Just Listen
When listening is not enough23 total reviews
Comment from karenina
This is very believable. It is so difficult at times to leave ourselves out of the equation and simply listen! Oftentimes the best motivator is to connect and be silent. To truly "hear" the pain of another and affirm that you've heard it can be such a huge step in healing!
Karenina
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2024
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This is very believable. It is so difficult at times to leave ourselves out of the equation and simply listen! Oftentimes the best motivator is to connect and be silent. To truly "hear" the pain of another and affirm that you've heard it can be such a huge step in healing!
Karenina
Comment Written 16-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2024
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Thank you for your review. I really appreciate it.
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You're welcome!
Comment from SimianSavant
The use of italics is really helpful to delineate this conversation, especially in the last line which is spoken by the same person as in the subsequent line.
This is well ended and the only improvement I see is to the picture alignment: if you scroll to the very bottom of the edit screen, go to advanced options and change the image size, that might fix it. (Sometimes it doesn't work in the prose editor and the only way is to not upload a pic, and reference one in the text editor only).
Thanks for the read,
Harambe (for President)
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2024
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The use of italics is really helpful to delineate this conversation, especially in the last line which is spoken by the same person as in the subsequent line.
This is well ended and the only improvement I see is to the picture alignment: if you scroll to the very bottom of the edit screen, go to advanced options and change the image size, that might fix it. (Sometimes it doesn't work in the prose editor and the only way is to not upload a pic, and reference one in the text editor only).
Thanks for the read,
Harambe (for President)
Comment Written 16-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2024
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Thank you for your review. I appreciate it.
Comment from Wayne Fowler
This will touch nerves. You have very acutely identified a serious problem. Many people couch apologies with excuses, negating the apology.
Well done. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2024
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This will touch nerves. You have very acutely identified a serious problem. Many people couch apologies with excuses, negating the apology.
Well done. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 16-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2024
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Thank you for your review. I appreciate it.
Comment from BethShelby
This is excellent dialogue only contest because it sounds so real. It is the kind of conversation I would imagine goes on more often than one would imagine. People tend to let unrelated things going on in their on life effect the way they treat the one they love.
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2024
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This is excellent dialogue only contest because it sounds so real. It is the kind of conversation I would imagine goes on more often than one would imagine. People tend to let unrelated things going on in their on life effect the way they treat the one they love.
Comment Written 16-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2024
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Thank you for your great review. I appreciate it.
Comment from LJbutterfly
This dialogue is so realistic I could almost see the two people talking. You have captured the problem that causes many relationships to fail. Partners do not listen to one another and therefore never understand the other person's point of view. You did an excellent job. Best wishes in the contest.
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2024
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This dialogue is so realistic I could almost see the two people talking. You have captured the problem that causes many relationships to fail. Partners do not listen to one another and therefore never understand the other person's point of view. You did an excellent job. Best wishes in the contest.
Comment Written 15-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2024
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Thank you . I really appreciate your great review.
Comment from Liz O'Neill
Thank you for distinguishing between whom is speaking. I have ADD and cannot sort it out when there's no distinction. This has an excellent stream to it. A lot of readers could easily identify with the characters. And I guess sometimes the best thing to do is just hang up. I tell people I'm going to be hanging up. There's history in my family where people hang up on each other so my brother and I call it ONeillism. Good work
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2024
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Thank you for distinguishing between whom is speaking. I have ADD and cannot sort it out when there's no distinction. This has an excellent stream to it. A lot of readers could easily identify with the characters. And I guess sometimes the best thing to do is just hang up. I tell people I'm going to be hanging up. There's history in my family where people hang up on each other so my brother and I call it ONeillism. Good work
Comment Written 15-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 18-Mar-2024
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Thank you for your comments. I wanted to make sure people could distinguish between the two voices.
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You did very well thank you. It was easy on the ADD
Comment from Ginda Simpson
You create an very real conversation here, albeit a failed one. And I imagine it taking place between two very young people trying to navigate an adult world, or two very emotionally immature adults. Either way, it's a great entry for the contest. Best of luck.
reply by the author on 14-Mar-2024
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You create an very real conversation here, albeit a failed one. And I imagine it taking place between two very young people trying to navigate an adult world, or two very emotionally immature adults. Either way, it's a great entry for the contest. Best of luck.
Comment Written 14-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 14-Mar-2024
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Thank you for your review. I appreciate it.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
Oh dear, this sounds like there was no resolution here with this dialogue. If we upset someone and apologise, we can do no more, we can listen and try and understand, but if that person cannot forgive us, we just need to move on, love Dolly x x x
reply by the author on 14-Mar-2024
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Oh dear, this sounds like there was no resolution here with this dialogue. If we upset someone and apologise, we can do no more, we can listen and try and understand, but if that person cannot forgive us, we just need to move on, love Dolly x x x
Comment Written 14-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 14-Mar-2024
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Thank you, Dolly. I appreciate your review.
Comment from Begin Again
I imagine many of us have had a conversation like this one. They always seem one sided because someone isn't listening. Somewhere one is in pain and wants to reach out, but it's impossible. Wonder how they got to that point? Well done!
Smiles, Carol
reply by the author on 14-Mar-2024
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I imagine many of us have had a conversation like this one. They always seem one sided because someone isn't listening. Somewhere one is in pain and wants to reach out, but it's impossible. Wonder how they got to that point? Well done!
Smiles, Carol
Comment Written 14-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 14-Mar-2024
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Thank you for your review. I appreciate it.
Comment from royowen
Isn't that the way conversations go sometimes? We genuinely care for someone, who is about to run their proverbial ship onto the rocks of life, and just when they are about to steer clear, they let go and run aground, beautifully written, blessings Roy
reply by the author on 13-Mar-2024
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Isn't that the way conversations go sometimes? We genuinely care for someone, who is about to run their proverbial ship onto the rocks of life, and just when they are about to steer clear, they let go and run aground, beautifully written, blessings Roy
Comment Written 13-Mar-2024
reply by the author on 13-Mar-2024
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Thank you for your review. I appreciate it.
