Reviews for "Ballistics and Bowstrings"

Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:04 am

Thank you so much for Ballistics and Bowsrings. As a UK archer of many years standing the term "Firing" has always infuriated me. This archer is now certainly sighing with relief that someone has corrected this mistake. Keep up the good work.
Hazel

Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:09 pm

This is very interesting, and I'm going to be sure and hew to it. But I think it might have been better served as a forum post, not as a "story".

Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:11 am

I agree with NB. *probably guilty of the act itself, being a English as a second language person*.

Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:49 pm

I'm probably guilty of the sin in question, and to be honest, I would have used it not in a literal way but more in terms of metaphor for the way the arrows go forth, but that's a matter of taste in writing. Sometimes I believe technical accuracy can get in the way of the flow of a sentence, but anyway, I have to agree with Nancy that this should have been in the forum rather than in this section. When I read the title I expected a technical essay discussing the different terms and usages, and I think if you were to rewrite this in that form, it would be of a great deal of use to many writers. As it is, it reads as more of a rant, sorry.

SW

Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:32 am

Thank god someone said something because I've been scratching my head over this one for quite some time and fire always seemed weird to me.

Thank you for this informative point.

Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:45 am

love it, and being a reader of fanfic i do see a lot of errors where this subject is played out

Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:03 pm

I also really appreciate the reminder because the "Fire!" thing drives me nuts as well. And I think this is fine as a short essay.

Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:58 pm

I saw this earlier and meant to review it and a friend reminded me...I completely agree with you. I do re-enactments and the misuse of terminology is really distracting to me in a story. And though the language is informal, I also think this is ok as an essay, especially since you put it in the right archive (the Reality Bytes one).

Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:57 pm

A very useful point, thank you. I can't remember if I'm guilty of this one or not, which probably shows that I haven't been paying enough attention, but I will certainly keep it in mind in the future.

Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:51 pm

I'll keep this very useful point in mind. Thank you for sharing.

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