Comments on: But What Color Were the Rocks?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:08:31 +0000

I don’t pay attention to my score either, and I don’t abandon many rewrites, either. If the CE asks a stupid question like that, I will confidently explain why I have chosen to “not follow” or “minimally follow” their instructions. So far, each time I’ve done that, it’s been approved. It’s ballsy, but it works. Stand behind your work:)

By: Beelissa

Beelissa — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:15:55 +0000

This reminds me of an experience I had on a forum several years ago. I joined the forum and posted some messages and then one day I got a PM saying I’d gotten a — I forget what they called it, but basically it was a disciplinary point. I’d broken some obscure forum rule that I didn’t know about (I didn’t know they could give out these points either) and if I did it again I would lose posting privileges for a month.

I sat, open-mouthed, staring at my computer for a full minute and still didn’t believe it was true.

To make a long story short, there was one moderator, one out of many, who had let the power of authority go to her head. Instead of using the rules to achieve their aim, which was to have a nice place to discuss the topic without anyone getting offended or having flame wars erupting, she had taken it to the extreme and was going around giving out points for minor infractions and really offending people herself.

I think the CE position can have a similar effect. Mostly, they just want to get the job done and work with the writers to accomplish the goal of getting quality articles written. But every so often, one of them gets a little too excited about being able to call the shots.

I also want to say — I agree that it’s mostly a waste of time to pay attention to the writer scores.
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By: Felicia

Felicia — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:39:29 +0000

I’m with you Wendy, the past couple of days were great. No rewrites, no silly requests. Guess the weird CE took a holiday break.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:24:25 +0000

Hey there, Felicia!
Thanks for this post…absolutely, “Non Eye Mouse” you win : ) but I swear, I got hit with the oddest rewrite requests all in a row and I was there, scratching my head, feeling all alone for awhile….

Thanks for this place where I can feel less alone in all of this!

My past 10 articles have just swept through, so I think there was just a weird CE there for awhile…who knows?

Thanks, though : )
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By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:45:22 +0000

Yes, I get that editor alot! But like I said, write like you are talking to a friggin’ idiot… because sometimes you are! The problem is they want you to do all of that in 300 to 500 before the idiot’s attention span runs out.