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I noticed that in the writing guidelines that writing should be "accidentally funny." What does this mean. Is accidentally funny somewhat akin to tripping and falling on your face in a crowded room (which is more embarassing than funny) or more like a high speed collision on the freeway (which hurts more than anything)? What do you mean by this?
Anyway, I like to have fun when I write and excercise some creativity while staying within the bounds of reality. Why don't you read my first ever journal entry and let me know if this is "trying too hard." If it's not "trying too hard" what is it? "Trying not enough?" :-> I was just curious. Anyway, bravo on this site. I only wish I had found it a long time before now. I love it. Take care, be safe.

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No really, I appreciate your input. I like to find out what people like and dislike about my writing considering that I'm going to try to break through and become a full bore author soon. If there's something that you don't like, please let me know that way I can improve. As for fictional, that's my forte. I've always been more of a fiction writer than anything. I wrote that to provoke a laugh or two. The truth is, I was out of money so I ended up staying on the ship for most of the duration of our stay in Canada. Now, as to the subject of guide entries, I'm considering trying to submit a few on boot camp, Nevada, San Diego, and various foreign countries that I've been to since I've joined the Navy. I've wanted to document my travels somehow, but I haven't had a chance until now. Plus, in a few months we're going on another deployment to see places like Singapore, Japan, Thailand, etc. What do you think? Think it'd fly?

No really, I appreciate your input. I like to find out what people like and dislike about my writing considering that I'm going to try to break through and become a full bore author soon. If there's something that you don't like, please let me know that way I can improve. As for fictional, that's my forte. I've always been more of a fiction writer than anything. I wrote that to provoke a laugh or two. The truth is, I was out of money so I ended up staying on the ship for most of the duration of our stay in Canada. Now, as to the subject of guide entries, I'm considering trying to submit a few on boot camp, Nevada, San Diego, and various foreign countries that I've been to since I've joined the Navy. I've wanted to document my travels somehow, but I haven't had a chance until now. Plus, in a few months we're going on another deployment to see places like Singapore, Japan, Thailand, etc. What do you think? Think it'd fly?

No really, I appreciate your input. I like to find out what people like and dislike about my writing considering that I'm going to try to break through and become a full bore author soon. If there's something that you don't like, please let me know that way I can improve. As for fictional, that's my forte. I've always been more of a fiction writer than anything. I wrote that to provoke a laugh or two. The truth is, I was out of money so I ended up staying on the ship for most of the duration of our stay in Canada. Now, as to the subject of guide entries, I'm considering trying to submit a few on boot camp, Nevada, San Diego, and various foreign countries that I've been to since I've joined the Navy. I've wanted to document my travels somehow, but I haven't had a chance until now. Plus, in a few months we're going on another deployment to see places like Singapore, Japan, Thailand, etc. What do you think? Think it'd fly?

No really, I appreciate your input. I like to find out what people like and dislike about my writing considering that I'm going to try to break through and become a full bore author soon. If there's something that you don't like, please let me know that way I can improve. As for fictional, that's my forte. I've always been more of a fiction writer than anything. I wrote that to provoke a laugh or two. The truth is, I was out of money so I ended up staying on the ship for most of the duration of our stay in Canada. Now, as to the subject of guide entries, I'm considering trying to submit a few on boot camp, Nevada, San Diego, and various foreign countries that I've been to since I've joined the Navy. I've wanted to document my travels somehow, but I haven't had a chance until now. Plus, in a few months we're going on another deployment to see places like Singapore, Japan, Thailand, etc. What do you think? Think it'd fly?

My browser messed up and I didn't mean to post that one eighty million times. Sorry.

hehe, it happens from time to time.
I think the guide is lacking on geograpical entries, so that would go down very well.
As for fiction, there's a club around here somwhere for people who prefer to write fiction.

http://www.h2g2.com/A294833 is the place to go if you like fiction, or so I'm told.