19 Jun 05
Originally posted by Chess Moose...hread.. obviously not be as far gone as me and press <enter> when you don't mean to.
However, I KNOW that the great escape one is worth reading, what do I have to do. Don't need "recs" although 1 is worse than none, just want someone other than the two of us to continue.
Bollox.
19 Jun 05
Originally posted by Chess MooseJust use a moose as your avatar, I'll always want to see that 😉
...hread.. obviously not be as far gone as me and press <enter> when you don't mean to.
However, I KNOW that the great escape one is worth reading, what do I have to do. Don't need "recs" although 1 is worse than none, just want someone other than the two of us to continue.
Bollox.
19 Jun 05
Originally posted by Chess MooseOkay...
what do I have to do.
1. Spice up your thread title. Add something sexual to it. Grown-ups are drawn to sex-related topics like children are drawn to the words "Poo" and "Fart."
2. Don't be too subtle. There are a lot of people on the forums who don't have English as a first language and there are a lot of people who do, but still don't understand irony or sarcasm either.
3. When writing something, think about "who" you are writing it for. It's probably wasted breath writing an article about the pro's of alcoholism for an AA meeting.
4. If you ask a question, use a question mark. If you start a sentence, use a capital. Use paragraphs. Make what you're writing as accessible as possible.
5. Use examples.
And even then it's just a toss-up if the subject is gonna catch on or not.
Some of the things I've written which I've thought were absolutely crap have had tons of reactions and some of the things I've written which I thought were bordering on genius, have either been mis-interpretted or ignored completely (or removed by the mods).
Take: Chocolate, sex and music
(http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=25095) for example. I thought that was rubbish. It was poorly written, not funny (besides the crow anecdote) and the main point was nothing more than a stupid question of which the answer isn't even interesting.
It got tons of reactions though.
Then take: The RHP literary society
(http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=25273)
I was well proud of it. It's three-posts-in-one. Divided into:
a. A joke at the expense of the politically correct
b. A spoof on starting music and film threads.
c. A small camp-fire tale.
All three have nothing in common, yet roll into each other and I even managed to refer back to the start at one point.
The three together though (intro, body and ending) are at the same time a piss-take on story telling in general.
It got hardly any reactions though, and those it did were generally taking it seriously.
I used my own examples here, but lots of people write great stuff that's never heard of and other people (like famous people with their biographies) write crap and earn millions.
It drives me to beer drinking it does....
19 Jun 05
Originally posted by shavixmirThank you. I will bear that in mind.
Okay...
1. Spice up your thread title. Add something sexual to it. Grown-ups are drawn to sex-related topics like children are drawn to the words "Poo" and "Fart."
2. Don't be too subtle. There are a lot of people on the forums who don't have English as a first language and there are a lot of people who do, but still don't understand irony or ...[text shortened]... eir biographies) write crap and earn millions.
It drives me to beer drinking it does....
xxx
19 Jun 05
Originally posted by shavixmirRight, learn as YUGO hey?
You don't get an edit. You create an edit.
Once you've posted something you don't like, you go back and edit it.
I added a second sentence to my reply, but thought better of it.
Seeing as you are habitually located in the sewers of London, can't you at least make someone else take an interest in the Great Escape thred?
I give up, I really do! 😴
(but thanks!)
19 Jun 05
Originally posted by shavixmirOh come on Shavi! The first sentence was so good, I for one would like to see the second.
You don't get an edit. You create an edit.
Once you've posted something you don't like, you go back and edit it.
I added a second sentence to my reply, but thought better of it.