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Post by Two foot Tom on Jan 5, 2011 9:39:34 GMT -9
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Post by kiladecus on Jan 6, 2011 3:38:11 GMT -9
So, that whole "Wandering Writer" this is something you came up with?
Does that count as a web-site to host your stuff for RPGNow.com?
Just curious...
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Post by Two foot Tom on Jan 6, 2011 10:09:03 GMT -9
Yes mate i did and yes it does count as a website and its pretty easy to do as well
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Post by cowboyleland on Jan 6, 2011 10:18:54 GMT -9
Tom, I admire your courage and I don't want to be discouraging but I suggest you do some editting on your first blog post. Punctuation errors and run on sentences do not make me want to click on the link. Best of luck; put your best foot forward!
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Post by kiladecus on Jan 6, 2011 10:54:05 GMT -9
CBL DOES have a point... If you keep saying things like, "i wanted to do this," make sure you captialize the "I."
This may seem like a small, nit-picky thing, but if you are wanting to become a published writer, then you need to, as CBL stated, "Put your best foot forward."
Now, I am one that normally types too fast and I get the words, "adn," and "taht." In a forum post little things like that can be over-looked, but in a published article...
I hope you understand that this is a little constructive criticism, and NOT me tearing you down! I have a lot of respect for what you are doing, just wanting to help out... Don't take ANYTHING I say negative or personal.
David
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Post by Two foot Tom on Jan 6, 2011 13:25:55 GMT -9
No thats fine lads, i am much more informal when writing like this than when writing my material but i entirely understand what you mean. My punctuation is ... pretty bad i know BUT i do have a chap doing editing for me as we speak so the edited version of the short story will be ready soon and i shall edit the link on the blog. But honestly lads, if you have ANYTHING to say however nit picky please tell me because if i go commercial then i need to know i am doing things right. Thank you for your help
Cheers folks
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Post by Sirrob01 on Jan 7, 2011 13:06:40 GMT -9
Keep it up Tom, I'm another one of the punctuation and spelling cursed, I've gotten better as i've written more on my blog but my wife is still horrified by some of the mistakes I make. Doesn't seem to matter how hard I try it just wont stick in my head Goodluck with it and don't let the spelling/punct stop you from posting and writing
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Post by Parduz on Jan 7, 2011 14:22:15 GMT -9
"i wanted to do this," make sure you captialize the "I." That's a thing that I'll never get mastered. And also that I will never understand why a rule like that have to exist
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Post by josedominguez on Jan 8, 2011 6:41:28 GMT -9
I is the personal pronoun, you'd always capitalize Parduz in a sentence, same way you'd refer to yourself with a capital I, it's replacing your name in the sentence. Same way that God has a capital when talking about the Christian God, but when reffering to other gods you don't need to. E.g. Vishnu is a god. Jesus' father is God. It adds importance to the word which used to be a longer in middle English, something like ich. As it got shorter it needed emphasis as the little i can just be forgotten or mispronounced, capitalising a letter makes it stand out... reminding you that it's a proper name or the start of a sentence. In the case of 'I' focusing on the subject of the sentence.
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Post by Two foot Tom on Jan 11, 2011 14:18:27 GMT -9
Cheers folks for all the support and infomation. The past few days have been a nightmare as my hard drive simply died along with alot of my writings and an essay so things are not good. Ive got my laptop back from the repair shop now so I can start working on stuff again. Stressful times Cheers folks
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