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Post by Tyler Legrand on Aug 10, 2014 2:40:19 GMT
I don't want to sip any fluids you may be carrying
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Post by Puggalo4Lyfe on Aug 10, 2014 3:23:06 GMT
what if I happened to be carrying a gallon of ice cold sunny delight?
me-1 legrand-0
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 4:04:00 GMT
honestly i thought an adbot posted this thread at first
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 4:04:59 GMT
also heres sum feedback *grabs cortch*
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Post by Special Agent Dr. Dana Scully on Aug 10, 2014 5:27:17 GMT
the best way to get better at writing is to write more. set a high standard and then meet it. nobody else really needs to validate what youre writing. only show something you think has no flaws, that way when other people find them you will have new ways to improve that you couldn't have done yourself. anyway this is all advice i made up just then cuz i'm not a writer but it is solid imo.
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Post by Special Agent Dr. Dana Scully on Aug 10, 2014 5:29:09 GMT
wait now i feel like a loser for writing a serious reply
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Post by Special Agent Dr. Dana Scully on Aug 10, 2014 5:29:19 GMT
billy-goat you charlieh
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Post by Benjaman on Aug 10, 2014 5:30:10 GMT
the best way to get better at writing is to write more. set a high standard and then meet it. nobody else really needs to validate what youre writing. only show something you think has no flaws, that way when other people find them you will have new ways to improve that you couldn't have done yourself. anyway this is all advice i made up just then cuz i'm not a writer but it is solid imo. this is very important and actually good advice. if you leave a ton of typos and stuff then 1) everybodys just gonna pick on that and 2) theyre gonna get real tired real quick. it will be like pushing too many things through a door at once. also read. read a lot, you dont have to take note of an author's style or anything. just read and you will get a feel for what it is like to read something nice and pretty and when you read your own stuff you can tell the difference easier
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Post by Dr. Sheldon Cooper on Aug 10, 2014 8:59:58 GMT
The trouble with proofreading your own work is that you tend to know what the sentence is in your head and you can lapse into skim reading without realising it.
And your right about the reading thing. I read a lot of news, but little else. I should expand my horizons..
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Post by Puggalo4Lyfe on Aug 10, 2014 10:19:12 GMT
The trouble with proofreading your own work is that you tend to know what the sentence is in your head and you can lapse into skim reading without realising it. that's actually right and has happened to me a couple times. but yeah, whats that stephen king quote 'if you don't have time to read, you don't have time to write' or something like that. yeah. read more. it's good for writing.
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Post by Benjaman on Aug 10, 2014 16:57:14 GMT
The trouble with proofreading your own work is that you tend to know what the sentence is in your head and you can lapse into skim reading without realising it. read your writing upside down. this is easiest if youre on a laptop or something i guess, but it slows you down considerably when going through and youre less likely to miss something
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Post by Dr. Sheldon Cooper on Aug 10, 2014 17:52:05 GMT
i've been staring at that sentence for a good while now and I simply can't tell if your trying to give legit advice or not
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Post by Gorilla Tits on Aug 10, 2014 17:54:24 GMT
Instead of staring try reading
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Post by Benjaman on Aug 10, 2014 18:06:45 GMT
i've been staring at that sentence for a good while now and I simply can't tell if your trying to give legit advice or not when you get too good at a menial thing, sometimes you cant see the forest for the trees. there is a similar idea in visual art, where your dominant hand produces too uniform or too predictable strokes and so you put the brush/pencil/pastel in your other hand. it makes you focus on what you are doing rather than flying off into another world. reading upside down works similarly, it obfuscates your tendency to skim and you start taking it in slower and more deliberately. you should also clamp lobsters to your nipples
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Post by Dr. Sheldon Cooper on Aug 10, 2014 18:14:48 GMT
unable to obtain lobsters. would inserting cocktail sticks in the urethra produce a similar result?
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