froglady wrote: βMarch 3rd, 2024, 1:04:36 am
It was a suggestion because you said hardly no one entered. It wasn't an attack, hence the smilie at the end. Besides, the biggest lesson all writers learn from their editors (and tout de suite at that) is to take constructive criticism in the spirit in which it was meant, and this wasn't meant to be mean or nasty at all. It was meant to perhaps get more people in the next one, because you seemed upset there weren't more entries.
I generally don't bother with raffles and giveaways. I opened this thread purely by accident with snaplinks, and only entered it because of the writing. I would have entered sooner if the title had included something about a writing contest instead of something about narcissism. I don't care about winning anything or getting free stuff, I just like to write.
Do I wish more people entered? Sure, but I'm hardly upset by it. This isn't the first time I've run this thing. But if you're going to insist on giving me advice, here's some for you in turn: if you give criticism, constructive or not, unsolicited, don't be surprised when the response isn't quite as eager as you'd like. And since I didn't ask for your services - actually, even if I had! - it is still up to me whether I heed your "edits" or not.
I'm glad you happened to open this thread and decide to write something for it. It is also a raffle, and I decided to treat it as such. I'm sorry that you're so not into raffles that you couldn't be bothered to check it out otherwise, but then perhaps that means this wasn't the right format for you. Since you enjoy writing whether or not there are prizes involved, you're always welcome to post writing in the tea house even it it isn't for an extremely vague raffle prompt.