Learning How To Write, Right Here
Using the resources and a few ramblings as always.76 total reviews
Comment from Lovinia
ROFL FOTSIHBL Mikey
You're the BEST ... oh well not THE best, just the BEST!! If you know what I mean?? ...... you don't???? .... nobody ever listens to me anyway, so why should I make sense. :))) ????I like your idea of the writing tips. I feel the rant could be separate ... so true though.
Of course, why am I reading this .. you're payin' 52c NOT $1.04????? LOL
The essay part is funny and not really a Mikey rambling ... though when Mikey rambles he gets away with it, generally, because one thing you do well is ramble, just in an interesting and humorous way. :)))
I'm lost in spag, especially as my computer doesn't spell well either........ it is frustrating to have to correct a lot of grammar and spell ...yet I see writers do it so generously to help a beginner.
I would tighten it a little by deleting from: "Keep in mind that it doesn't matter what anybody else says or does." It seems like beginning with a rant and then concluding with it .... takes the focus off the actual writing tips.
Now that I'm thinking ... I do understand why you want to include the rant in this. My suggestion would be to chop the rant into a more flash fiction style .... make it a little less verbose..... and a different font. Terse, then flow into the more formal essay style.
#1: WRITE
"Write all the time and write about everything. Write in every style. Write in styles that you do not like. Write in styles that you are not good at. If you can't think of anything to write about, look at the front page of our site. Write about the topics in the writing prompts. Write entries for every contest. You don't have to enter them, just write according to the rules.
Out of ideas? Read the number one story. Write your own story about the same topic. Read the number one poem and write about the same topic in that. All done? Go to number two."
I don't usually re-write ...this is just how I would write it. Though I'm no pro ... just a learner like you.
Write about everything, in every style, way, shape or form. Write everyday. Out of ideas? Use the prompts and contests, it's not necessary to enter. Read. Read both off and on the site. Follow the advanced writers. Really read through, observe and try your hand at the topic. A quick read through just for the dollars will not teach you anything.
Just a suggestion Mikey. Maybe a prof writer would hash mine ... I have no idea. Personally I think an essay should not be too chatty ... I think a more formal approach and considerable tightening would work better for this kind of write. Your wit, charm and hot personality works better in your other work ... not so much here. Your title may 'rope' them in and what you have written is not what I was expecting.
I hope this provides you with something to go on ... only mho though ... nothing set in concrete. :))) Hugs - Lovi xoxoxoxo PS I'm happy for you to be tough on me when you need too. :)))
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reply by the author on 21-Mar-2014
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ROFL FOTSIHBL Mikey
You're the BEST ... oh well not THE best, just the BEST!! If you know what I mean?? ...... you don't???? .... nobody ever listens to me anyway, so why should I make sense. :))) ????I like your idea of the writing tips. I feel the rant could be separate ... so true though.
Of course, why am I reading this .. you're payin' 52c NOT $1.04????? LOL
The essay part is funny and not really a Mikey rambling ... though when Mikey rambles he gets away with it, generally, because one thing you do well is ramble, just in an interesting and humorous way. :)))
I'm lost in spag, especially as my computer doesn't spell well either........ it is frustrating to have to correct a lot of grammar and spell ...yet I see writers do it so generously to help a beginner.
I would tighten it a little by deleting from: "Keep in mind that it doesn't matter what anybody else says or does." It seems like beginning with a rant and then concluding with it .... takes the focus off the actual writing tips.
Now that I'm thinking ... I do understand why you want to include the rant in this. My suggestion would be to chop the rant into a more flash fiction style .... make it a little less verbose..... and a different font. Terse, then flow into the more formal essay style.
#1: WRITE
"Write all the time and write about everything. Write in every style. Write in styles that you do not like. Write in styles that you are not good at. If you can't think of anything to write about, look at the front page of our site. Write about the topics in the writing prompts. Write entries for every contest. You don't have to enter them, just write according to the rules.
Out of ideas? Read the number one story. Write your own story about the same topic. Read the number one poem and write about the same topic in that. All done? Go to number two."
I don't usually re-write ...this is just how I would write it. Though I'm no pro ... just a learner like you.
