Promising Young Writers

[Nate]

I participated in my school's Promising Young Writers program this year, and the prompt for one of the essays we had to do was anything of our choice. Now, guess what I chose? There's no way in hell I'm winning with this, but my first essay made me past the first round, so it might be enough. No idea. I thought I would share it with you guys.


...Once I figure out how to attach a Word document. You know, for a millennial, I'm pretty technologically inept.

[Roy Hunter]

You can't attach a Word document. You can put it in Dropbox and share a link, you can copy & paste the text, but this forum doesn't support attachmments.

[StayThirstyMyAguila]

...Once I figure out how to attach a Word document. You know, for a millennial, I'm pretty technologically inept.

Remember,

Copy-pasta is your friend.

In case anyone here needs a tutorial:
That's holding the ctrl button, then (STILL HOLDING DOWN THE CTRL BUTTON) hitting the "c" button. That is how you copy.
Then, hold down the ctrl button again, and hit the "v" button. That is how you pasta.

[ItchyPirate]

Not all of us can open Micro$#!% Word documents. I suggest either OpenDocument Format (aka ODF) or PDF, both of which are supported by recent versions of Microsoft Word and LibreOffice Writer.

[StayThirstyMyAguila]

Google Docs would work too. I guarantee all of us have google and google accounts.

['Murican Bald Eagle]

I'm writing a new book, my publisher has given me a $500000 forwarding advance. I think I'll make him Secretary of State, aarrrgh!

[Nef Yoo BlackBeard]

I'm a Urk, my tallywakker is a wee wee and has giving me eye prollums looking for it.
I think I need a magnifyin glass to see it , too much tallywanking aarrrgh!

[ItchyPirate]

Google Docs would work too. I guarantee all of us have google and google accounts.

I guarantee I don't. I'm way too paranoid when it comes to privacy. Same for many others.

[ChowMein]

Google Docs would work too. I guarantee all of us have google and google accounts.

I guarantee I don't. I'm way too paranoid when it comes to privacy. Same for many others.

Same here .

[ET, the Extra Terrestrial]

Google Docs would work too. I guarantee all of us have google and google accounts.

I guarantee I don't. I'm way too paranoid when it comes to privacy. Same for many others.

Same here .

Silly humans, thinking that there's anything resembling privacy available anywhere in Northa Merica, Yerp, or most of Asia.

[Roy Hunter]

I use a M$ account for one job and a Google one for the other. I don't do anything *interesting* with either of them.

Getting back to the OP. You are not collaborating, so you don't need an editable document or to track changes. Make a PDF in Word and post it somewhere like Dropbox, One Drive or Google Drive. Post a link here. We have to check links, but it's the easiest way to post a document.

[StayThirstyMyAguila]

Getting back to the OP. You are not collaborating, so you don't need an editable document or to track changes. Make a PDF in Word and post it somewhere like Dropbox, One Drive or Google Drive. Post a link here. We have to check links, but it's the easiest way to post a document.

You do realize google docs has an option that lets him give anyone the right to only VIEW the document, right? But yeah, PDF would also work.
And would you stop your darn necromancy?

[ItchyPirate]

I guarantee I don't. I'm way too paranoid when it comes to privacy. Same for many others.

Same here .

Silly humans, thinking that there's anything resembling privacy available anywhere in Northa Merica, Yerp, or most of Asia.

I never said I thought that. In fact, I never said I live in North America or Asia. Though I do intend to move to a country that does respect my privacy.

Getting back to the OP. You are not collaborating, so you don't need an editable document or to track changes. Make a PDF in Word and post it somewhere like Dropbox, One Drive or Google Drive. Post a link here. We have to check links, but it's the easiest way to post a document.

You do realize google docs has an option that lets him give anyone the right to only VIEW the document, right? But yeah, PDF would also work.
And would you stop your darn necromancy?

If it's on anything Google, I won't bother looking at it. Study up on Google's tracking practices and you'll know even a "View Only" thing on Google Docs isn't safe from tracking.

As for necromancy, us members of the Necromancer's Club tend to enjoy it

[StayThirstyMyAguila]

As for necromancy, us members of the Necromancer's Club tend to enjoy it

So it was YOU all along!
I never would have thought . . . leave that to my other go-to username!
No, my other go-to is not MBE.

[Nef Yoo BlackBeard]

As for necromancy, us members of the Necromancer's Club tend to enjoy it

So it was ME ! all along!
I never have a thought . . . leave that to my other go-to username!
JUNE IS COMING muahahahaha.