Provoking Suicide, Or Worse
contest entry, nonfiction25 total reviews
Comment from nancy_e_davis
You are right Dawn, there is no good reason to be rude to a person you are reviewing. It has been said many times. "Silence is golden. Skip the work and move on. Not everyone is wanting to get published!Good message. xxx Nancy
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You are right Dawn, there is no good reason to be rude to a person you are reviewing. It has been said many times. "Silence is golden. Skip the work and move on. Not everyone is wanting to get published!Good message. xxx Nancy
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
I agree wholeheartedly with everything you say here, Dawn. Sometimes, actually, loads of times, writing how I feel in some form or other was the only way I could deal with my problems. I have always said if you don't like what you are reading, skip it and read something else. Time and again I have read reviews that have been more than a little hurtful. I couldn't watch your video, it won't open in 'my country'.
I will find it somewhere else. Well done, Dawn, you always get it right. Good luck in the contest. xsx Sandra
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I agree wholeheartedly with everything you say here, Dawn. Sometimes, actually, loads of times, writing how I feel in some form or other was the only way I could deal with my problems. I have always said if you don't like what you are reading, skip it and read something else. Time and again I have read reviews that have been more than a little hurtful. I couldn't watch your video, it won't open in 'my country'.
I will find it somewhere else. Well done, Dawn, you always get it right. Good luck in the contest. xsx Sandra
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
Comment from Ricky1024
after reviewing your PC makes me think of my own piece I wrote about 10 years ago triple suicide dancing on the December 1st I just I take a knife to myself I failed and I did try 3 times at once and I have written a book called suicidal intentions with her then complete with a dead person he rolled in a while ago also so now you've met somebody that's not only an attempted but failed suicide band also written about it also. Thanks for this Ricky 1024 in your pieces wonderfully written with great great picture and I'm beginning my ID with me and didn't use a gun cuz I don't hold it in your phone one at the time but if I did I wouldn't be talking to you down to the very moment and you'll understand why if you take the time to read and then amazing piece called Jason's a ladder which you should see up there today this is Ricky 1024 - review coming to an LG Android phone with Grandma car isn't complete run-on sentences and I know it punctuation marks Mercedes-Benz the name of Jesus Christ amen Ricky 1024
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after reviewing your PC makes me think of my own piece I wrote about 10 years ago triple suicide dancing on the December 1st I just I take a knife to myself I failed and I did try 3 times at once and I have written a book called suicidal intentions with her then complete with a dead person he rolled in a while ago also so now you've met somebody that's not only an attempted but failed suicide band also written about it also. Thanks for this Ricky 1024 in your pieces wonderfully written with great great picture and I'm beginning my ID with me and didn't use a gun cuz I don't hold it in your phone one at the time but if I did I wouldn't be talking to you down to the very moment and you'll understand why if you take the time to read and then amazing piece called Jason's a ladder which you should see up there today this is Ricky 1024 - review coming to an LG Android phone with Grandma car isn't complete run-on sentences and I know it punctuation marks Mercedes-Benz the name of Jesus Christ amen Ricky 1024
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
Comment from Joan E.
Your essay is an good follow up to mountainwriter49's article on freedom of speech. I admired your reminder about how important this site is to some of its members. After all, our works are our children and need to be nurtured and respected, "regardless of some personal opinion". Best wishes in the contest- Joan
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Your essay is an good follow up to mountainwriter49's article on freedom of speech. I admired your reminder about how important this site is to some of its members. After all, our works are our children and need to be nurtured and respected, "regardless of some personal opinion". Best wishes in the contest- Joan
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
Comment from Realist101
Hi Dawn...now I'm worried about someone doing what I think about doing but don't. Your article is powerful and you've written this from you heart too. Yes, we're all real. But get lost in the invisibility of the net sometimes...? I've loved so many here. And have been hurt badly, but try to keep at it. I sure hope the person you write about is okay. :/ So unnecessary, but when things get overwhelming it's easy to imagine this escape. Love you. Susan
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Hi Dawn...now I'm worried about someone doing what I think about doing but don't. Your article is powerful and you've written this from you heart too. Yes, we're all real. But get lost in the invisibility of the net sometimes...? I've loved so many here. And have been hurt badly, but try to keep at it. I sure hope the person you write about is okay. :/ So unnecessary, but when things get overwhelming it's easy to imagine this escape. Love you. Susan
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
It hurts when someone rejects or criticized your work at any time and it is hard to see they mean well. But to commit suicude is not even a thought in my mind.
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It hurts when someone rejects or criticized your work at any time and it is hard to see they mean well. But to commit suicude is not even a thought in my mind.
