Comments on: Short Story Competition: Eight (and Final) Batch Is Open for Voting! http://www.dailywritingtips.com/short-story-competition-eight-and-final-batch-is-open-for-voting/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Daniel Scocco http://www.dailywritingtips.com/short-story-competition-eight-and-final-batch-is-open-for-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-36551 Daniel Scocco Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:31:26 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=781#comment-36551 @FormerlyConfused, in theory once can not vote more than once, only if you do one specific thing on your computer, but I think 95% of the people don't know how to do that, so it should be safe. @FormerlyConfused, in theory once can not vote more than once, only if you do one specific thing on your computer, but I think 95% of the people don’t know how to do that, so it should be safe.

]]> By: Elissa http://www.dailywritingtips.com/short-story-competition-eight-and-final-batch-is-open-for-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-36421 Elissa Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:15:45 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=781#comment-36421 I love the Lost Book! It's so innocent and happy... some traits the other stories seem to be missing. Not that the others are bad, but I believe the Lost Book has a beautiful quality of light and goodness that our culture has thrown away. The point of the story, of course, is great. Books are magic!! As for what Daisy said about "Better, Stronger Person," I agree. God IS God, and He can do anything; He allows things to happen that we can't always understand simply because He is God. He sees the whole picture, and we don't. Just because we don't understand everything, that doesn't mean God can't change things. As Steven Curtis Chapman's song goes, "God is God and I am man/ I can never understand... And only God is God." Also wondering why FormerlyConfused wanted to point that out... :) Good job Emily Comer! I vote for you! I love the Lost Book! It’s so innocent and happy… some traits the other stories seem to be missing. Not that the others are bad, but I believe the Lost Book has a beautiful quality of light and goodness that our culture has thrown away. The point of the story, of course, is great. Books are magic!!

As for what Daisy said about “Better, Stronger Person,” I agree. God IS God, and He can do anything; He allows things to happen that we can’t always understand simply because He is God. He sees the whole picture, and we don’t. Just because we don’t understand everything, that doesn’t mean God can’t change things. As Steven Curtis Chapman’s song goes, “God is God and I am man/ I can never understand… And only God is God.”

Also wondering why FormerlyConfused wanted to point that out… :)

Good job Emily Comer! I vote for you!

]]> By: Daisy http://www.dailywritingtips.com/short-story-competition-eight-and-final-batch-is-open-for-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-35802 Daisy Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:13:12 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=781#comment-35802 So, Gillian, if I were to write a story detailing the microwaving of an infant by its mother, and then showing what a blessing it ended up being in the long run, because the child was deformed and its mother was on welfare and it would have lived a miserable life anyway and hooray... it would be effective? VOTE FOR ME So, Gillian, if I were to write a story detailing the microwaving of an infant by its mother, and then showing what a blessing it ended up being in the long run, because the child was deformed and its mother was on welfare and it would have lived a miserable life anyway and hooray…

it would be effective?

VOTE FOR ME

]]> By: FormerlyConfused http://www.dailywritingtips.com/short-story-competition-eight-and-final-batch-is-open-for-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-35688 FormerlyConfused Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:37:22 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=781#comment-35688 Are you aware that the poll allows you to vote more than once? A dishonest person could really stack the votes. Just saying. Are you aware that the poll allows you to vote more than once? A dishonest person could really stack the votes. Just saying.

]]> By: Gillian http://www.dailywritingtips.com/short-story-competition-eight-and-final-batch-is-open-for-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-35510 Gillian Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:00:02 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=781#comment-35510 Anything powerful enough to provoke emotions, whatever it is, is effective in its own accord. Just my 2 cents. :) Anything powerful enough to provoke emotions, whatever it is, is effective in its own accord.

Just my 2 cents. :)

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