- soulguard
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- Exalted Mythic Member
Hope your holiday was a restful/enjoyable one, Highland.
Looking to post stage 16 on friday.
As a side note, It is interesting that you all "assumed" that Mr_C was speaking of me, it does say a lot, but I was not out to prove, shutdown, out do, or beat Mr_C (if he was in fact speaking of me). I highly respect Mr_C as an author/writer, and would totally stop writing if I ever thought that I was competeing against him. Granted, there is some form of competition amongst writers, but nothing that we cheer for. I judge my level based on the responses I get (good and bad). For Mr_C, Scorptank, HaloXenon, SilkyCarp, etc... it may be different, but I don't see us as competing. I see us more along the lines of being in a classroom... we're all learning the ins and outs of writing as we go, some are more advanced then others, and some need more assistance. I write here to gadge my progress, to see if I'm ready to go beyond Fanfic writing and pursue something more. Of course, there is a huge gap between Fanfic writing and professional (I would assume that I'm an ametuer), but one must start someplace.
This "Classroom" has some good reviewers, some better then others, but what it allows me to see is that readers enjoy the material, this also lets me know that I need work in certain areas (mainly grammer checking). But all in all, I get the feed back I need from you guys, and while a professional editor or reviewer may rip me to shreds, I can still gadge my abilities here, cuase if you can't please a bunch of Halo fans with a Halo Fanfic... then you probably can't create an enjoyable stand alone novel.
Anyway, being the big fan of Mr_C that I am, trying to "stump" him was never my goal, and the fact that we do have a similar progression at this point is only coincidence. (Once again.. IF HE WAS talking about me. There are a lot of writers around here.)
More info soon...
-soulguard