I know that there's a lot of people who are probably really upset about tonight's results-I've had a lot of people supporting me throughout my run in Idol, and I'm honestly incredibly grateful to all of them for turning out and supporting me through this thing.
...but, guys, I'm really relieved.
It has never been a secret that I write long. When people were talking, way back in Week 1, about what to do, how to "play the game", one of the things I heard, a lot, was that you had to "keep it short".
The first time I played Idol, I listened to this. I was fresh out of undergrad and I was TAing full time as well as taking 16 credit hours of classes. I opted to keep things short because it meant that my students got their lab reports &etc returned in a timely manner, but I didn't particularly like it. (I've never been very good at following the rules!)
When talonkarrde88 pressured me to sign up for Idol this time around, I thought long and hard about what I was going to do
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I never felt your pieces ran "too long", but seemed the right length for the story you were telling, and I'd say that's important - though I can see why everyone says "write short" when there a lot of entries to read. Presumably the idea is that people get bored if they've got too many longer entries to try and read before voting.
Congrats on how well you did, and if you're relieved, than that's a good thing too :)
I totally get where you're coming from. I'm at the point where boy do I want to stay, but man, I wouldn't be that upset to be done. It's exhausting. I can't imagine with all you've had going on!
As others said, I've really enjoyed you this season and I love that you write long. You have had some of my favorite pieces all along. It's been an honor and a pleasure to read your work.
I know that there's a lot of people who are probably really upset about tonight's results-I've had a lot of people supporting me throughout my run in Idol, and I'm honestly incredibly grateful to all of them for turning out and supporting me through this thing.
...but, guys, I'm really relieved.
It has never been a secret that I write long. When people were talking, way back in Week 1, about what to do, how to "play the game", one of the things I heard, a lot, was that you had to "keep it short".
The first time I played Idol, I listened to this. I was fresh out of undergrad and I was TAing full time as well as taking 16 credit hours of classes. I opted to keep things short because it meant that my students got their lab reports &etc returned in a timely manner, but I didn't particularly like it. (I've never been very good at following the rules!)
When talonkarrde88 pressured me to sign up for Idol this time around, I thought long and hard about what I was going to do ( ... )
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(I totally get what you mean by "done", too, BTW.)
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It's been a great season. :)
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It has been a really wonderful season. Thank you. :D
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Congrats on how well you did, and if you're relieved, than that's a good thing too :)
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I think people look at the longer stuff, look at how much they have to scroll through, groan, and go "fuck everything"
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As others said, I've really enjoyed you this season and I love that you write long. You have had some of my favorite pieces all along. It's been an honor and a pleasure to read your work.
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