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Well, it's certainly not because I am in middle school, I wish I started writing like this in middle school I would be much better by now, no, it's because I am
by voidfiles 16y ago
Well, it's certainly not because I am in middle school, I wish I started writing like this in middle school I would be much better by now, no, it's because I am a bad writer.
Thank you though, this is going to go in my list of question to ask my self while editing; does this feel like it could be in a middle school book report?
- megablast 16y agoHey, everyone here should give you a break, it is easy to criticize, and English is clearly not your first language.
- voidfiles 16y agoWell, I wish that were the case, or you are making a joke. I can't tell. Either way it's funny.
- pvg 16y agoYou don't have to be a bad writer. Good writer, that's a different story - 'not terrible' is fairly straightforward. 1. Keep it simple 2. Avoid howlers Give 'Politics and the English Language' another read and scan the style guide of your favourite major newspaper or periodical. Check spelling. Check basic style (look up 'run on sentence' in a style guide and see what it says about what you wrote in your comment). Check if you're making sense (ask yourself, what sort of games do dodos play? does text 'feel' or 'read' or 'sound'? etc). If you want a use a metaphor, simile, idiom or common expression, triple check, look it up, verify it means what you think it means and consider 1. again. And that's it - simple, makes sense and has no howlers takes you into the stratosphere of online writing. You can decide whether you're interested in getting to orbit from there.