Comment Written 09-Mar-2016
Comment from BeasPeas
We must always be kind in our reviews and in life in general. I doubt that I've ever met anyone who is "thick" skinned. Creatives, especially, wear their heart on the sleeve. We dare to expose our vulnerability with the hope another kindred soul will empathize and understand what we're trying to convey. I think you've stated your POV well here. Thank you for writing it. Marilyn
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We must always be kind in our reviews and in life in general. I doubt that I've ever met anyone who is "thick" skinned. Creatives, especially, wear their heart on the sleeve. We dare to expose our vulnerability with the hope another kindred soul will empathize and understand what we're trying to convey. I think you've stated your POV well here. Thank you for writing it. Marilyn
Comment Written 08-Mar-2016
Comment from Dean Kuch
You're absolutely right, Dawn. Any reviews we give should be firm when trying to help, but should also be given with a modicum of tact, at the very least, and compassion, understanding, empathy...and any other synonym you care to look up for sympathizing with the plight of others. Our personal opinions as they pertain to a particular genre, or type of art used, or the ways in which an author wishes to present his or her own work, have no bearing on the actual writing itself. If a write pertains to romance but you don't care for "mushy stuff", or perhaps have no clue what romance entails, PASS. If you loathe horror, and you believe that anyone who writes it worships Satan, lights black candles in effigy to the dark lords, and uses artwork so horrific it make you want to toss your cookies...PASS! No harm, no foul.
What you've written here (and quite well, if I do say so myself) "should" be common sense. But too many here have proven time and time again they possess none, or very little.
There's an old saying, and if we can abide by it, then all will be honky dory in Fanstorydom...
"If you can't say anything nice about someone, it's best not to say anything at all."
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2016
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You're absolutely right, Dawn. Any reviews we give should be firm when trying to help, but should also be given with a modicum of tact, at the very least, and compassion, understanding, empathy...and any other synonym you care to look up for sympathizing with the plight of others. Our personal opinions as they pertain to a particular genre, or type of art used, or the ways in which an author wishes to present his or her own work, have no bearing on the actual writing itself. If a write pertains to romance but you don't care for "mushy stuff", or perhaps have no clue what romance entails, PASS. If you loathe horror, and you believe that anyone who writes it worships Satan, lights black candles in effigy to the dark lords, and uses artwork so horrific it make you want to toss your cookies...PASS! No harm, no foul.
What you've written here (and quite well, if I do say so myself) "should" be common sense. But too many here have proven time and time again they possess none, or very little.
There's an old saying, and if we can abide by it, then all will be honky dory in Fanstorydom...
"If you can't say anything nice about someone, it's best not to say anything at all."
Comment Written 08-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2016
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Thank you, Dean. As always, your review is most encouraging!
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You're very welcome Dawn. :)
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You're very welcome Dawn. :)
Comment from Unspoken94
There must be a way for this message to be heard without a
picture of someone with a gun to their head. There must be.
I share you concern and I am also concerned for those here who
are more vulnerable than others. I have lost too many clients to
this decision and this picture prevents me from joining in a responsible
dialogue on this issue. Dawn, I hold you in the highest regard, please
know that I must respectfully share my concern with you. -Bill
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2016
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There must be a way for this message to be heard without a
picture of someone with a gun to their head. There must be.
I share you concern and I am also concerned for those here who
are more vulnerable than others. I have lost too many clients to
this decision and this picture prevents me from joining in a responsible
dialogue on this issue. Dawn, I hold you in the highest regard, please
know that I must respectfully share my concern with you. -Bill
Comment Written 08-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2016
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I'm sorry you find the picture so difficult, Bill. Life is difficult, as you well know, and I feel this picture reflects the content best (though I KNOW it's a shocker). I really don't know what else to say... other than thank you, of course, and it's the writing, really, that we are reviewing as reviewers, at least according to site instructions on how to review...
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And that's why the five. I wanted to remain faithful to the integrity of our mission. I also wanted you to understand that I continue to hold you in my highest regard. I am relieved to know that we can respectfully disagree on this picture. -Bill
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I appreciate that, and your view. I agree - it's wonderful to be able to disagree respectfully. IMO it's quickly becoming a lost art. (Which is only one of many amazing things mountainwriter49 has to say in HIS editorial/article).
Debate keeps us honest.
No, I know the picture is hard to take, but if it attracts even one person to read the essay (which I ALSO hope is impactful) who might be at all vulnerable, then sadly, it's worth the odd one who is offended/hurt by it. Whew, what a statement THAT is about the state of our modern-day society, hmm?
It's an awful topic, but one that's in need of continuing discussion - openly, (which it often ISN'T) in my opinion, ESPECIALLY in this day of widespread media violence, and so on - the electronic games, the movies, music romanticize death, to the point of making it seem unreal - numbing us.
Shock treatment to garner the readers - nothing more.
Again, I'm sorry it was upsetting for you. I can't imagine how difficult your job is - I was barely brushed by suicide when a young guy worked with my charitable campaign crew one night - just one. To this day I wonder if there might have been something I could have said to change his mind, and why I never noticed any sign...
A dear friend of mine lost her young (adult) son the same way.
No, I can't apologize for using that picture, only for upsetting anyone close to the subject...
Comment from robyn corum
Oh, Dawn! And right after my story about (accidental/on-purpose) suicide ! Yuuuccck.
I have no idea who you're speaking about, but things like this always scare me -- 'what did I say to them', I wonder. Hopefully it was something kind. (hope! hope!)
Thanks for sharing your heart. I'm off to check on mountainwriter -->
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Oh, Dawn! And right after my story about (accidental/on-purpose) suicide ! Yuuuccck.
I have no idea who you're speaking about, but things like this always scare me -- 'what did I say to them', I wonder. Hopefully it was something kind. (hope! hope!)
Thanks for sharing your heart. I'm off to check on mountainwriter -->
Comment Written 08-Mar-2016
