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  1. This site has these main categories.
    1. Authors & Readers Feedback
    2. The Other Voting Category (Undergoing Maintenance).
    3. The Free Access Category.
    4. The Restricted Access Category
    5. The Author Feedback Group
    6. The View to Earn Credits Category (The Marketplace)
  2. The Authors & Readers Feedback Section is NOT for the sale or purchase of editing services. Based on my preferred method of writing microfiction, it is designed for individuals who want to volunteer their time to help others improve their writing. I write several versions of the same sentence and then rank them from one to whatever. I then go with the one ranked #1. I've found that sentences that look like earth-shattering brilliance at 3 AM look like halting, nonsensical drivel the next day. So, I ask for other people's opinions. This is why I request a feedback exchange with other authors. I and/or other interested parties rank the submissions. Readers who are not authors are strongly encouraged to participate in the ranking of stories.
  3. Voting in the Other Voting Category allows users to earn credits that can be used to purchase access to the Restricted Access Category.
    The category contains mostly sentences that may be included in Them's Good Words, Vol. 2: Opening Lines to Stories My Readers Wish I'd Write. These sentences may or may not be modified before being published in the book. Some of the sentences in this section are a continuation of pieces that were started in Vol. 1. The sentences in this section are intended to be part of slightly longer pieces that will appear in Vol. 2.
    1. The credits you earn by voting have an expiration date.
    2. The expiration date is shown on each voting page.
    3. The number of credits given for each vote is shown on each voting page.
    4. The voting page also shows when users can vote again to earn more credits.
  4. The Free Access category contains random great sentences from the internet. It also contains great sentences from self-published authors whose sentences I've liked. Where possible, links to their books on Amazon are provided. Also included in the Free Access category are miscellaneous areas of interest in which site members may have their social media accounts and other online ventures promoted.
    If you're a self-published author, please consider the following.
    1. You're invited to send one great sentence from your book. If I like it, it will be posted on the site, including a link to your book on Amazon.
    2. The request is for ONE great sentence that YOU consider to be a great sentence from your self-published book. It is not for a sentence that needs other sentences in order to bring out its greatness.
    3. Since many do ask, this answer is provided here. The catch is that if you're deemed to be an annoyance, you will be blocked from GreatSentences.com. I may or may not use my own affiliate link.
    4. My obsession with single great sentences is somewhat explained here.
  5. Readers may submit their great sentences from wherever they find them. If selected, I will link to both the book and the reader's social media accounts.
  6. Audio narrators may also submit their work. I may be willing to link to any platform on the internet. However, when embedding content, I have a preference for the following.
    1. I prefer YouTube because that platform does not force videos to autoplay before the visitor has had a chance to unmute the video. Generally, YouTube does not force viewers to leave the viewing page and go to YouTube. Viewers make a conscious choice to go to YouTube.
    2. I prefer audio that does NOT begin with music that delays the beginning of the narration.
    3. I prefer narration that has no background music. I run into too many cases in which the music is too loud for the narration.
  7. Other creative minds are free to submit their content for review and possible inclusion in the categories that are found here. The duration of your post may be tied to how active you are on this site.
  8. The Restricted Access category contains posts that require membership in various special groups. Those memberships are purchased by using credits. You earn credits by completing tasks such as voting, viewing certain pages, or being very nice to me.

    Some of the posts in the Restricted Access category are from Them's Good Words, Vol. 1: Opening Lines to Stories My Readers Wish I'd Write. Read them from oldest to newest. You'll be accessing the whole book without spending any money on it.

  9. There are two types of expiration dates associated with credits.
    1. If you earn some credits but don't use them, they will eventually expire.
    2. If you earn some credits and use them to become a member of a restricted group, your membership in that group will eventually expire.
    3. The duration of the membership that you purchase by using your credits is not affected by how long you've had the credits for. For example, if you have credits that expire in 7 days, and you use them on day 6 to purchase a group membership that has a 7-day duration, you get the full 7 days in that group.
    4. Each page that issues credits should tell you when they will expire. It should also tell you when you can earn some more credits from that same page. If this information is missing, please contact me. Include a link to the page in question.
  10. Different restricted areas may require different amounts of credits for joining them. They may also have different membership durations.
  11. Restricted areas that require ridiculous amounts of credits for joining them are meant to be ridiculously difficult to join. This may be for any or none of the following reasons.
    1. We may be talking about you.
    2. We may be sharing videos of ourselves doing naked yoga.
    3. We may be sharing videos of ourselves doing nudie jumping jacks.
    4. We think everyone is special, but we're just a little bit more special that you are.

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