To The Organization Called Anne Rice Philippines

A fellow blogger, and obviously an egotistic, self-righteous one, posted this article on his website.

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I chanced upon a post in Maya’s blog and was caught by a name: Anne Rice.

Dear Maya, please forgive me for writing my opinion here. I agree with everyone out there that Anne Rice is the shit when it comes to writing, but I also believe that there are other writers out there who deserve more praise… much more praise.

Click, click and I was at their website. I know that we shouldn’t judge individuals right away, much more an organization, but, I read a few lines and was instantly LMAO.

Check it out:

Lo & behold I was proven wrong and hooked no doubt to her rapturous account and visceral storytelling of a confused soul and in his search for meaning in his life by way of Anne’s prose and imagery. Soon I found myself on the same quest as Louis, hoping to find the meaning of the different facets of my life and equally in the search of one who can mentor me in these matters. Little did I know that apart from an existentialist influence on me, Anne’s play and confluence of words and symbolism was slowly cultivating and nurturing my love for writing and for the written word as well. And in yielding to this love, a brand new search has taken the place anew of one that now encompasses the myriad areas of philosophy, history, architecture, religion, aesthetics, and every other form of information that I can get my hands on. -source

I used to write like this, believe it or not. I’m not claiming to be better than them, I just saw myself several months ago.

I have to thank a certain person: my English Geek and editor, who took her time reading (and badmouthing) my work, correcting each sentence and grammatical error. I learned a lot from her, and would be glad to learn more if only things turned out differently.

Like the members of Anne Rice Philippines, I too was influenced by Anne Rice’s writing. Her weight on my writing style’s so heavy that my editor never failed to tell me that I wrote (and still write) like a girl. While it’s good to be descriptive and visual, big-fucking-words like the ones used above only confuse readers.

My take? Keep it simple. Use big-fucking-words only if it’s the exact right word for your sentence. You readers aren’t as smart as they claim to be. They don’t have a dictionary in their pockets either. What’s the point of confusing your market? bash bash bash

Oh and before I forget, I’ve been a fan of Vampires since the early 90’s. Anne Rice never led or introduced me to them. All she did was provide me a better description of them.

Disclaimer: I’m not a good writer. I’m just a writer. The reason why I blog is because I like writing. I’m glad someone taught me early on. Otherwise, I would still be writing like that *points above then LOL*.

To Anne Rice Philippines, take my advice:
1. Fix your website. It fucking sucks. It’s even blasphemous. Gads~
2. Edit the “Musings” part, you know what, while you’re at it, edit everything! Keep it simple.
3. Frames are so last century. Think of something new. You can afford hosting but you can’t afford to improve the layout and content? Rawr~
4. Your organization bears the name of a great writer. Have some decency and at least come up with content worth reading (don’t forget to check your grammar!)
5. Believe me, Coven of the Articulate is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay of a long shot.
6. If you can’t do anything about your web-ugly-site, then disband. You bring Shame to Anne Rice. Oh, if you don’t want to disband, just delete your website. It’s goddamn blasphemous.

Gads~

 

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