Achilles
MY GRAMMATICAL *ss
~ Making up the bullsh*t that we call writing is easy. Making it believable isn't. ~
Recently I have been struggling with "covering my Grammatical *ss", as someone much, much more experienced than me decided to so eloquently put it. The truth of the matter is that this person is right. I like to believe I have some pretty good ideas, and whether that is true or not I'm not quite sure... the one thing I do know is that I have a few big areas to improve in before I can figure that out.
I need to find some way to teach myself how to write in what most would call "the proper form". I really only have myself to do this. But I was hoping a few of you, being much more used to this conformity could leave me a hint or two. I've been thinking about how to make my writing more believable for the masses, and the first thing that came to me was presentation.
Anyone can have a great idea, but the only ones that get heard (published), are the ones that know how to make every other aspect the same as every one else's. Besides the Great Idea, of course. Grammar, sentence structure, Format, the difference between a goddamn verb and an adverb are all things I need to learn. I never really paid attention in my classes so I only know what feels right to me.
Now I've tried reading from a textbook only textbook, but to no avail. The only did was force me to think of creative and increasingly more painful ways to off whoever had the brainstorm to publish anything that boring.
I have one question for all of you, and then I'll leave you alone:
Do you have any other methods of learning techniques, structures, and grammar, that might be a little more interesting than straight up textbook learnin'?
~ Making up the bullsh*t that we call writing is easy. Making it believable isn't. ~
Recently I have been struggling with "covering my Grammatical *ss", as someone much, much more experienced than me decided to so eloquently put it. The truth of the matter is that this person is right. I like to believe I have some pretty good ideas, and whether that is true or not I'm not quite sure... the one thing I do know is that I have a few big areas to improve in before I can figure that out.
I need to find some way to teach myself how to write in what most would call "the proper form". I really only have myself to do this. But I was hoping a few of you, being much more used to this conformity could leave me a hint or two. I've been thinking about how to make my writing more believable for the masses, and the first thing that came to me was presentation.
Anyone can have a great idea, but the only ones that get heard (published), are the ones that know how to make every other aspect the same as every one else's. Besides the Great Idea, of course. Grammar, sentence structure, Format, the difference between a goddamn verb and an adverb are all things I need to learn. I never really paid attention in my classes so I only know what feels right to me.
Now I've tried reading from a textbook only textbook, but to no avail. The only did was force me to think of creative and increasingly more painful ways to off whoever had the brainstorm to publish anything that boring.
I have one question for all of you, and then I'll leave you alone:
Do you have any other methods of learning techniques, structures, and grammar, that might be a little more interesting than straight up textbook learnin'?
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