Comments | cheshire23: Dear Writers and Would-be Writers:

cheshire23

Dear Writers and Would-be Writers:

Jun 16, 2008 23:36

Please stop using $CONVENIENT_MENTAL_ILLNESS for the following purposes ( Read more... )

mental health, wtf?, disgusted should be a mood, rant

Comments 7

lovefromgirl June 17 2008, 04:33:14 UTC

O.o

Where... no, I don't want to know. Would probably vomit.

Just. So sorry you had to run across that crap.

-- a writer who will make darn sure her students understand this lesson when she teaches.

cheshire23 June 17 2008, 10:00:36 UTC

The trouble is, it wasn't just once. It's very much become a recurring trend.

lovefromgirl June 17 2008, 17:54:54 UTC

Amateur, published, or both?

cheshire23 June 18 2008, 22:56:48 UTC

Some of each, but mostly amateur, thankfully. *gah*

Thread 5

chaoticgoodnik June 18 2008, 21:28:27 UTC

Oh, so you just read Evil for Evil also? (Fails on points 1, 2, and 4; extra helping of fail for there being no apparent reason to actually add this character as a secondary villain.)

cheshire23 June 18 2008, 22:57:02 UTC

No, but thanks for warning me away. :P