*sigh* I know that feeeelliinngg... >< I axed my first creative writing class in college because the professor was a pretentious bitch. I feel sort of immature for thinking that, and for dropping the class for what seems like a stupid reason, but I can't work in that environment. I'm pretty effing resistant to criticism, but there is only so much that I can take. I actually got this comment back on my second paper:
"Your writing style is childish and underdeveloped, and this paper seems hastily written and even more rushed in the editing process. Correct sentence structure and other conventions of the English language appear to have little effect on your work. Any content of value has been lost in the morass of split prepositions, misconceptions and stilted prose. Please put forth the proper effort from now on."
No lie. [I actually dug the paper out and copied it to the comment box... I save it for some mystifying reason. i should burn the damn thing.] >< I don't care how shitty the paper is, you just don't say that. Seriously. Wow. And I doubt it was that effing bad. I'm not much for the ego-having, but I was taking a 200 level class as a freshman. ><
Sorry, I'm ranting about me again. ><
Anyway, I totally understand why you love the writer's here on lj. I feel the exact same way. What's the point of writing if not to share a common experience, evoke emotion, and express yourself? I've never understood the need to endlessly self-promote.
And I know what you mean about the professors that are so stuck on themselves. Other "in charge" types too. I had a judge at a writing contest who spent 20 mins going on about a squirrel [at least this one was alive] and this prose/poetry he'd written about it... go figure. Was the guy you met called "Antler" by any chance?
Bah. I think I'll just stick with the lovely people here. ^^ So, I wanted to say "ditto" to everything you said, and also "amazing poem!" It really drew me in and poked at all those feelings I have stored away about the written word and my love affair with it... then I hit the last line and for some reason it made me "baahahahaha" better than anything else in the past month. Thanks for sharing!
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"Your writing style is childish and underdeveloped, and this paper seems hastily written and even more rushed in the editing process. Correct sentence structure and other conventions of the English language appear to have little effect on your work. Any content of value has been lost in the morass of split prepositions, misconceptions and stilted prose. Please put forth the proper effort from now on."
No lie. [I actually dug the paper out and copied it to the comment box... I save it for some mystifying reason. i should burn the damn thing.] >< I don't care how shitty the paper is, you just don't say that. Seriously. Wow. And I doubt it was that effing bad. I'm not much for the ego-having, but I was taking a 200 level class as a freshman. ><
Sorry, I'm ranting about me again. ><
Anyway, I totally understand why you love the writer's here on lj. I feel the exact same way. What's the point of writing if not to share a common experience, evoke emotion, and express yourself? I've never understood the need to endlessly self-promote.
And I know what you mean about the professors that are so stuck on themselves. Other "in charge" types too. I had a judge at a writing contest who spent 20 mins going on about a squirrel [at least this one was alive] and this prose/poetry he'd written about it... go figure. Was the guy you met called "Antler" by any chance?
Bah. I think I'll just stick with the lovely people here. ^^ So, I wanted to say "ditto" to everything you said, and also "amazing poem!" It really drew me in and poked at all those feelings I have stored away about the written word and my love affair with it... then I hit the last line and for some reason it made me "baahahahaha" better than anything else in the past month. Thanks for sharing!
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