Trust Your Instinct
You always know when you're right10 total reviews
Comment from GWHARGIS
Congrats on your win. I'm a listen to your gut kind of girl. That inner voice that humans have , have kept us alive since the dawn of time. Great stuff girl.
Gretchen
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2022
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Congrats on your win. I'm a listen to your gut kind of girl. That inner voice that humans have , have kept us alive since the dawn of time. Great stuff girl.
Gretchen
Comment Written 25-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2022
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Thanks, Woman!!
Comment from Write Right Writer
Rachelle...
Congrats on the decisive contest win! It was well deserved.
I saw your outstanding sentence acrostic poem a while back and was VERY impressed (still am). I wrote a raving review (much better than this one) but must have gotten sidetracked and lost it. Sorry about that!
What can I say except "THIS IS AMAZING WORK, RACHELLE!!!" Your acrostic imperative is focused and exceptionally strong and each line forms two powerful sentences that flow naturally and are completely unforced.
Most of your writing inspires me to greatness. Some of it intimidates me beyond measure. "Trust Your Instinct" does both as I desire to aspire to this level of word-crafting mastery but wonder if, how, and when I can ever do so.
Congratulations!
Curt (WRW)
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2022
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Rachelle...
Congrats on the decisive contest win! It was well deserved.
I saw your outstanding sentence acrostic poem a while back and was VERY impressed (still am). I wrote a raving review (much better than this one) but must have gotten sidetracked and lost it. Sorry about that!
What can I say except "THIS IS AMAZING WORK, RACHELLE!!!" Your acrostic imperative is focused and exceptionally strong and each line forms two powerful sentences that flow naturally and are completely unforced.
Most of your writing inspires me to greatness. Some of it intimidates me beyond measure. "Trust Your Instinct" does both as I desire to aspire to this level of word-crafting mastery but wonder if, how, and when I can ever do so.
Congratulations!
Curt (WRW)
Comment Written 24-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2022
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Thanks very much, WRW; I always appreciate your enthusiastic reviews!
Comment from karenina
Congratulations on first place! Your advice is excellent, and your sentence acrostic is powerful, indeed! I used to be led astray by what others thought of me, or of my decisions. I know better now. I know MYSELF better!
Karenina
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2022
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Congratulations on first place! Your advice is excellent, and your sentence acrostic is powerful, indeed! I used to be led astray by what others thought of me, or of my decisions. I know better now. I know MYSELF better!
Karenina
Comment Written 23-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2022
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Thanks, K.
The same used to be true of me, as well. You're absolutely right: once you know yourself well, you can trust that the Little Voice is right!
Thanks for this great review. I love it. Xo
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You are very welcome!
Comment from Reso22
This. Is. Amazing!!! I love everything about it, from the message (powerful both ways) to the color choice, everything is spot on! Keep on challenging yourself in fun ways like this, you nailed this! I hope you win! Good luck! Well done!!
reply by the author on 20-Sep-2022
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This. Is. Amazing!!! I love everything about it, from the message (powerful both ways) to the color choice, everything is spot on! Keep on challenging yourself in fun ways like this, you nailed this! I hope you win! Good luck! Well done!!
Comment Written 20-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 20-Sep-2022
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I love this review!!! Thank you for such generous, thoughtful, really helpful words. You have made my day.
Comment from DragonSkulls
How true this is, author. Unto thy self be true. Excellent entry into the contest. Why it doesn't have a six star rating applied is ridiculous. Hopefully this helps. Best of luck in the booth. Looks like a winner to me.
DS
reply by the author on 20-Sep-2022
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How true this is, author. Unto thy self be true. Excellent entry into the contest. Why it doesn't have a six star rating applied is ridiculous. Hopefully this helps. Best of luck in the booth. Looks like a winner to me.
DS
Comment Written 20-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 20-Sep-2022
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I couldn't appreciate this more. Thank you, DragonSkulls! Very much appreciated.
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Best of luck.
