technology troubles

[eleneariel]

I found out I can only email my professor using my college email address--and they have either not given me one, or have misspelled the log-in name or something, because it is NOT letting me into my account. If I have one. I'm wondering if they only give them to full-time students?

And even if I can get it to let me log on, I can only access it here a work or in the computer lab, so I couldn't even count on getting the reply in a timely manner.

I guess I'll just plan on not having any questions.

So, does anyone know: if you are writing a summary of a short mystery story, do you give away the ending or not?

Comments

[completeinhim.livejournal.com]

If it's described as a summary (i.e. a report), I'd guess that you may reveal the ending. If it's a review, however, it is very important not to give away the conclusion as your goal is to make people want to read it themselves.

Not sure if that helps or not, but there it is. :-) Sorry about your e-mailing troubles! That's dreadful. I'm frustrated this semester because my school installed a new program on their lab computers that demands a username and password just to access them. For some reason, it doesn't recognize my name and password (even though I have no trouble accessing my account from home) so I can't even use the library catalog at school. Arg! These nit-picking little restrictions enforced by universities can be quite trying, I say.

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a summary--not a review.

But do you think it would be okay to write it without giving away the ending? I've already written it that way and it turned out well--I'm not sure I really want to rewrite it. *grin*

[equuschick.livejournal.com]

I have, sadly, absolutely no advice to offer. I have never written a mystery. I plan on eventually writing a mystery with Jeeves & Wooster as the detectives. It is a goal in life. ;-)
Also, I would like to let you know that you have three e-mails from me. But only one is important. O_O A sad commentary, no?

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

I thought they were all important, actually. So there.

[equuschick.livejournal.com]

Ah, how special. *sniffles* The pink fuzzies float about my persona today. :-D