Comment; Delete; Too Late!

Rereading a comment you left on someone else's work, before the magic of coffee kicked in!

Came out of my stupor and read what I commented

 

on somebody else's work, and I must say, 'offensive'. 

 

What was I thinking?  I'll tell you what, I wasn't!

Reviews

[annie lee]

Y'know, so many times on here, I need to repress my English teacher persona who is bristling with frustration over all the disjointed and florid crap she reads here. But then I drag out the vapid persona of the clinging, cloying fan. Just to survive, man. The one time I really ripped someone, she came back to me with ridiculous excuses like "I never use spell check on first draft, only if I know it will be published!" So I ripped her again; she's claiming a degree in anthropology, then tells me she is still in secondary school, and that she has already been accepted into a creative writing school in the US. She kept sending me emails with more swiss cheese statements that I just ignored. I hate it when people come on here and promenade their fantasy self and make outrageous claims. But I do want to encourage folks to keep writing because if they truly study, revise and think about what they're doing, they will progress.

[Michael Stevens]

I do understand how it must be frustrating to people who know editing, but there are nice ways of saying a certain piece of writing blows, without making the author feel worthless, and a little more kindness and a lot less personal ranking would go a long way. My worst fear is to offend someone, who's proud of their work, because I know how much work they put into it. I wrote this when I reread a comment I left trying for funny, and not to offend, but I could see how it maybe could have been taken the wrong way.

[mattavelli]

weren't constructive. hu?
Weren't nice, hu?
tisk tisk

[Michael Stevens]

Well, I didn't think it was so bad at the time...I wasn't mean or anything, but I was trying to be funny with 1/2 my brain tied behind my back; thanks!

[Marie]

Poets are a serious and sensitive bunch...

[Michael Stevens]

Yes, some of them are.