Matt Attack
from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William FaulknerNovember 9, 2012 - 3:59am
My original intention was to provoke discussion about the topic, since I love to break things to pieces, try to analyze them for patterns and see if there is something that feels to have the sense of mildly universal quality in it."
Look up evolutionary psychology. Seriously. It'll answer all of this.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersNovember 9, 2012 - 7:21am
Oh boy.
Well, I'd like to go ahead and say that anyone is free to review any story they want to review. If it is in the workshop and they are able to download it, go for it! If there is an author notes saying "please don't review", maybe don't. But honestly, you can still review it if you want.
So on behalf of LitReactor, I'd like to invite you to review whatever you want and not worry about it.
Brandon
from KCMO is reading Made to BreakNovember 9, 2012 - 7:49am
Yeah, the story I have up in workshop is from almost a year ago and has since been edited and slated for a later publication. Another critique would be redundant at this point.
Probably best to go with a more recent submission.
bryanhowie
from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING.November 9, 2012 - 7:55am
I mark my stories as complete when I don't need any more reviews (but I don't take it down or anything - because people might want to read the original and the final version or the LbLs - I doubt it, but maybe).
Start with shorter stories and just go nuts. Read the two critiques I have on my newest submission if you want to see two people really flex some great editing muscles.
Ahti Ahde
from Helsinki, Finland is reading Horns by Joe HillNovember 9, 2012 - 8:51am
I think that the best possible reason to review a text is whether or nor you can provide something new and worthy.
And I'll try to stick with transgressive genre, though I am also writing a kidnapping short story some time soon, so reviewing one might not be a bad investment of my time.
@Matt Attack
While I do love scientific approach on things, being quite diletant myself, I prefer to concentrate on how people experience things when it comes down to writing.
I mean, of course contemplating about the attractiveness of women with border line disorder, from the perspective of flexible self adjusting and mirroring (typical traits) gives us interesting conclusion: The social dynamics make them more easily crushable, because they always seem more alike than the average Jane.
But instead as a writer I am more interested about how the guy felt having a crushing on the girl with BLD and how tragic the end result was. Of course I could sit in a dark room and create the characters out of thin air by contemplating about the psychology of the situation, but more often real people, real events and mixing them up in a creative way, tends to lead to more honest and complete characters.
JonnyGibbings
November 10, 2012 - 8:44am
Crush, love is the same thing for me. I'n the middle of the night, your spooned up next the the person you are crushing on. Y'know watching them sleep like you have many nights before. Thinking about how frightened they would be if they woke up and found you in their room lying next to them, and you think "Yes, I will let this one live."
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNovember 10, 2012 - 11:00pm
^^This, Jonny, is just one of the many reasons I wish you were in WAR.
Covewriter
from Nashville, Tennessee is reading & SonsNovember 12, 2012 - 10:35pm
The best marshmellow product is marshmellow creame, on graham crackers with Irish Coffee on a winter night.
Strange Photon
from Fort Wayne, IN is reading Laurie Anderson lyricsJuly 4, 2013 - 7:19am
Ugh... you smell that??? I think that's the stench of dirty, stinky, shitheadbots. Someone get the Lysol!!!
Look up evolutionary psychology. Seriously. It'll answer all of this.
Oh boy.
Well, I'd like to go ahead and say that anyone is free to review any story they want to review. If it is in the workshop and they are able to download it, go for it! If there is an author notes saying "please don't review", maybe don't. But honestly, you can still review it if you want.
So on behalf of LitReactor, I'd like to invite you to review whatever you want and not worry about it.
Yeah, the story I have up in workshop is from almost a year ago and has since been edited and slated for a later publication. Another critique would be redundant at this point.
Probably best to go with a more recent submission.
I mark my stories as complete when I don't need any more reviews (but I don't take it down or anything - because people might want to read the original and the final version or the LbLs - I doubt it, but maybe).
Start with shorter stories and just go nuts. Read the two critiques I have on my newest submission if you want to see two people really flex some great editing muscles.
I think that the best possible reason to review a text is whether or nor you can provide something new and worthy.
And I'll try to stick with transgressive genre, though I am also writing a kidnapping short story some time soon, so reviewing one might not be a bad investment of my time.
@Matt Attack
While I do love scientific approach on things, being quite diletant myself, I prefer to concentrate on how people experience things when it comes down to writing.
I mean, of course contemplating about the attractiveness of women with border line disorder, from the perspective of flexible self adjusting and mirroring (typical traits) gives us interesting conclusion: The social dynamics make them more easily crushable, because they always seem more alike than the average Jane.
But instead as a writer I am more interested about how the guy felt having a crushing on the girl with BLD and how tragic the end result was. Of course I could sit in a dark room and create the characters out of thin air by contemplating about the psychology of the situation, but more often real people, real events and mixing them up in a creative way, tends to lead to more honest and complete characters.
Crush, love is the same thing for me. I'n the middle of the night, your spooned up next the the person you are crushing on. Y'know watching them sleep like you have many nights before. Thinking about how frightened they would be if they woke up and found you in their room lying next to them, and you think "Yes, I will let this one live."
^^This, Jonny, is just one of the many reasons I wish you were in WAR.
The best marshmellow product is marshmellow creame, on graham crackers with Irish Coffee on a winter night.
Ugh... you smell that??? I think that's the stench of dirty, stinky, shitheadbots. Someone get the Lysol!!!