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I was just thinking maybe we should have a thread made just for the little rantings as oppose to starting one everytime somebody is upset about being cut off in traffic or their math teacher yelled at them. Just come here and scream.
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<< reply to 'Anti-Twilighters' by CactusJack
While I hate the books anyway, one of the reasons I want it gone, is because of the morals contained in the book
E.g. It's telling women, that if a man doesn't love you, attempt suicide, if you're not meant to commit suicide, let a werewolf resuce you.
SERIOUSLY, it tells girls to be totally sumbmissive to men, and the fact that this was written by a female author, doesn't help
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I completely agree with you, and I've been saying this for ages.
Female author, female protagonist, female editor, female director... they're just one big gang of conspirators trying to set feminism back a couple hundred years.
Not to mention what an absolute jerk Edward is. He's condescending and controlling, and yet Bella is completely at his will, totally devoted to nothing but him. Seriously, this girl does nothing but cook, clean, do homework, and think about Eddy. Couldn't she at least knit or play soccer or something? Honestly, Meyer, humans have hobbies.
She's also a bitch to anyone who isn't a vampire.
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<< reply to 'Jack, you do a very nice 'crawl' - the Missis watching?' by Elisabeth
No, I'm just the exception to the rule.
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Edward is a backwards cro-magnum man and Bella is a simpleton.
What I am wondering is what gives with the women lately who are complaining about the opposite sex, in that they are getting too much attention from them?
That's like a fish complaining that it has to live under water.
To all the women complaining: You complain if you're ignored, and you complain about "too much" attention, don't you know that women have an advantage over men?
Sex is a tool, that when used properly can bring any man to his knees...literally.
If you don't know the familairs of that site Anthony and Cleopatra...women have been ruling the world for ages, we just allow men to think they're in charge.
Get with the program ladies....not everything that glitters is gold, but if you play your cards right, the world will be your oyster, and you will have men at your beck and call.
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It's kinda sad that that has to be pointed out. Of course women are in charge.
We may be idiots but we're not complete idiots. We know that to be happy we have to make you happy and that means doing a lot of things we normally wouldn't. The only two reasons I can think of that would make a woman complain about the natural attention she should be getting is A - It's not from the kind of guy she likes (beggers&choosers and all that) or b- She wants attention from girls not guys.
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So right you are. But, even if I got attention from a guy I didn't like, I would still be flattered...I mean, it's attention.
The only attention I wouldn't want is from a rapist...not all stalkers are bad. Lol.
Even If I were Lesbian or Bi-sexual...I wouldn't mind being fawned over, and flattered by a man.
I may be narcissistic, but I do love men....give me your poor, your rich, your idiots and cowboys...construction workers..bankers, and white or blue collar workers...
As a smart woman once said...a man is a man is a man. Not even Gertrude Stein would argue with that.
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can we change the subject?
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Really does the subject bother you that much? With men and women writers at SW the female, male thing is bound to come up at some point.
Are we being smutty? Not at all. hmmm. Maybe, this thread should have been placed in the adult board, yes?
You can change the subject by introducing a new subject to rant or discuss...it's not hard...just start it..something like...
Gee I've noticed that alot of hosts hosting contests have been going AWOL and that the contest bookmark their entries, and never write anything for it....it takes ages for the contests to close because, the hosts feel bad about closing the contests and would rather wait for the entrants to actually write something for it.
Many hosts are patient....I myself give it three days into the contests and if I have three entrants then shut the door, and judge and nevermind the would-be entrants writing something for it...
Most of the contests I am in have been running on empty...the contests prolonged and the entries way over-due.
It's not a complaint really, just the thought of by the time the entries are in and the hosts has judge the contest I have lost interest in the contest and were it not because, I have written something worth keeping, I would have bailed out of the contest...as it is I usually like the host, and don't mind waiting...so this isn't really a rant but an observation...
Maybe, I am just less patient about waiting for entrants to write something...when I am hosting...is this a character flaw on my part? I'm not sure. In any case, the subject has been changed--yea me! on to the next.....
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I have a strange feeling you might be talking about my contests.
I can completely understand the ADD aspect of being a contest host. Happens to the best of us. But my goal with any contest, whether I'm hosting or participating, is inspiration. Even if I enter a prewrite, I'm looking for a review that will spark something and get me writing again. Same with prompts, even if you're adding to a story or just putting in an old one, I want you to get ideas on how to add to it or change it. Trophy? Points? I don't care. With contest asking for anything from pictures, names to actual prompts the trophies don't really tell you who the good authors are, just whose online a lot.
