Share the Love by Leaving Feedback - Replaces Brick Throwing
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 10:45 pm
I have decided it is time to stop posting "brick throwing" time. To be honest, this was something that came about many years ago when lots of people were active in the Challenge and cared to know who wrote each entry before the winners were announced. We started "hinting" time once we had our winners, and then a day before the winners were announced, we let everyone "throw a brick" to their entry (in other words, no hint, just a direct link to the entry).
Gradual decrease in interest in "hinting" saw the switch to simply "throwing a brick" a few years ago. We've now reached the point where it's time to move on again.
Instead, could I please encourage everyone to take time to read and leave feedback? This is valuable, even if you don't feel qualified to comment on the craft. You are also a reader, and that gives you the right to comment from a reader's point of view.
Reading the entries each week can be as valuable as writing your own entry. Put on your critical brain and consider why you did or didn't like a particular entry. If you take that time to do that, and then consider your own writing in light of what you've seen, it will gradually shape your skill.
If you still would like to share a link straight to your entry, you can do that, but please wait until Sunday each week before doing so. This is to ensure we have enough time to finish judging.
Challengeers have always been great encouragers and helpers. Don't let the that slip by. You don't need to read every entry, but if you see some without feedback, that would be a great place to start.
Gradual decrease in interest in "hinting" saw the switch to simply "throwing a brick" a few years ago. We've now reached the point where it's time to move on again.
Instead, could I please encourage everyone to take time to read and leave feedback? This is valuable, even if you don't feel qualified to comment on the craft. You are also a reader, and that gives you the right to comment from a reader's point of view.
Reading the entries each week can be as valuable as writing your own entry. Put on your critical brain and consider why you did or didn't like a particular entry. If you take that time to do that, and then consider your own writing in light of what you've seen, it will gradually shape your skill.
If you still would like to share a link straight to your entry, you can do that, but please wait until Sunday each week before doing so. This is to ensure we have enough time to finish judging.
Challengeers have always been great encouragers and helpers. Don't let the that slip by. You don't need to read every entry, but if you see some without feedback, that would be a great place to start.