 Noticing Newbies: November 02, 2005 Issue [#685] |
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 Welcome to the Noticing Newbies Newsletter! Our goal is to showcase some of our newest Writing.Com Authors and their items. From poetry and stories to creative polls and interactives, we'll bring you a wide variety of items to enjoy. We will also feature "how to" advice and items that will help to jump start the creation process on Writing.com.
We hope all members of the site will take the time to read, rate, review and welcome our new authors. By introducing ourselves, reviewing items and reaching out, we will not only make them feel at home within our community, we just might make new friends!
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 Let's Be Thankful!
Members, on the most part, are very courteous to one another. On the other hand, there are always a few that know just how to spoil your day. I'm not sure if the latter have just never been taught any manners, or if something went very wrong in their lives to make them permenantly cranky. Politeness should be the common courtesy here, but it is not always so.
Manners should also be a high priority. If someone reviews one of your items, at least send them an appreciation note, if not a return review. Acknowledge them in some way; after all, they took the time to read your piece and comment on it, they deserve something back in return. We don't always have time to review back, due to the busy lives many of us live, so if that is not possible, send a kind note thanking that member for their time and encouragement.
If you are fortunate enough to receive an awardicon, merit badge, and/or gift points, it's very important to send back a thank you. When I send a member one or more of these, I don't expect them to worship the ground I walk on, but some sort of acknowledgment would be nice.  Recently and in the past, I have sent out awardicons and not received any sort of thanks in return. Now don't get me wrong, most members really appreciate being awarded, but there always seems to be a few who never reply. It's just common courtesy to be thankful, right?
With Thanksgiving coming up this month, I'd like to include a few C note sites that concentrate on being thankful and appreciation. Whether you choose to use them or not, they really are a nice way to say Thank you to someone who has helped you out in one way or another. Yes, they do cost a few meager gift points, so if you cannot afford to do this, it's not a big deal. A Thank you reply in an email message is also most certainly appreciated. 
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 ~~~And Now... For Our Featured Newbie Presentation!~~~
Excerpt: Cold wet stone scraped against her forearms, tugging painfully at the sunburnt skin. Lost in an unknown system of caves with a dying flashlight and a nearly empty box of matches… was this really how she was going to go out? And here she’d always hoped for a dramatic, newsworthy death.
Excerpt: I will try my best to retell these events as they appeared in my dream. I apologize in advance for anything that may leave you without explanation, it has been quite some time since the dream. Your request to have this documented is indeed an important one. I must stop to ask, though, “Why is it that you wish to have a documented copy of this dream?” The thought has occurred to me that you are secretly studying me and are about to use this to put me away in some type of hospital for crazy people. I have dismissed that one, though. The more logical explanation is that this dream represents some type of proof that “they” are out there. By putting my dream into a medium that all can read universally, there is a chance that someone will see this and possibly recall a similar story to aid in this “investigation of the skies” if you will. I am not trying to prove anything by telling this story. The following is just the events of my dream as I remember seeing them. If it matters to you, I am currently eighteen years old. At the time of this dream, I was fifteen. Without further ado, I give you my dream:
Excerpt: Some women just know that they look good. When they do, they can use it as a weapon. I think these girls, Erin and Kristen, were unaware of their fortunate situation. Maybe they were just too young.
I remember seeing them outside in their backyard through my bedroom window on several occasions. They were usually doing homework or talking on the phone but regardless of their doings, I’d immediately run downstairs to my own backyard where I would climb the monkey bars and turn myself upside down on the rungs, hanging by my knees in an attempt to impress them. I’m certain that they were never impressed, but for some reason that was my move. Every guy has at some point in their lives had some move or clever line that they used in order to impress an attractive woman. Being young and insanely immature for my age, I showed off monkey bar skills to attract the opposite sex.
Excerpt: The fireworks from the fair lit up the night sky with cacophonous thundering that resembled artillery blasts. I had never actually heard artillery blasts, however, but because I had watched a lot of movies I felt that I had authority to identify such sounds.
Even high up on the Ferris wheel, the fleeting drops of each firework's luminous explosion still seemed far out of reach. I looked across the chair to Nikki whose legs were nervously glued together, and Park, who was rocking the seat beside her, so that she would beg him to stop.
Excerpt: Chris Orville Paine was sitting silently on the yellowing grass reading a book thoroughly. Reading was just not his thing. But though he was reading cover to cover, dreadful thoughts weighed in the back of his mind. As the other pupils played about the campus, he thought. He didn’t understand how he just abruptly became different. The other pupils in his class were laughing about without a care in the world across the small courtyard. How can they just suddenly do that? Chris thought angrily. And nobody seemed to notice him anymore. His masters seem to ignore his very existence as well.
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schipperke
Excellent newsletter Cubby!
Your question: What do I dislike reading about? I would have to say I don't like to read 'real life' stories about suicide or drugs. I also do not like experimental writing. A good example is "Sliver" by Ira Levin. Wonderful story, but painful to read because of the way he wrote it.
Thank you, Schippe! It's interesting how people's tastes are different. I have a handful of patrons that come into the library and all they want to read about is true crime, while quite a few elderly ladies read only hot romances! 
Tammy~Catchin Up~ 
I dislike reading vulgar items.
I don't think you are alone! 
scribbler
I completly HATE reading romance stories that use overly flowery words and complicated phrases. I mean, I personally write a bit more poetic but beautiful words (especially an abundance of them) is NO excuse for lack of plot or developed characters.
I agree. That's probably why I enjoy children's chapter books. They get to the point without boring me with tons of ever-done description. Thank you for your feedback!
hdelphyne
Though no longer considered a Newbie, I do appreciate your list of helpful articles. The process of learning never stops. A few of the titles caught me eye as "must read". Thank you for this thoughtful guide. Thea
I'm glad you found them useful. It's amazing how many non-newbies read this newsletter, too. Thank you so much for your feedback, Thea!
Quote: "To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing."
~Elbert Hubbard
Cubby's Question of the Month
What advice would you give to our writers who begin stories can but never complete them?
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See you again on November 30th!
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