Side rant- People who complain about the world from their mum's basement. "Am I the only intelligent person here? Can't you see the socialist/fascist/communist/fox newsist etc..." In the immediate vicinity, yes you are the only intelligent person the-...oh wait I didn't see that blow-up doll uner your bed, and your cat just walked in. Well, you're in the top three!
yeah, rant on a storywriting site about it, that'll show 'em. Maybe get off your arse and do something if you really care. If you don't then stop female-dogging about it and go back to watching Dr.Who.
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I actually know a man who does that, to hear him talk you'd believe that he was here on SW, as he sounds the way this gut here reads...we all know who he is so there's no need to say his name. Lol.
I do tend to be quick on the draw for the contests, after three days I am ready to close them down and have been accusedof doing just that. I allow for 20 entrants but, usually close after three.
I normally use contests as inspirations for my short stories and sometimes, work with the prompt but forego the contests, some might consider that wrong.
I always prefer new writes, though accept pre-writes but always lean towards granting the trophy to new writes, not because they are better stories (sometimes, they are), but because the person was inclined to actualluy write something that isn't/wasn't in a thousand contests, and doesn't have a thousand trophies.
If you enter a contest with a new write and win a trophy, why keep using the same story for other contests? Why not make the effort to write something new?
Some good writers here on SW haven't entered a lot of contests, they are just really good at writing, and when I read their work it's like finding a treasure, those are the writers that I do wish would write more.
Sorry for the long post guys....too much caffeine. Lol.
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--Different Subject--
I was not so happy before, as I couldn't write anything for my second story of a series, but I am now finishing another one (Different story all together), and I already have two story ideas for the future! I quite like them, and I can't wait to start writing them!!
Soo happy~ 
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I happy rant? That's a first.
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I'm sitting near a gaggle of idiots in the library right now. Throwing around dirty words and obnoxious, shallow talk.
When ever I come across such absolutely dense beings, I can't help but think there must be different breeds of human.
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Edit: I'm sorry, I just need to keep ranting. They're driving me crazy. All they do is vomit stupidity out of their slack-jawed mouths. I can't BELIEVE people like this exist! I'm quite glad that the lady running the computer section of the library is trying to kick them out. However, they keep saying disrespectful things about her, calling her a bitch and whatnot. Well, you WERE playing that stupid little Facebook Farm crap, what do you expect? Just, please, go away and crawl under a rock. You have absolutely NOTHING to contribute to this world. No one will ever have respect for your neanderthal grunts and groans, nor will you ever amount to anything! So please, just do us all a favor and go away!
Pardon my harsh words, I just get so frustrated with all of this ignorance sharing my air. -
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My son plays the facebook farm on the library computer, and he's a quiet as a mouse.... then again, he's 9, and he's using my facebook while I'm two seats away on Storywrite. .... and a few seats down, a few teens are making fools of themselves with their talk and swearing... to which I merely stare until they notice, then ask how their mom is.... even if I don't know them, it gives the illusion that I do... usually shuts them up.
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I have always wondered why the most idiotic people venture into the library...the homeless people are bad enough but at least they mind their manners as I mind their smell...
Idiots come into the library because, it is quiet and their stupidity echoes back to them creating the illusion that they are being heard.
We have a police officer who patrols the library here and he keep the peace, quickly dispenses with the morons and idiots, and anyone he catches sleeping at the library. This Dude is big and buff and bored...which means he's looking for stupid people to arrest or taz...gotta love the tazer.
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I hate my English teacher. She is making me mad
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Not really a rant, but a few questions:
1) How hard is it for people to write the best way that they can?
2) How hard is it for people to write something new for contests?
3) Is thinking really as hard as it seems to most people?
4) What's the difference between laziness and writer's block?
5) Is it fair to expect to win yet another trophy for a pre-
write over a new write? (so many pople think so).
6) Why is the sky blue and the grass green?
7) Why are contest hosts wanting: Can you wow me with your
entry? Give me emotions and feelings. Name my character.
give me a name. help me write or rewrite my novel.
Whatever happened to contests that challenge the writers?
8) What's the deal with hosting a contest, and then going MIA?
9) Does this sound more like a rant?
10) Will I ever get the answers that I seek?
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2) Not everyone can write something new for every contest, and if they have a prewrite that fits perfectly, I say go for it. But I mean, I see your point that it can be a little annoying seeing the same prewrite entered in a hundred contests.
5) It depends. If the prewrite is written better than the new write, and does fit with contest guidelines- as a regular contest judge, I will award the trophy to whom I think deserves it. However, I also take into consideration that the person who wrote the new write also took time to sit down and put out something new just for my contest- so in the end, the new write may be more likely to win the higher point trophy than the prewrite... BUT it'd still have to depend on how well things are written and if all the rules of the contest were followed.