Write about everything, in every style, way, shape or form. Write everyday. Out of ideas? Use the prompts and contests, it's not necessary to enter. Read. Read both off and on the site. Follow the advanced writers. Really read through, observe and try your hand at the topic. A quick read through just for the dollars will not teach you anything.
Just a suggestion Mikey. Maybe a prof writer would hash mine ... I have no idea. Personally I think an essay should not be too chatty ... I think a more formal approach and considerable tightening would work better for this kind of write. Your wit, charm and hot personality works better in your other work ... not so much here. Your title may 'rope' them in and what you have written is not what I was expecting.
I hope this provides you with something to go on ... only mho though ... nothing set in concrete. :))) Hugs - Lovi xoxoxoxo PS I'm happy for you to be tough on me when you need too. :)))
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Comment Written 21-Mar-2014
reply by the author on 21-Mar-2014
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Hahaha! What does FOTSIHBL stand for? I'm afraid to ask!!! I did two edits of this. I did one where I used a lot of what you suggested. It was wordy as I looked it over and some of the "rant" didn't really fit in with the rest of the piece. So, almost 150 words off and I was happy with it. Then I edited it again and went all the way. The result was a very clean piece that might even be worth publishing. The problem was, my inclination was to delete it! It didn't sound anything like something I would write. So, I had to go with the first edit. I'm not good with punctuation so I imagine it is still full of spag as you pointed out. I didn't see any or maybe some of it was due to all of the over wording. Like the sentence I just wrote! Anyway, if you have a moment to take a peek. I like it a lot better now so your help is most appreciated. I've yet to see you post anything that I could be "tough on". Why don't you just dash something right off the top of your head and throw it right out there!! Works for me! Well, sometimes..... mikey
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Falling off the step in hysterical burst of laughter .... oh should it be FOTSIHBOL????? I was carrying a cup of coffee too. :)
I'm relaying to you things that have been told to me by the professional writers over the years. I fell into the "i" trap and it seemed impossible to make changes, and yes the "that" --- put it in take it out. I can tend to be verbose because I want to be sure the reader 'got' everything. I now try to think how ACTIVE the sentence is and not tell them everything. nor wrote a small essay on writing in one of his latest posts. Worth taking a look at .... he picked upon some of the things I do. I'm not really HERE at the moment ... just sneaking on, the WARDEN is on the watch. I shall return and look at your edited work and consider an up-grade. Glad I was of some help. I always hesitate in prose ... a little insecure about it myself.
What are you talking about, half of my writing is off the top of my head ..... hahahha! I won't be offended if you point anything you see out .... always appreciative..... unless you give me a four because you prefer I wrote in a different style or rhymed it. LOL Hugs - Lovi xoxo
Comment from seaglass
You meant to say this like this, right? "Yee Haw! What is they, crazy?" If not, it might need adjustment.
Your instructional essay has wisdom and is well written. Since joining this club, I have learned a lot about commas (Those dastardly little turds)but still need some nudging. I either forget them all together, or decorate my entire piece with them like a Christmas tree.
What has been interesting to me are the different points of view. I've had some one tell me put them here and there. and after I do, some one else says take them out. LOl. What really helps is if they tell you why.
Like Phyllis says "this is a no, no, because you never put a comma between a subject and its predicate." Now, that's not a error I will made again, because I now know why.
Or, Gracie pointed out, "a comma has to be before and after a name when you are addressing someone." ahhh, gotcha"
Another gal taught me that "you always follow a question mark and explanation mark with a small letter for your quote." I went through college and never learned that.
At other times, some one says, "This is too wordy, you need to tighten it up a bit," and two minutes later someone says, "I love all the description you have." In these cases, I chuckle and think, beauty is in eye of the beholder, thank them for their suggestion and decide what I want to do.
Its really been fun and I think this site prepares us before we have to read scrappy, harsh critics, tearing up our creation, if ever we are lucky enough to publish a book. Good Write Mikey.
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You meant to say this like this, right? "Yee Haw! What is they, crazy?" If not, it might need adjustment.
Your instructional essay has wisdom and is well written. Since joining this club, I have learned a lot about commas (Those dastardly little turds)but still need some nudging. I either forget them all together, or decorate my entire piece with them like a Christmas tree.
What has been interesting to me are the different points of view. I've had some one tell me put them here and there. and after I do, some one else says take them out. LOl. What really helps is if they tell you why.