=]
Comment from lyenochka
This is a good message to not be coerced by other people or social expectations. It does take confidence to trust one's own quiet voice. Best wishes in the contest! Not sure why there was so much space in between the lines here.
reply by the author on 15-Sep-2022
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This is a good message to not be coerced by other people or social expectations. It does take confidence to trust one's own quiet voice. Best wishes in the contest! Not sure why there was so much space in between the lines here.
Comment Written 15-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 15-Sep-2022
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I had no idea how/when/why the spacing happened!! But if you hadn't said something, I never would have seen it until who-knows-when!! You saved me from losing votes. I owe you big!!
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Looks great now. I noticed spacing issues since we went to the new fonts...
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Ohhh! Gotcha. But what's weird is that it had been fine when I originally posted it. So that's why I was flabbergasted when I saw it just now.
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That is so strange! Now we have to keep checking the formatting after posting!
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Oh, why not?! It's not like we want to miss a chance to worry about something! A day without worry means we just didn't try hard enough!
Comment from GTG345
That is very true what the poem speaks out to, you could almost say that is the opposite of high school with opinions. Especially math class where you have multiple solutions to the problem but only one solution is taught by the teacher and friends have the same problem in solving it as you are. My only suggestion is to try to add commas or change the word structure so it doesn't seem like a sentence that can't be read out loud in one breath.
-GTG345
reply by the author on 11-Sep-2022
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That is very true what the poem speaks out to, you could almost say that is the opposite of high school with opinions. Especially math class where you have multiple solutions to the problem but only one solution is taught by the teacher and friends have the same problem in solving it as you are. My only suggestion is to try to add commas or change the word structure so it doesn't seem like a sentence that can't be read out loud in one breath.
-GTG345
Comment Written 11-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 11-Sep-2022
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Thank you for that suggestion! I will go back and review it and change accordingly.
My one last math class memory was when I asked my teacher--and he was actually one of the few math teachers I actually enjoyed--if he could please go over that last concept again because I really wasn't understanding it. So, he did....using all the EXACT SAME WORDS I DIDN'T GET THE FIRST TIME...only now it said it way louder. Yikes.
Comment from Sandra Nelms-Ludwig
This is a good attempt at a sentence acrostic. Your sentence reads well going vertically. Text is large and easy to read. You have a strong message. However, you have one line that reads weak going horizontally. That is line #4~quiet of. Typically, a line of poetry is not written ending with a preposition. Fix that area and your sentence acrostic is better. Your visual fits perfectly.
reply by the author on 11-Sep-2022
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This is a good attempt at a sentence acrostic. Your sentence reads well going vertically. Text is large and easy to read. You have a strong message. However, you have one line that reads weak going horizontally. That is line #4~quiet of. Typically, a line of poetry is not written ending with a preposition. Fix that area and your sentence acrostic is better. Your visual fits perfectly.
Comment Written 11-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 11-Sep-2022
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Okay! Thanks for the tip. I'll give it some thought and improve it.
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You are welcome.
Comment from Julie G1
Yes, this is a lovely verse. The graphics and message worked for this reader. It is clear and concise, well expressed. I hope you keep on scribbling for poet's glory.
reply by the author on 10-Sep-2022
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Yes, this is a lovely verse. The graphics and message worked for this reader. It is clear and concise, well expressed. I hope you keep on scribbling for poet's glory.
Comment Written 10-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 10-Sep-2022
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*Scritch*scratch*scritch*scratch*
Will do, Julie G1! Thanks for the motivation and support!!
Comment from lancellot
Hmm, this at times can be good advice, but it can also go horribly wrong. Many time, we are sure we are right, and close down the voices of others, because we feel we're right. Then, well, you know...
notes:
Little do others understand how strongly {you}
-your
reply by the author on 10-Sep-2022
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Hmm, this at times can be good advice, but it can also go horribly wrong. Many time, we are sure we are right, and close down the voices of others, because we feel we're right. Then, well, you know...
notes:
Little do others understand how strongly {you}
-your
Comment Written 10-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 10-Sep-2022
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Thanks. I thought that got fixed. I FOUGHT that stupid Advanced Editor and finally thought I'd gotten it by using Basic. Thanks for the head's up; I'll go fight with it some more, I guess.
You are right, of course. Sometimes stubbornness gets in the way of listening.
