Books, Awkward and Kids: The reviews are in

The reviews are in

By Anonymous - 23/04/2014 07:17 - United States - Rapid City

Today, my teenage son gave me the completed manuscript of the novel he's been working on for 4 years. Surprised and excited that he showed so much dedication to something, I volunteered to read it. I'm only on page 16 and it's absolute drivel, with grammar that makes my eyes bleed. Only 281 pages to go. FML

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You deserved it 6 677

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By Anonymous - 19/04/2012 04:46 - United States - Sparks

Today, I finally asked some friends to read the beginning of a novel that I'd been slaving away at. One of them said it was the literary equivalent of aquarium gravel. Another asked if I'd been sniffing boot polish while writing it. FML

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You deserved it 4 658

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By TeachingSucks - 17/05/2023 11:00 - United States - Cabot

Today, I'm grading final projects for a junior level college class. A student finally turned in their work, after months of encouragement and coaxing. Half of it was plain wrong, the rest had so many spelling and grammatical mistakes, it appeared to be written by a drunk autocorrect program. FML

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You deserved it 119

By anon_1996 - 08/05/2013 16:59 - United Kingdom - Haslemere

Today, my boss asked me to read through a document. I gave my feedback, saying it seemed like it had been written by an 8-year-old. Turns out it was in fact written by him. FML

I agree, your life sucks 45 764

You deserved it 16 170

By Tise81 - 22/06/2019 14:00 - Netherlands - Drachten

Today, my 18-year-old son got his first tattoo. I would have loved it, if it wasn't a text on his hand with a glaring spelling mistake in it. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 591

You deserved it 225

By JZ. - 30/10/2009 13:34 - New Zealand

Today, I submitted my 5000 word assignment. When I got home, my mother asked if I'd checked it through one more time like she always warned me to do. I hadn't, therefore hadn't noticed the paragraph on page 11 that she'd written, telling me to pay attention to the small details. FML

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You deserved it 13 198

By badessaymyass - 17/04/2014 19:59 - United States - Phoenix

Today, I had my teacher look over my essay before turning it in. He said it was extremely well-written, so I handed it in. When I got it back, the feedback he left said it was one of the worst essays he'd ever read. FML

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You deserved it 4 616

By Apparently not a writer - 20/02/2013 16:36 - United States - Hockessin

Today, I uploaded the first chapter of my best writing yet to a popular writing website. After ten minutes, I was thrilled to already see one review and five comments. Each comment was telling me to immediately delete the story because of how horrible it was. The rating was half a star. FML

I agree, your life sucks 30 157

You deserved it 8 421

By pissed_off_girl - 01/04/2013 02:59 - United States - Falls Church

Today, I had to proof-read a terrible paper containing a bunch of mistakes. It took me 4 hours and I didn't eat dinner until I was done. His response when he got it back was, "What the fuck did you do to my paper?! You bitch!" FML

I agree, your life sucks 37 661

You deserved it 3 238

By sobasics - 06/05/2013 23:43 - United States

Today, I finally got a phone call from a publisher saying they would publish the book I'd written. I'd gotten loads of rejection letters, so I was so excited. Until I realized it was my dad, feeling sorry for me. FML

I agree, your life sucks 47 434

You deserved it 3 722

By David3000 - 24/01/2009 07:15 - Australia

Today, I finally finished my 500 page manuscript and so went out to buy some paper to print it off. I get back home and find out my dad has infected my computer with a virus and the only way to save it was to wipe the hard drive, which he did. That script took me a year and I have no backup. FML

I agree, your life sucks 42 882

You deserved it 27 917

Awes0meperson 10

Wednesday 23 April 2014 17:01

You could just be honest with him and maybe help him fix it instead of torturing yourself

hamzor 5

Wednesday 23 April 2014 17:01

At least he's into writing and not drugs, you should be happy!

Comments

schminkyjim 1

Friday 25 April 2014 4:56

don't focus on the grammar, focus on the storyline and content. Drivel??, what a horrible.thing to say.

cdawgtate 9

Friday 25 April 2014 6:08

Try helping him

myoukei 31

Friday 25 April 2014 6:32

This is my worst nightmare

Kevlar_burrito 6

Friday 25 April 2014 8:29

such a supportive parent you are....

jrmhjs12213 7

Thursday 8 May 2014 23:03

Hey be glad he's doing positive things instead of drugs and knocking up girls. He seems like a good son. Be proud of him and praise him for doing something positive.

at0micmin3r 23

Wednesday 21 May 2014 11:32

The key is POSITIVE reinforcement. No critisism. Tell him what's wrong AND WHAT HE CAN DO TO FIX IT. WTG for being a good parent!

ByeTech 10

Wednesday 4 March 2015 14:16

He might not be the next Stephen King, but I think it's pretty cool he finished a whole book, especially at his age! I've been writing on my stuff for 7 years and I'm not getting anywhere. Be supportive and constructive!