Comments on: Rejection (and Thomas’ balls) http://cmitchelloneal.com/2008/03/11/rejection-and-thomas-balls/ C. Mitchell O'Neal lives and writes in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:07:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Camille Alexa http://cmitchelloneal.com/2008/03/11/rejection-and-thomas-balls/#comment-60 Camille Alexa Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:01:39 +0000 http://cmitchelloneal.com/2008/03/11/rejection-and-thomas-balls/#comment-60 'Scatalogical' isn't an accurate descriptive in this case. Perhaps the author of that critique didn't quite grasp the meaning of the word. ‘Scatalogical’ isn’t an accurate descriptive in this case. Perhaps the author of that critique didn’t quite grasp the meaning of the word.

]]> By: CMO http://cmitchelloneal.com/2008/03/11/rejection-and-thomas-balls/#comment-45 CMO Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:42:18 +0000 http://cmitchelloneal.com/2008/03/11/rejection-and-thomas-balls/#comment-45 Well, this wasn't exactly workshopped. This was submitted to a magazine which happens to use creative writing students as reviewers. That said, I take all commentary on my stories, whether from professional editors or friends, with Jeff's grain of salt. Well, this wasn’t exactly workshopped. This was submitted to a magazine which happens to use creative writing students as reviewers. That said, I take all commentary on my stories, whether from professional editors or friends, with Jeff’s grain of salt.

]]> By: Ian Rogers http://cmitchelloneal.com/2008/03/11/rejection-and-thomas-balls/#comment-44 Ian Rogers Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:04:43 +0000 http://cmitchelloneal.com/2008/03/11/rejection-and-thomas-balls/#comment-44 What Jeff said. You're way braver than I am. I don't workshop my stories at all with strangers. I don't think it's wise to do it with close family or friends, but I think you need to find a medium of someone you know and respect (and who's opinion you trust, of course) rather than taking the opinion of people you don't know, who might be idiots or just don't know anything about writing. That's always been my biggest problem with workshopping stuff online with strangers. I don't know this guy! Why they hell am I listening to him? What Jeff said. You’re way braver than I am. I don’t workshop my stories at all with strangers. I don’t think it’s wise to do it with close family or friends, but I think you need to find a medium of someone you know and respect (and who’s opinion you trust, of course) rather than taking the opinion of people you don’t know, who might be idiots or just don’t know anything about writing.

That’s always been my biggest problem with workshopping stuff online with strangers. I don’t know this guy! Why they hell am I listening to him?

]]> By: Jeff Parish http://cmitchelloneal.com/2008/03/11/rejection-and-thomas-balls/#comment-43 Jeff Parish Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:04:47 +0000 http://cmitchelloneal.com/2008/03/11/rejection-and-thomas-balls/#comment-43 Gotta take a lot of those comments with a grain of salt...sometimes a grain the size of a sugar cube. Gotta take a lot of those comments with a grain of salt…sometimes a grain the size of a sugar cube.

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