How could I have made these butter better?
Butter is solid at room temperature. But cream is typically liquid...it flows. And that is what I want my writing to do. So, I am asking for your help.
Listed below are my Top Stories (and one Runner-Up) recognitions from this year. Like any good recipe, I believe there can always be room for improvement. Will you pick one of these to critique? (Don't worry, I'm salted butter, so even if I do melt a little, I won't get my feelings hurt...I can always jump back into the fridge and re-form.)
Tell me what you might have preferred, what you would have added or subtracted, tossed or blended, or what secret ingredient you might suggest to spice it up a bit. I'd sure appreciate it :)
By the way, it's taken me almost six years to be brave/confident enough to get into the hot kitchen of the Critique community. I can stand the heat, now, so bring it on fellow Chefs!
About the Creator
Shirley Belk
Mother, Nana, Sister, Cousin, & Aunt who recently retired. RN (Nursing Instructor) who loves to write stories to heal herself and reflect on all the silver linings she has been blessed with :)
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Best Cotton Pickin' Behavior
When the Sally Field movie, Places in the Heart. came out via VHS tape in 1984, I was so excited to rent it for my family to watch. So, I gathered my mother and her two sisters together one afternoon and we popped the tape into the VCR. I'm sure we all had a cup of hot coffee (and they had their nasty cigarettes...eewe...but that's what they did in that generation.) I was thirty at the time and my children enjoyed any movie as long as there were snacks available or they busied themselves outside on their bikes. My aunt's husband, Uncle Bill was busy taking a long afternoon nap.
By Shirley Belkabout a month ago in Chapters
Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH4 days ago in Critique
Mistakes in Stranger Things - Season 5
Stranger Things 5: A Train Wreck of Lazy Writing and Brand Blunders When Stranger Things first dropped in 2016, it was a masterpiece of atmosphere and tight storytelling. It felt like a love letter to the 80s. Fast forward to Season 5, and that love letter has been shredded. What we got instead was a bloated, nonsensical mess that felt like the creators were just checking boxes to get it over with. It wasn't just a disappointment; it was a total collapse of the logic and stakes that made us care about Hawkins in the first place.
By Teodor Monescu5 days ago in Critique
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I'm so sorry but I'm not comfortable with critiquing or giving constructive criticism for anyone's work. But I hope others may be able to do that for you. Sending you lots of love and hugs ❤️
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