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Secretly Not Here Any More Started conversation Jan 22, 2009
So, what do we all think of the first scores?
I'm happy with mine (last comment I had from Pin labelled me a "tawdry little whore" of a copywriter :p), but there's some on there that I would have marked differently.
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minichessemouse - Ahoy there me barnacle! Posted Jan 22, 2009
all i am saying is ouch! but i know i am probably the least experienced (and quite possibly youngest) writer in the contest, i think its a case of a reoprt saying "could do better" which is fair enough.
mini
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U168592 Posted Jan 22, 2009
Nail - head. Fair comments (and possibly mind reading 
) from the judges on my part 
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Merry Anne Posted Jan 22, 2009
Weren't we supposed to write a journal about it? Should be my forte. 
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Beatrice Posted Jan 22, 2009
I'm familiar with criticism of my writing being that it's too succinct: I don't "do" waffle, and a lot of my actual paid work involves summarising and crystallizing the essentials, so I suppose that comes through in what I produced.
Yup, this is going to be stretching OK!
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Skankyrich [?] Posted Jan 22, 2009
I think the first round was very tough.
Some people have got low scores, perhaps unexpectedly. It's worth remembering that I (I can't speak for the others) considered the fact that you considered yourselves among the best writers here when giving out scores; in that context, I would have been quite prepared to give a zero for anything really poor.
You're all in esteemed company. However you look at your scores and your reviews, you've done well because the people surrounding you are *superb* writers. As Matt and Beatrice suggest, you just need to stretch a bit/lot more
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David B - Singing Librarian Owl Posted Jan 23, 2009
I thought my scores and comments were definitely more than fair. Shall have to get in a few sessions on the rack to ensure that future entries are from a more stretched librarian owl!
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- 1: Secretly Not Here Any More (Jan 22, 2009)
- 2: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Jan 22, 2009)
- 3: minichessemouse - Ahoy there me barnacle! (Jan 22, 2009)
- 4: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Jan 22, 2009)
- 5: U168592 (Jan 22, 2009)
- 6: Merry Anne (Jan 22, 2009)
- 7: Beatrice (Jan 22, 2009)
- 8: Skankyrich [?] (Jan 22, 2009)
- 9: David B - Singing Librarian Owl (Jan 23, 2009)
- 10: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Jan 23, 2009)
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