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<blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 3110283" data-attributes="member: 10397">I think you misunderstand me. I wasnt saying anything about six more years of writting experience. I was saying essentially this: assume the 15 year old and the 21 year old are both just starting, or at least writting their first novel. The 15 year old is just as likely to do just as well as the 21 year old.Also deeper than that, as I mentioned in my last post, I dont really believe &quot;children&quot; (especially teenagers) are all that much different from &quot;adults&quot;, or that theres some sort of magic age at which you suddenly become more intelligent, enlightened or whatever. All of life is a learning and growing experience. &nbsp;I disagree, although I'm not sure about your use of the term &quot;customer&quot;. Everyone is of course entitled to their opinion, but I don't believe in &quot;slamming&quot; creative works. If you didn't like it, say so. But thats just your opinion, don't try to act like your not liking it =it having no merit or being &quot;bad&quot;. Thats why I dont really understand the existing of literary/art/film &quot;critics&quot;, who get payed to try and tell us whats well done or badly done, when all it is is their opinion.I'm not saying you did or are doing that, but thats what I was getting at. I feel people who choose to pursue their creativity should be encouraged, or at least not discouraged.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merlion, post: 3110283, member: 10397"] I think you misunderstand me. I wasnt saying anything about six more years of writting experience. I was saying essentially this: assume the 15 year old and the 21 year old are both just starting, or at least writting their first novel. The 15 year old is just as likely to do just as well as the 21 year old. Also deeper than that, as I mentioned in my last post, I dont really believe "children" (especially teenagers) are all that much different from "adults", or that theres some sort of magic age at which you suddenly become more intelligent, enlightened or whatever. All of life is a learning and growing experience. I disagree, although I'm not sure about your use of the term "customer". Everyone is of course entitled to their opinion, but I don't believe in "slamming" creative works. If you didn't like it, say so. But thats just your opinion, don't try to act like your not liking it =it having no merit or being "bad". Thats why I dont really understand the existing of literary/art/film "critics", who get payed to try and tell us whats well done or badly done, when all it is is their opinion. I'm not saying you did or are doing that, but thats what I was getting at. I feel people who choose to pursue their creativity should be encouraged, or at least not discouraged. [/QUOTE]

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