[Dargon-writers-list] Grim Review: A Guard's Life RTP

[William Donahue]

Jon Evans wrote:
>>Seriously, I understand what he's trying to do and think it's good 
>>enough as it is. If you were paying good money for the story, you could 
>>ask for a higher level of perfection. But since it's all strictly 
>>voluntary, you pretty much get what you pay for, yes?
>>  
>>
> 
> Kind of a defeatist attitude, isn't it?  I mean, why would anyone read 
> our material if all we publish is sub-par material because "they're not 
> paying for it anyway"? 
> 
> I thought we were here to improve our writing.  My mistake.
> 
> -grim
> 

I almost responded the same way to this, then I thought it might fuel a 
fire unnecessarily. I do agree with Jon that this is the wrong attitude 
to take for DZ. I suspect, though, that Carlo was trying to defuse a 
potential conflict between Jon and Mark.

Here's my take on it. Yes, we are here to improve each other's writing. 
But, it's really about making us the best writers we can be, not 
necessarily making every story the *best* possible story it can be. I do 
think that is something to strive for, but when the story has ceased to 
be useful as a learning tool (i.e. the writer is tired of it and wants 
to move on), it's time to decide is the story is publishable or not, and 
wrap it up.

Liam
(showing signs of life)