7) All in good fun
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9) Yeah
10) Maybe
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I'll take the ones Lady didn't
1) How hard is it for people to write the best way that they can? - Very. With the type of contests on here and the barrage of 'THIS STORY RULEZ!!!1!!' comments, it's easy for subpar writers to get a big ego. Clappies and trophies do not make a great writer. IF you try to help out someone they usually get very defensive and point out the two honorable mentions for their story that was entered in over five dozen contests. People on here have become complacent in their mediocre writing.
3) Is thinking really as hard as it seems to most people?
Yes.
4) What's the difference between laziness and writer's block?
Will power. Also direction. I can probably spit out a short story off the top of my head right now (not saying it'd be great) but if it most likely will have nothing to do with the two stories I'm stuck on now. I guess you could call that selective block.
I agree with Lady on #7 but I don't think those contests should have trophies; just points. Coming up with the most awesome word and winning a trophy for it diminishes the already weakened awe of the trophy.
Question - If you have sixty gold trophies and fifty seven of them are for the same story; are you a good writer or did you just get lucky once? (Does it matter if you've entered it in every contest imaginable and have been on SW since the dawn of time?)
good rant, even if you don't consider it one.
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Question - If you have sixty gold trophies and fifty seven of them are for the same story; are you a good writer or did you just get lucky once? (Does it matter if you've entered it in every contest imaginable and have been on SW since the dawn of time?)
You forgot to add "or did you plagiarize it from someone else?"
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Thanks for the answers guys.
And I agree, winning a trophy doesn't mean anyting to me if I have:
1) Entered a contest where is is ridiculously easy to win a trophy, and how could I not win if mine is the only one in it?
Or even my worse work shines because, the other contestants have entered shabby work, and haven't made an effort at all.
Those kinds of trophies should have a V on them for vanity, I feel like yanking the story out, and giving back the trophy because, to me it's worthless.
I would rather be beat by an entery that is better written then mine, so that I can read it and learn from it and realize my own mistakes.
2) I win the trophy because one of my friends chose to give it to me for entering their contest....
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Especially if I myself know that the story isn't the best I could have witten, then I feel mediocre to the 2nd power, because they didn't have the guts to call me out on it.
So that I could improve, and they know it's not a good story either...okay I have said lie to me, but at leas tell me you're doing it.
Tell me you're lying to me to make me feel good, don't give me the trophy if it's not warranted, and be courageous enough to point out my SPaGs.
I may not like you for it at the moment--but I will get over it quick enough, and be glad for a friend who won't lie to me, even if I have told them to.
I think that if you have sixty trophies and fifty seven are for the same story then you fall into the 1 book category, because it would seem that you can only write that one good story, and need to enter the contests that the story meets the requirements of.
That doesn't make you a good writer...either you're entering in substandard contests, you have a lot of friends who don't want to offend you, or you're trading off on your goodwill.
I am thinking that either I am not being to clear on the requirements for my contests or pepe are getting awfully dense, as they read the requirements and enter the most unrelated stories....
It get me thinking...which nuts needs the squirrel, them or me?
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Ok Im really ignoring what all of you has said because I saw the thread title and after the day I had I needed a good old fashioned rant.
Through the nature of my job I come into contact with alot of stupid stupid people I have always wanted to say something.....
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!
Why do stupid people breed seriously?
8 questions I have always wanted to ask a stupid person:
1. Why were you born?
2. What the hell are you talking about?
3. Why cant you simply accept that it was your fault and do something about it?
4. Its not immigrants, other ethnicity or the government why your life sucks but your own because you will not work hard. Why cant you accept that?
5. Seriously, why do you try and act like a hip-hop star from LA and try and rap when your a 16/20/30/30 something from either Ipswich or Glasgow and your name is Dudley?
6. Dont you understand the meaning of customer service?
7. Haven't you heard of personal hygiene?
8. Do you ever tell yourself to shut up?
Ok rant over for now.
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A good rant to be sure.
I have some questions and a mini-rant.
Why do kids 12-16, and some even younger consider themselves to be "adults"?
Why do they sometimes, insist on joining adult groups, and reading adult materials?
What's the big deal in growing up so fast?
Nine year olds smoking and wanting to view adult material, and to fit in the adult world when they lack the maturity.
Nine to Fifteen year olds considering themselves grown.
Whatever happened to kids just wanting to be kids, and enjoying their childhood?
Normally this doesn't bother me--when they try to join my very adult groups I don't allow it, but this trend is taking a turn for the worse.
Kids hate being called kids--but that is exactly what they are.
Girls are not usually considered mature until they are eighteen, and boys until they are twenty-one. (girls having the ability to mature faster than boys, and today that rule still applies).
"Thinking" you're an adult, and actually being one are two different and separate matters.
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