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I wonder if he deleted it, or maybe just cleaned it up and put an AK spin on it, making himself look like the injured party
And who the FUCK is going to run this group?QuoteI did what you suggested we do - the proof is there in black and white. And now you are attacking me for doing it, saying I'm taking money from you. I say again - if it was such a shit idea, why did you suggest doing it?I suggested, FOR CURRENT MEMBERS, who might not be staying (but wanted them all to stay) they might form a group (as was done before, way back).You seem to overlook the fact that you were roping in OTHER PEOPLE, and further you asked that they get my copyright material for nothing.Now that is EIGHT people (at least) who MIGHT have joined BC in some capacity or other had you not offered an alternative.If you cannot see the difference, you're not very bright.alex Alex Keegan (AlexK, Snowball136)alex.keegan(at)btconnect.comHome Page Seventh Quark
I did what you suggested we do - the proof is there in black and white. And now you are attacking me for doing it, saying I'm taking money from you. I say again - if it was such a shit idea, why did you suggest doing it?
Just a thought but if some of you DO leave, you have the grid and the way to do things, why not form a group?alexAlex Keegan (AlexK, Snowball136)alex.keegan(at)btconnect.comHome Page Seventh Quark
Guess I'm the ignoramus here, but according to my understanding of the copyright laws (in the US, at any rate), you cannot copyright an IDEA. Unless you have borrowed his crit grid verbatim I don't see where he would have a "case."
We now have Alice's Restaurant, AR2, Cadenza's new thingee and yours, all basically using the BC model and all using my grid or a rip-off of it.
Rubrics, as any teacher knows, have been around for eons. Mine have been published in assessment textbooks, with attribution. That being said, when a new teacher (see the similarity here, Blunt) says, "Oh, I like that rubric, may I use it?" I say, please do, here's the link to it and here's an electronic copy. If it's to advance the teaching of a discipline, whether writing a research paper for management or for fiction, it's an educational tool. I don't get the proprietary nature of his comments--there is no fee in this forum, other than that of critting each other's work honestly and with KINDNESS.
If ALL he has to claim for himself is a rubric, and not his ability to teach and attract new students by virtue of his ability to teach then, that's a sorry state of affairs--for him. There will always be other forums and other crit groups and other teachers, whether formal or informal. He isn't the only teacher on the web. End of Sermon.
fwiw...I wouldn't cross the street to piss on him if he was on fire. Talent be damned, if he can't treat people with respect then he gets none in return from me.
Just a thought but if some of you DO leave, you have the grid and the way to do things, why not form a group?
Wow, is everyone here ex-BC?
As a fairly new writer i didn't even know who AK was until a couple of months ago - now i find traces of him on every writing forum!
But i digress...For the uninitiated can someone explain what this 'scoring method' is about and how stories are stripped & categorised?Also can i get hold of a copy of this grid to look at?TaD