From: Steyr@yabbs
To: robtelee@yabbs
Subject: Postong to Poetry
Date: Wed May 25 09:17:17 1994

Most people are a little shy about letting others see their work.  Fear of 
rejection is blamed mostly.  But exactly what IS rejection ?  Does it mean 
someone doesn't like your work ?  Well whoopy doo !  You can't please 
everyone.  What does it really matter if you get a couple of bad comments 
on it.  Most people here are polite enough that if they think it is utter 
shit they will just shut up, unless they wish to give some constructive 
criticism, which is not a bad thing.  It's not likely that anyone is gonna 
laugh and think you're a dickhead (or if they do they're not likely to say 
so).  Even if you post something which ppl don't think is great, atleast 
you had the guts to do so.  That earns a little respect in my book.

So lets cut the "I'm scared of rejection" crap.  Particularly on Yabbs, 
where you don't actually have to face the critics, it's NOT going to ruin 
your reputation/life.  The worst case scenario is not that bad.  So lets 
see what you have to post then ... I for one would be interested.

                                            - Steyr