Compliments!

icerose · Jun 30, 2009

Okay, so I just got an awesome compliment from a pro-script reader at one of the big five production companies!! She said my script was "Smokin' hot!" Unfortunately her boss isn't looking for this genre at the moment. :rant:

What compliments have you recieved about your writing recently that made you all warm and fuzzy?

CheshireCat · Jun 30, 2009

A royalty check.

Seriously, the best compliment I've ever received is, from readers, the simple, "Please don't ever stop writing."

One of those can keep you going for weeks.

icerose · Jun 30, 2009

That's awesome Cheshire! Yeah, I love getting checks too.

scarletpeaches · Jun 30, 2009

blacbird said he thinks I'm 'incapable of writing crap'.

KTC · Jun 30, 2009

Recently? I've been on a dry run. I'm waiting...

I once got fan mail from Ann Jillian. That was nice.

KTC · Jun 30, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
blacbird said he thinks I'm 'incapable of writing crap'.

That's high praise coming from blac.

Darzian · Jun 30, 2009

I always doubt myself so much, even the slightest compliment can be powerfully energizing.

thethinker42 · Jun 30, 2009

Scarletpeaches told me a while back, regarding one of my WIP's, "If this isn't published, I'll eat my own head." My other favorite was when she read a particular bit from my last WIP and came back with, "You completely talented shit" (followed by an angry smiley).

No one gives compliments quite like SP.

KTC · Jun 30, 2009

thethinker42 said:
Scarletpeaches told me a while back, regarding one of my WIP's, "If this isn't published, I'll eat my own head." My other favorite was when she read a particular bit from my last WIP and came back with, "You completely talented shit" (followed by an angry smiley).

No one gives compliments quite like SP.

I agree. Every time she says she hates me, I feel a love so big!

scarletpeaches · Jun 30, 2009

thethinker42 said:
Scarletpeaches told me a while back, regarding one of my WIP's, "If this isn't published, I'll eat my own head." My other favorite was when she read a particular bit from my last WIP and came back with, "You completely talented shit" (followed by an angry smiley).

Well..."I really like this," doesn't properly convey the violence of my love.

thethinker42 said:
No one gives compliments quite like SP.

That in itself is a compliment.

KTC said:
I agree. Every time she says she hates me, I feel a love so big!

I hate you long time.

thethinker42 · Jun 30, 2009

KTC said:
I agree. Every time she says she hates me, I feel a love so big!

Every one of my manuscripts is littered with comments of "I hate you !@#$" and "Eat !@#$ and die". So much love. <3 <3 <3

icerose · Jun 30, 2009

You guys are hilarious. :roll:

thethinker42 · Jun 30, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
Well..."I really like this," doesn't properly convey the violence of my love.

The violence of my love. That is made of so much win.

I could probably come up with a list of the top 10 most bizarre, but flattering compliments I've ever received, and they would all be from you.

scarletpeaches · Jun 30, 2009

icerose said:
You guys are hilarious.

I'm feeling the love in this thread.

thethinker42 · Jun 30, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
I'm feeling the love in this thread.

I'm feeling the violent love in this thread.

Caramia · Jun 30, 2009

Well, take this with big helping of salt please, since the work didn't warrant it to my present mind but sure was nice then

When I walked in on my daughter reading my first story, crying a bucket. I think it was the highest compliment possible! (I know...kinda strange thing to say huh? lol)

A couple of online friends read my stories, one mailed them to me to be signed and another drove here to get his signed.

KTC · Jun 30, 2009

I saw my wife cry reading the last few pages of one of my manuscripts...the denouement. I think my heart stopped!

Calla Lily · Jun 30, 2009

I want a scarletpeaches compliment.

Seriously, the best compliment I received was from Daved MacAfee. He betaed my PR, and for several chapters he emailed me with comments prefaced by a version of "This isn't my genre, so..." or "I don't read this genre at all, but..." (Which is why I asked him, yanno. Totally objective crit.) And then about 1/3 of the way in, he emailed: "I'm hooked." And described how he was reading it in the car, at lunch, and so on.

The second-best was from III, who once sent me a two-word compliment, in HUGE type, with several exclamation points, referring to *the* plot twist in the mystery. Yeah, that made me happy.

scarletpeaches · Jun 30, 2009

callalily61 said:
I want a scarletpeaches compliment.

I don't hate you as much as some people. :e2teeth:

thethinker42 · Jun 30, 2009

Caramia said:
When I walked in on my daughter reading my first story, crying a bucket. I think it was the highest compliment possible! (I know...kinda strange thing to say huh? lol)

KTC said:
I saw my wife cry reading the last few pages of one of my manuscripts...the denouement. I think my heart stopped!

That's always a big compliment to me, too, when someone tells me my story made them cry.

callalily61 said:
I want a scarletpeaches compliment.

There's the other side of the coin too...the scarletpeaches criticism. Usually in the form of, "SORT IT, SHITHEAD *angry smiley*"

scarletpeaches said:
I don't hate you as much as some people.

The violence of your love is breathtaking.

MissKris · Jun 30, 2009

I recently had Kate Schaffer Testerman (kt literary) mention a line from my manuscript on one of her blog posts. "You had me at . . ." were her words. That was pretty darn nice!

KTC · Jun 30, 2009

This just in. Cass has been knock-out great with compliments...she read my manuscripts and love them long time. (-; Yes, Cass...your compliments kick ass.

Shadow_Ferret · Jun 30, 2009

At this point, the only compliment that'll make me feel warm and fuzzy is an offer of representation.

So within the context of this thread... I haven't received any compliments recently... or ever.

KTC · Jun 30, 2009

Shadow_Ferret said:
At this point, the only compliment that'll make me feel warm and fuzzy is an offer of representation.

So within the context of this thread... I haven't received any compliments recently... or ever.

I'll represent you...in a murder trial...if you kill Judaspeaches right now.

scarletpeaches · Jun 30, 2009

Bastige.

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