Forum: Writers


Subject: December Challenge - Official Voting Thread - Ends 12/29/04

dialyn opened this issue on Dec 20, 2004 ยท 49 posts


dialyn posted Sun, 26 December 2004 at 7:33 PM

I will say this, and this that the assumption one would always vote for oneself is an erroneous one. Never in the history of any challenge or contest have I ever voted for myself, because I recognized the strength of others, and never saw anything worthy in myself. In truth, humility has gotten me nothing but a kick in the pants and a door shut in my face. It isn't necessarily selfishness to recognize you have pride in your work. ....do, please, vote for the story that you in you heart think is the best, whether or not it is of your own creation. Learn objectivity...learn to compare yourself fairly with others. But do not judge yourself more harshly. If you like what you did the best, then why not say to the world: "I am proud of this that I created, that no one else did." It's just for fun, afterall. Winning is not the point. All of you who entered have already won...you risked showing yourselves to the world. That is the triumph here. The voting is secondary. Really.