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You are enjoying another piece of writing penned by the NUMBER 5 RANKED SCRIPT WRITER OF THE YEAR FOR 2019!!!
My reviews are mere suggestions. Feel free to use anything that provides assistance and/or chuck the whole shebang.
For 2020, I have decided my concerted efforts in writing on FanStory will be to finalize my book Astatula so many FanStorians have enjoyed since its conception. Each chapter contains previously unposted material along with the familiar storyline. So, even if you have followed his antics all along, why not appreciate Cody's adventures one more time?
HIGHLIGHTS:
Jump Seat finished 2nd in the Share Your Story Site Contest on December 21, 2019.
Pikesville finished 2nd in the Story in a Poem site contest for May 9, 2019!!!
Meeting Cody - Part Two nominated for Story of the Month for December 2017!!!
Unwanted Dog finished 3rd in the July 2017 Book of the Month Contest!!!
I Had My Chance finished 2nd in the This Sentence Starts The Story site-sponsored contest on June 6, 2018.
Pastrami finished 2nd in the Share A Story In A Poem site-sponsored contest on July 24, 2018
I am well pleased that you have discovered reading my writing is a wonderful way to spend quality time!!!
If you can not give my writing an honest review, instead of a FanStory good ole boy, I'll give you a five star review and in return you give me one no matter how atrocious the writing is, I would much rather you gave me no review at all as I do not have any intention of playing that game. Don't like that, get over it!
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BRETT MATTHEW WEST IS FOLLOWING |
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Brett Matthew West:
It readers get confused because your characters have the same hawk nose, beady eyes, eye color, knobby knees, male pattern baldness (or whatever), could that possibly indicate you have much bigger issues in your story to fix?
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 April 19, 2021 at 2:46PM
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Brett Matthew West:
Why does life have to happen and the carefree days of innocence disappear forever?
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January 20, 2021 at 5:10AM
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| Allezw2: It doesn't have to, and that is why we have intellect and imagination and words to express our feelings if we only will!
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March 12, 2021 at 2:08AM
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Brett Matthew West:
Had a bit of a discussion the other day about should you be in a public location and encounter a person (or couple) with a child on a leash, is it bad form to ask if the youngster is a rescue? Any thoughts?
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June 7, 2020 at 11:02AM
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| CD Richards: As long as one parent is following along with the pooper-scooper and cleaning up any messes produced, I'd be inclined to just let them be.
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June 7, 2020 at 11:49AM
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| Allezw2: None of your business unless the child is being physically abused. In a crowded area, pre-Pandemic, it is the most secure way to keep track of a child, Carrying a child can be physically challenging for the parent of caretaker, especially if they are beyond the twenty-pound or over size and lack a proper carrier designed for such duty.
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November 28, 2020 at 12:44AM
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Brett Matthew West:
With two days to go before my Brett Matthew West Prose Challenge contest, which by the way filled completely up, I would like to thank all 17 members who entered the contest. That in itself makes the contest more successful to me, especially since it is not a poetry contest. Perhaps I will run this contest again sometime?
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April 24, 2020 at 7:53PM
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| nor84: You might think about making it winner-take-all. Some prose writers, me included, don't like the split-pot.
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April 24, 2020 at 10:37PM
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| Brett Matthew West: That's a good suggestion, Nor. Perhaps I will do that.
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April 25, 2020 at 7:47AM
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| Brad Bennett: Brett, thank you for your well thought out contest. You gave ample time to write, and you provided a good minimum word count. That way a long piece like mine, still has a chance. Well done. Looking forward to your next one. Brad Bennett
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December 4, 2020 at 5:32PM
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Brett Matthew West:
A wife tells her husband, "I have blisters on my hands from the broom."
Husband replies, "Next time take the car."
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April 17, 2020 at 8:44AM
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| CD Richards: I had much the same conversation with my other half once. I've still got the bruises to prove it.
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April 19, 2020 at 3:37AM
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Brett Matthew West:
Okay prose writers. Many of us feel like there's not that many opportunities on this site for us. Several good writers have left because of it, and recently I posted a poem about my own thoughts regarding that subject. Here is a chance for prose writers to participate in a contest. It is called Did You See That. Why not check it out? Who knows. Maybe this is the sort of thing that will lead to more opportunities for prose writers to get more involved with this site. At least, what's the harm in taking a peek?
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March 25, 2020 at 8:06AM
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| giraffmang: Hmm... bemoaning the lack of prose opportunities but choose to write a poem about it... perhaps a tad ironic... lol
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March 25, 2020 at 2:41PM
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| Susan Larson: Re the comment below: Maybe the only way to have your work read is to write a poem.
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March 26, 2020 at 4:36PM
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Brett Matthew West:
Tom, received my award tonight. NICE!!! Appreciate it very much.
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February 13, 2020 at 8:02PM
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| Eve Lovell: Congrats!!! Eve.
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February 14, 2020 at 8:54PM
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Brett Matthew West:
Do you ever allow your characters to write? If so, have any of their scribblings appeared "on-screen"?
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January 28, 2020 at 6:31AM
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WryWriter: Interesting.
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January 29, 2020 at 2:28AM
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| Bicpen: My characters take a life of their own on paper but the only thing that scribbles is me and sometimes its like i've used a crayon with the word redrum read backwards.
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January 29, 2020 at 4:28PM
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Brett Matthew West:
One of the beauties in writing stories is not the fact tropes, themes, and even plots recur. It's how they're told. Even if we've read the plot before, the real beauty lies in the wide-eyed wonderful way the elements of the story and its characters are pieced together.
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January 27, 2020 at 5:46AM
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Bicpen: I like that ... writing should always have life and the way it is percieved bring new life to every reader from a cubist mentality to the more naturalistic realist or even the impressionist ... words are the coulors and together they paint the picture which we as the authors may already know what it is but for fresh eyes to peer beholds the new imagination of an individual frontier.
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January 29, 2020 at 4:32PM
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Brett Matthew West:
You will only get a memorable action scene when it arises from characterization. For example, if you write a one dimensional character you will get a one dimensional scene.
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January 26, 2020 at 6:07AM
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Brett Matthew West:
Just a quick note to those I owe reviews to: currently I am running between trying to at least keep up with responses to reviews I have received and my 12 year old being in the hospital, where he has been for the last four days. However, I will write these reviews when I get the opportunity.
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November 7, 2019 at 5:26AM
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| giraffmang: All the best to your wee one, Brett. G
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November 7, 2019 at 5:50AM
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| Brett Matthew West: Thanks G-Man. Getting him home would go a long way in improving matters.
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November 7, 2019 at 7:46AM
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| judester: Get the young one home, we can wait. Bless you both.
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November 7, 2019 at 8:41AM
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| damommy: I'm so sorry to hear of your little one's illness. Hope he gets to come home soon.
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November 7, 2019 at 2:28PM
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WryWriter: Wishing your son a speedy recovery.
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November 7, 2019 at 9:27PM
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Brett Matthew West:
No matter how good a writer you are you will never be good enough...for the wrong reader.
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October 30, 2019 at 1:08PM
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Brett Matthew West:
Prose writers, are you aware there is daily discussion occurring in the Story Writing Forum? Why not join in?
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October 15, 2019 at 6:38AM
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