July 15th, 2004
Writing contests.
I’m done with them. Really. I’ve done very well, I think. Most of my excerpts posted here have judge’s comments that were very encouraging. But aside from the pats on the back I don’t get near enough out of them to waste my money on them. The feedback is minimal, good or bad, and the process is so subjective. One judge will give an almost perfect score and praise certain parts. Another judge will give a mediocre score and criticise the same parts the other judge loved. How can you get anything out of that? It would be so much simpler if the scores were even vaguely similar so that you could tell what to work on. :crazy:
I’m saving my money for clothes and shoes! 
Tell me what you think about writing contests here.
