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ElZoof t1_iylc04o wrote

Reply to comment by Jufilup in [WP] You're a renowned author who's still going to school. Annoyingly, your English teacher is reading way too deeply into your books. by stopeatingbuttspls

I mean it’s okay, but it has almost nothing to do with the prompt other than involving an author? Maybe?

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Jufilup t1_iymh8nh wrote

The English teacher alerted authorities who arrested him and the story picks up there… feels like that’s a pretty easy leap to take if I’m being honest.

Surprised by the downvotes and I dislike the precedent set on this sub where if you don’t follow the exact prompt you’re just dismissed.

I basically just subbed the English teacher for the cop and yet somehow that’s entirely different from the prompt?

edit: ty for the “I mean it’s okay”. That totally didn’t feel slightly rude.

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HopingToWriteWell77 t1_iymn9it wrote

The point is to write within the confines of the prompt, not substitute parts of it.

The point was, what would an author do if they're stuck reading their own book in a class, with the teacher reading way too much into it?

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Jufilup t1_iymrk6c wrote

I respectfully disagree and don’t think that’s the point of a sub about creative writing.

Edited to add: to be clear also I didn’t substitute stuff. In my mind while writing the story, the teacher alerted the authorities who arrested the author and were then questioning him. I get that that may be a small leap but it’s a really simple logical leap given the prompt and what would logically happen if he was actually genuinely suspicious.

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Spinjitzu-Master t1_iynrpud wrote

Part of the beauty of this sub's creativity is sticking to a specific prompt. Limiting yourself and seeing how far/how differently other people take it, you know?

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Jufilup t1_iynup89 wrote

I really feel like I did stick to the specific prompt, and it was just like what you're saying, a different take on it. Given the vagueness of the prompt what I wrote feels reasonable to me.

The prompt didn't say that it had to be " what would an author do if they're stuck reading their own book in a class, with the teacher reading way too much into it?" as the above poster says.

It says "Annoyingly, your English teacher is reading way too deeply into your books."

My take on that is just as valid as the next person's, and my take was that the english teacher was reading too deeply into murder mysteries, alerted the authorities, and the story picked up there. Is that not just a different take?

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yxpeng20 t1_iyolez4 wrote

It looks like you just got unlucky. One of the notes of the bot says "Prompts don't have to fulfill every detail."

There have been many prompts where people deviated and got complaints, but the general agreement has always seemed to be that prompts provide inspiration, not a strict framework. The bot even recommends other subreddits for those who want to see stricter adherence to the prompt.

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