Blazing Readers & Wordy Writers discussion

Is it alright with you if people can comment here to praise or criticize your writings?

Hi, Masi! Can you post word counts for each of your new entries so I can count up points and add your posts to the scoreboard? Thanks!

You don't have to count the words personally. Copy and paste the story here:

https://wordcounter.net/

Masi [That's my name] (S.B.QP) wrote: "Coralie wrote: "Hi, Masi! Can you post word counts for each of your new entries so I can count up points and add your posts to the scoreboard? Thanks!"

4831 words in all."

Awesome, thanks! Yeah, please don't count all those words "by hand" XD That would be a PAIN! But thanks for counting them! It helps me with my job :-) In the future, if you'd like to post a word count under your title, that would be great!

Okay, so my bad! I got the word count thing mixed up. It's just 50 pts per entry. Sorry to make you go through the extra trouble!!!

Hey, Masi! I just finished reading your entry for the May competition! I thought you chose a really neat perspective to write from. I like the idea of seeing the robbery from the thief's point of view. Your story had a few inconsistencies, I thought, and several grammatical issues/typos, but with a little editing, I think it has potential! Good luck in the competition!

You just have a few awkward phrases and some minor issues. For example, in the first sentence:

"... except for hoods covering our heads and most of our face."

Should be faces plural because there are two people. Stuff like that. For my spiel on awkward sentences, check out Trey's personal writing thread. I wrote it out there.

Don't delete your submission! You deleted last month's too, didn't you? It's a great entry. Why are you deleting it???

If you don't like your entry, there are still a few weeks until the deadline. You could temporarily delete it, improve it, and repost.

Go back and read my January entry. It's not half as good as anyone else's! If you delete your writing, no one can give you feedback to help you improve.

Some of us may just have been writing longer than others, which I think is a brilliant way to establish the community because then you can always have someone to help you out and, like Catherine said, provide feedback! I don't think you're a poor writer, Masi! I think you have great ideas and a lot of room to grow, but then so do we all. :-)

Masi [That's my name] (S.B.QP) wrote: "Okay. I guess I will provide feedback on most of the writings I read."

Please do! I know I, personally, appreciate every bit of feedback I can get! While praise is always great to hear, I also crave anything the readers think I can improve on. Also, when I know what the readers think, it helps me to know whether what I intended got across or not, so then I can fix things that even the reader isn't aware of.

Masi [That's my name] (S.B.QP) wrote: "Coralie wrote: "Masi [That's my name] (S.B.QP) wrote: "Okay. I guess I will provide feedback on most of the writings I read."

Please do! I know I, personally, appreciate every bit of feedback I ca..."

Sweet! Can't wait to see what you do with it!

Sorry! I've got a lot of people to give feedback to, plus life is busy, so sometimes it takes a while for me to get around to everyone. But, I promise! I will get there. :-) I love reading people's work and I refuse to not leave feedback whenever I read.

Can I comment?!

Just give me a heads up when you finish it.

Is this fiction or nonfiction?

I'm excited for you, Masi! I can't wait to see some of your new stuff! Ugh, shudder, I haven't updated my fanfics in forever and I should probably do so soon...Aww...wow, thank you so much, Masi. I can't believe I helped in such a way. I hope I can continue to help. You are an amazing aspiring writer and I can't wait to continue to grow with you. Thank you for being such a sweet, determined young writer (and so super active in the group!)

You're welcome! I never realized that my dreams and such can spark your writing spirit.

I know!! There were sooo many entries that I didn't get to read them all either and I was super upset about it. I had to just vote out of the ones I had read. But maybe I'll get time to go back and read the rest another time. I'm just trying to stay current XD

Thanks.