Like Phyllis says "this is a no, no, because you never put a comma between a subject and its predicate." Now, that's not a error I will made again, because I now know why.
Or, Gracie pointed out, "a comma has to be before and after a name when you are addressing someone." ahhh, gotcha"
Another gal taught me that "you always follow a question mark and explanation mark with a small letter for your quote." I went through college and never learned that.
At other times, some one says, "This is too wordy, you need to tighten it up a bit," and two minutes later someone says, "I love all the description you have." In these cases, I chuckle and think, beauty is in eye of the beholder, thank them for their suggestion and decide what I want to do.
Its really been fun and I think this site prepares us before we have to read scrappy, harsh critics, tearing up our creation, if ever we are lucky enough to publish a book. Good Write Mikey.
Comment Written 21-Mar-2014
Comment from akulkumol
I really liked this article, the straight message it conveys. I am not writer, who writes in English. I am here to learn to write in English. Really F'S is helping a lot improving my writing skill. I write reviews as much as I can, reading is must for writing review. I am not that expert in that also. I am hear to learn, writing review is also helpful for improvements. This is I feel one way to express one's feeling about what they read. Another benefit of writing review it provides us the virtual money required to promote one's work. Until and unless we about others view its difficult to improve. This kind of article is very important for new writer like me. It was very helpful and real guide for me. Thanks
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I really liked this article, the straight message it conveys. I am not writer, who writes in English. I am here to learn to write in English. Really F'S is helping a lot improving my writing skill. I write reviews as much as I can, reading is must for writing review. I am not that expert in that also. I am hear to learn, writing review is also helpful for improvements. This is I feel one way to express one's feeling about what they read. Another benefit of writing review it provides us the virtual money required to promote one's work. Until and unless we about others view its difficult to improve. This kind of article is very important for new writer like me. It was very helpful and real guide for me. Thanks
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Comment Written 21-Mar-2014
Comment from ProjectBluebook
Yelp, I'm a whipping boy, i don't mind putting my mediocre stuff out there and get keelhauled. I try to remember and not repeat my SPAG, NEGATIVE REVIEWS help me a lot, I learn new things to do or not to do. This is an interesting idea, I would have never though of this in a thousand years, only you--Mikey can pull two rabbits out of a hat simultaneously, you are a magician, i must declare. You got good imagination, this is living evidence of your skills, maybe, you are a seer or sorcherer but I got a few chuckles reading this. I have learned, you are unpredictable, never know what is storming in your brain. I'm rated 44 and my work reflects that, i procrastinate a lot, a lazy bum. Sly devil, you did great here--you are cunning like the fox and wise as an owl. later Lion King.
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Yelp, I'm a whipping boy, i don't mind putting my mediocre stuff out there and get keelhauled. I try to remember and not repeat my SPAG, NEGATIVE REVIEWS help me a lot, I learn new things to do or not to do. This is an interesting idea, I would have never though of this in a thousand years, only you--Mikey can pull two rabbits out of a hat simultaneously, you are a magician, i must declare. You got good imagination, this is living evidence of your skills, maybe, you are a seer or sorcherer but I got a few chuckles reading this. I have learned, you are unpredictable, never know what is storming in your brain. I'm rated 44 and my work reflects that, i procrastinate a lot, a lazy bum. Sly devil, you did great here--you are cunning like the fox and wise as an owl. later Lion King.
Comment Written 21-Mar-2014
Comment from Sankey
this is certainly long overdue friend. hehe just thought of another Americanism...don't 'overdue' it hehe.
A great essay and much appreciated. Ihave a feeling we came to FS about the same time mate! Another thing we have in common what!
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this is certainly long overdue friend. hehe just thought of another Americanism...don't 'overdue' it hehe.
A great essay and much appreciated. Ihave a feeling we came to FS about the same time mate! Another thing we have in common what!
Comment Written 21-Mar-2014
Comment from DonandVicki
I enjoyed the message and helpful hints in your well composed essay Mikey . the information flowed very well and had a lot of meaning for me. Don
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I enjoyed the message and helpful hints in your well composed essay Mikey . the information flowed very well and had a lot of meaning for me. Don
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Comment Written 21-Mar-2014
