crazy, exciting, humiliating,
embarrassing and especially naked stories. They don't care if
every "I" is dotted, and every "T" is crossed. As long as it is
good enough to follow the plot, that is all the reader cares
about. Just my opinion. Not meaning to be absolute. I have
had feedback correcting my grammar!!!
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Re: Quoth the Raven: 'Anymore'
By: HumbledBareBoy Date: July 5, 2022, 1:51 am
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[quote author=Zyngaru link=topic=786.msg25060#msg25060
date=1656615570]
My suggestion is to mention to your friend to stop reading the
submission guideline's page and go and read "New Author"
stories. It is in reading the stories in the archive that he
will discover that MMSA accepts and posts all kinds of stories.
[font=courier]....[/font]
It's the story that matters. Yes, it helps to be readable.
Obviously, this man's stories are readable since you think so
highly of them, so he shouldn't have anything to fear.
[/quote]
Z, thank you for chiming in, and I appreciate it! :D As a matter
of fact, I do believe you yourself are also acquainted with this
specific writer, or at the very least know of him... [emoji6]
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Re: Quoth the Raven: 'Anymore'
By: HumbledBareBoy Date: January 26, 2023, 9:44 pm
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[quote author=Kat link=topic=786.msg25053#msg25053
date=1656566088]I hope you can persuade your friend to submit
some work.[/quote]
Well, "hope springs eternal," as they say! And as of this past
week, my hopes and efforts of persuasion did eventually pay off,
the results of which you can see in my recent "story
recommendation" over here in a different thread. For which I
actually have to thank the set of individuals who responded
above because I think relaying the content of those statements
was the final "piece of the puzzle" necessary to help my friend
over that hurdle; so effective, in fact, that merely a short
while later, I got an email sharing that he'd already saved a
version of his latest story into RTF, created an author account,
and submitted the whole thing [emoji2]
Later that next morning, as I was browsing the "new stories"
page...sure enough, there it was, and even with a shiny golden
"site recommendation" shield, too! How wonderful for a new
author's very first MMSA submission, and even better still, it's
also already been voted up to red and gold stars... [emoji7]
...and words just cannot express how happy I am feeling, on his
behalf!
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Refuting His Self-Doubt: DONE!
By: HumbledBareBoy Date: March 31, 2024, 2:13 pm
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Back then, before my friend was ready to try his first MMSA
submission...
[quote author=HumbledBareBoy link=topic=786.msg25052#msg25052
date=1656564272]On another site I use, I met a fellow author who
write some pretty damn awesome stories that have greatly excited
me, turned me on, and given me considerable enjoyment! Moreover,
this man has also become a regular and highly supportive reading
of my MMSA stories, as well, so I have come to appreciate and
care for him a good amount! ;D As luck would have it, a portion
of his stories would also be on-topic for MMSA, so a few times,
I have attempted to warmly and gently encourage him to try
posting one of his there, too... <-snip-> ...sadly, even though
his writing is genuinely enjoyable and pretty d--ned good, but
he...does not share in my esteem of his work... :( ...and
indeed, his primary stated reason for not giving story
submission a try is that he is convinced his writings is of
insufficient quality to be "worthy" -- i.e., "not good enough,"
as preposterous as I find it[/quote]
Fast-forward, 1st story goes live...
[quote author=HumbledBareBoy link=topic=786.msg26369#msg26369
date=1674791068]my hopes and efforts of persuasion did
eventually pay off, the results of which you can see in my
recent "story recommendation" over here in a different thread.
<-snip-> ...sure enough, there it was, and even with a shiny
golden "site recommendation" shield, too![/quote]
Present-Day Status: With his 15th story, going live on
2024/03/29 a couple days ago, there is now an official yellow
shield ("highly recommended author!") beside his pen-name!
[emoji120] In other words, precisely the exact outcome I
expected for him, and well-deserved for such a talented and
enjoyable author! [emoji178] As they say, "All's well that ends
well!"
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