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There are currently 96 genres supported by WDC. When creating an item, do you usually list just one genre, or more? |
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Poetry, like anything worthwhile, takes time to do. How many types of poetry have you attempted? |
| Um, that I can remember? Free verse, haiku, slam, sonnet, ode, limerick, epic and I forget the name of this last one I think it's called "pillow poem". So I think nine. The rough translation of the "pillow poem" I wrote is "pigeons fly through the sky and shit" I wrote it for my advanced Japanese language class. The style was three lines 7,7,5. I can't remember the name for that style it's been a while. My poor Sensei.  |
Three Word Thursday What three words best describe a mysterious stranger? See a great response? Send them a Three Word Thursday badge! from the left menu, "Points" --> "Merit Badges: Shop"  |
Falling in love is a special period in our lives.
What makes falling in love wonderful? |
| When life is being tough,work seems endless, people are merciless,when you're inhaling the sunset breeze after a long day,when you're looking up at the night sky,you remember your loved one, weither it's someone else or even better, yourself (and here I recall the lyrics in a song called Epiphany by Jin "I'm the one I should love in this world" , and when that happens, you smile,a from the bottom of your heart,and you tell yourself that it's all worth it. That alone is a reason why falling in love is wonderful |
The pros and cons of focusing your writing on an ultra-specific niche. What's one very specific genre of fiction that you enjoy reading? |
Whale of a Wednesday  Name this whale...     |
Humble Poet PNG  - Ok then. Let's see if I can put this fish mammal story to rest. In Star Trek IV: The Boyage Home, the crew of the late Enterprise return to the "latter half of the 20th century" "...in an effort to bring two humpback whales..." to the 23rd century "...to repopulate the species." The ultimate goal is to get the whales to tell the probe "what to go do with itself." The answer was a "pair of humpback whales named George & Gracie" which Adm. Kirk locates with "simple logic." George & Gracie btw (though this isn't mentioned in the film) are named for George Burns and his comedic partner/wife, Gracie Allen. It's unlikely but possible that the lines I've quoted are not perfectly correct. I've just typed them in from memory, and I shouldn't even be back at my station as if nothing happened. I'm not exactly operating on all thrusters. |
| Humble Poet PNG - you're moving at warped speed. You know, I actually thought "The Motion Picture" wasn't half bad. I know, me and three other people, right? That and "Wrath of Khan" were about the only two worth writing home about, for me. |
Boulden Shade (fka Jeff Meyer)  - The Motion Picture had a plot. It took me a while, but I found it. That film grew on me and I figure it was pretty good for what it was, a foot back in the door for the Star Trek universe --- and franchises. |
 Musical Monday   What's your musical obsession right now? Leave a comment with your answer! |
| Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska, Ghost of Tom Joad, Into the Fire, Devils and Dust |
| I am listening to the playlist to my ten year old book. Right now it is playing the theme to Knight Rider... One of the less-appropos songs. But still kind of... his AI Car is an interstellar "Starchaser" who is on lockdown because his credit card is rigged to work as a set of thieves' tools. |
| Any song by either Måneskin or Ghost BC. Especially 'Trastevere' and 'See no evil' and 'Jesus he knows me'. 🤗 |
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Comedy wears many masks How do you like your comedy served? |
| The earliest situation comedy (sitcom) I remember watching is The Flintstones. I wasn't introduced to stand-up comedy until much later in my life. I do like a wide variety of stand-up comics. Overall and in general, if it's funny, I'm laughing. I love nearly anything humourous. My WdC friends might find this hard to believe, but I've seriously toyed with the idea of developing a stand-up routine and moving to Vegas. However, I think I prefer writing comedy. I also love reading comedy and cartoons. Gary Larson's The Far Side is one of my favourites. |
| If stand up now, it’s Niki Glazer — genuine, gracious and delivers an insult impeccably. |
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SM has told me, himself, that the #1 way people search for things to read on WdC is through the genre search, so if you aren't filling out all 3 genres, you are literally missing out on readers.
Also, as I'm sure you're aware, when something is nominated for "The Quills"
Just like with any other suggestion in a review, there's no obligation to follow it, but they do have legitimate reasons to make those suggestions and I fully support those who include the recommendation of including all 3 genres. Don't do it if you don't want to but I will continue to suggest it in my reviews and encourage others to do so as well because there are very good reasons to do so.
There are many people on here who don't understand how important the use of genre categories are on here. You're probably the only person I've met on here who would likely tell me you don't care. I've had countless people tell me they had no idea of the importance of including all 3 genres.
My best suggestion, if you truly want people to not tell you to include all 3, aside from including all 3 lol, is to include a note that you purposely didn't include all 3 for whatever reason...or just ignore that part of the review as we all do with any part of any review we don't agree with. lol