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Writing Le Snobbi
Apr. 21st, 2007 01:15 amToday was slow. I had ample time to compose my masterpiece for the Le Snobbi Bag contest (Deadline Monday). And then...the fucking e-form wouldn't work**. Which is freaking me out a bit. Fortunately, I've learned how to save things, so barring catastrophe, I WILL be able to submit it, regardless of techno-idiosyncrasies. I'll just have to buttonhole a couple people to either get it fixed, or print it out or some damn thing.
Unless one of the forty other potential entrants has talent the depth of which I've never suspected, I think I have an excellent chance. Here's the thing: this contest is purely voluntary, and this isn't the most enthusiastic bunch out there, y'know? If they get ten entries, I'd be amazed. (Prediction? Five. Maybe six.)
And, while it may exhibit a bias on my part, I'd guess that the median age in our section is about 25. I hasten to add that although I know a number of very gifted writers who are that age or younger, they're vastly outnumbered by the "Don't Know, Don't Care" Generation. Plus the Florida education system? Sucks big donkey dicks. I took college level Communications 1 and 2 classes a decade ago, and it was appalling then. It has NOT improved noticeably.
Another point to consider: I *know* what Le Snobbi wants. I understand concepts like slant, and tone, and how to focus on the kind of buzzwords they strive for, like playful or whimsical. I shoveled on so many happy adjectives that I'm nauseous...however, I'm also fairly pleased with it. There will be no doubt in anyone's mind that I can write---that could spill over into Other Benefits. Good written communicators are even more rare than good CSRs.
All day long, I've been thinking it's Saturday (which is my Friday). It isn't. Damn.
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** The fact that the form has been up for at least a week and no one has noticed that it doesn't work makes me wonder if mine has been the *only* submission so far.
Unless one of the forty other potential entrants has talent the depth of which I've never suspected, I think I have an excellent chance. Here's the thing: this contest is purely voluntary, and this isn't the most enthusiastic bunch out there, y'know? If they get ten entries, I'd be amazed. (Prediction? Five. Maybe six.)
And, while it may exhibit a bias on my part, I'd guess that the median age in our section is about 25. I hasten to add that although I know a number of very gifted writers who are that age or younger, they're vastly outnumbered by the "Don't Know, Don't Care" Generation. Plus the Florida education system? Sucks big donkey dicks. I took college level Communications 1 and 2 classes a decade ago, and it was appalling then. It has NOT improved noticeably.
Another point to consider: I *know* what Le Snobbi wants. I understand concepts like slant, and tone, and how to focus on the kind of buzzwords they strive for, like playful or whimsical. I shoveled on so many happy adjectives that I'm nauseous...however, I'm also fairly pleased with it. There will be no doubt in anyone's mind that I can write---that could spill over into Other Benefits. Good written communicators are even more rare than good CSRs.
All day long, I've been thinking it's Saturday (which is my Friday). It isn't. Damn.
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** The fact that the form has been up for at least a week and no one has noticed that it doesn't work makes me wonder if mine has been the *only* submission so far.