Would really appreciate some insight on the only two peoms submitted by me-wondering if I should add more to the list.
You guys- by the way- are pretty chill. thanx alot
Dawn Michele
But how many videos feature a couple hangin' out on the Tower of the Americas and shootin' each other with water guns in front of the Alamo? It may be cheese, but's it's original cheese, damn it! Monterrey Jack with jalapenos, not WIC cheese. Not Cheez Whiz. Not string cheese. Yummy, yummy cheese, ya bastard!
Misti - its called constructive criticism. If you can't stand the heat, don't play the game.
I've enjoyed your screen play up until this point.
rainin'
rainin'...
I know how to take constructive criticism and thanks for the compliment, but I will leave the scene as it is for now. My intuition is what guides me and I trust it, at least when it comes to my art...such as it is.
To be honest, I thrive on criticism and insults. Bring it on! I like rain. I'd move to Oregon or Washington tomorrow if I had the money.
Oh, I like the heat, too. I'd move to Rio de Janeiro tomorrow if I only had a game plan. Then again, I fear the stark contrast of the caste system there. And I hear the mosquitoes are really big. And I don't speak Portuguese or fluent Spanish. Bye.
Megs,
Just read *The Way to a Man's Heart.* Muy bueno, chica. Thanks for defending my cheesy scene, btw! :)
Compliments from Queen Pepper Jack? So happy I wept a bit...you have one loyal fan who will defend your right to produce cheese in any variety...avoiding Velveeta.
If you thrive on it why get defensive and ignore it?
Just a thought.
Megs,
Thanks, chica! I hope to have the screenplay completed by the end of the month. E-mail me, if you want.
Rainin,
Uh...just because I thrive on insults and criticism doesn't mean I'm going to sacrifice my vision to suit some anonymous person's whims or whatever. Admittedly, I can be cheesy. Admittedly, I lack common sense. Admittedly, I am a hyperactive 12 year old trapped in a grown woman's body. But this is all irrelevant. What it all boils down to is this: I have no idea. My train of thought just got derailed.
Now silly people...
Isn't more fun to be cheesy and still have castles in the air and sometimes lack common sense for the sheer delight of it? If people (even the cheesy video people) didn't make romantic scenes with people running all over town holding hands and being pure cheddar than what would us romantics cling to??? Bits of cheese scattered about, the remanants of optimism on the cruddy pot of life. (How poetic an image there :P)
To Rainin'---Have you submitted anything? I ask out of curiousity. Would love to see your view of romance...
you don't have to be a poet to be a critic - there is no rule that states that.
However - I am an established author. I don't submit to the LoveBlender, I buy art from it.
rainin'
Misti~
One of your submissions said that you're from Texas. Where in Texas? I'm in Dallas... Anyone else from the Lone Star State or Big D?
Julie,
I live in Bridgeport, which is north of Decatur and Denton. I live about an hour east from Fort Worth! My sister lives in Lewisville- I was there last night, as a matter of fact! We took my brother to TGIFriday's to celebrate his 21st birthday! I was in West End on NYE.
:)Misti
Rainin'---
No biggie. I am interested in everyone's writing and I know you don't have to be a poet to be a critic. I am barely an anything myself...just an avid reader and aspiring writer. <Waving white flags>
Can't we all just get along?
*All smiles*
Megs
I'm amused by your poem inspired by me Misti - why is it you've assumed I am male?
i'm not at all sure that calling something cheesy is constructive criticism...if so, how?...seems just like labeling something negatively...which might be a reason for the comment being ignored...it came across as an insult to her work...misti is writing and submitting things here out of passion for her work...and i'm guessing that she's not doing it to appease the literary appetite of anyone else...and she's not getting paid for it...as with everyone who submits here...
if you're going to critique something, give alternatives to the things you feel are sub-par...instead of just saying you don't like it...or calling it cheesy...it's best to not insult people if you want them to listen
your diplomat,
gup
Its rather interesting that no one is allowed to say that something that Misti did wasn't her best work. Would the reaction be so strong if I'd have criticised someone else's work?
Misti seems to thrive on firing negative comments to other people, [I quote from Misti from earlier on the Board] "don't you be worryin' your pretty lil head. 'Kay? Go read a Danielle Steele book or something." Tell me which part of that says to you, "Tread on glass around Misti, she is tender hearted."?
No - I feel that Misti can stand up on her own two feet, I didn't ask her to change her scene, merely suggested it wasn't in keeping with the rest of her original writing. If she can't take one negative comment then how is she going to cope when 150 rejection letter arrive from the Screen Writers Guild before the one that starts with "congratulations Miss Rainwater".
Why everyone else is jumping up and down in her defence baffles me, Megs and Misti BOTH commented that they thought it was a tad cheesy before I ever did.
Give me a break.
rainin'
THIS quote describes love perfectly:
"Love is merely a madness, and I'll tell you, deserves as much a dark house and whip as mad men do. And the reason why they are not so punished and cured, is that the lunacy is so ordinary, that the whippers are in love too!"
~William Shakespeare, As You Like It