The stuff I edited out is already gone, but again, the story is exactly the same. You probably wouldn't notice the stuff I took out anyway.

I am going to post what I have soon, just working on the ending. It might be done by tomorrow, but I am not sure.

Quoted from usaking It is hard for me to thank people for reading when all I get is negative responses, you know? It's like people constantly passing you and saying "Your car is ugly." If people say that to you, you aren't supposed to say "Thanks for looking." That sounds wrong, don't you think?

You have to remember that people are doing you a favor when they read your scripts.  And if you can't accept criticism, then you shouldn't be here.


Phil

Quoted from dogglebe You have to remember that people are doing you a favor when they read your scripts.  And if you can't accept criticism, then you should be here. Phil

I think you meant, if I can't accept criticism, then I SHOULD'NT be here. But yes, I agree. It is hard for me to take criticism and I have to learn to take it. I know i can learn to take it and move on, it's just hard.

Quoted from usaking I think you meant, if I can't accept criticism, then I SHOULD'NT be here.

No, Phil meant what he said. You SHOULD be here, is not referring to these boards but to the actual location where Phil currently is.

Just so you know Phil is currently in an institution for the criminally insane due to an unfortunate incident with a previous member of this notice board who badly criticized one of Phil's scripts. Something  to do with an ice-pick and a bottle of coke zero if I recall, it was a while ago though and the details escape me.

So when he  says if you can't accept criticism then you should be here, that is exactly what he means.

Oh okay. I was a little confused, but I understand now.

I have come across a couple of people on SS (thankfully only a couple of people in the large community that is SS), who post scripts - which may not be bad, but may need work, and who refuse to accept any criticism - you say so and so to them, and their comeback is, "you don't understand my work" or, and this was actually said to me not long ago, "you can't have seen real screenwriting before".

My scripts have generally received positive feedback, and so far I have not had a real critical pasting from anyone (though that my change with my OWC entry), so maybe if it had I'd feel differently - but when I receive negative comments, sometimes I will agree, and sometimes I won't. When I don't, depending on my mood, I post why I don't - but I still thank the poster for taking the time and trouble to read and comment on my script.

One of my scripts got no reads - so I asked for them on the "read my work" thread, and have now had quite a lot - but they have been mixed. More so probably than any of my other scripts - but I still prefer to have had a thread full of reads of this kind than see that horrible 0 siting next to my thread!