I just made myself a huge bowl of ramen to assist and support in my wild late night adventures (LOL, I'm doing a math assignment) and I put like a ton of other stuff in it besides the delicious powder that comes in the little packets, because the instructions said to put in only taste maker and I'm so rebel like, and also because I like to pretend I can cook, even though what I'm making basically involves heating water and throwing a bunch of stuff in. So now I'm sitting with this enormous bowl of noodles, a couple of abcissae and a bunch of ordinates (that reminds me of a science joke I forgot to put in the other list. What did x say to y when they did a job well together? We're so efficient. Haha? Geddit? 'Cause, like, they're co-efficients? Yeah, it's not funny. When I told my classmates that joke the bio-electives threw onions at me and the computer kids sent me bitterly programmed insults because they're not allowed to chuck the monitors. The Electronics dudes are nice. Pssh.) and guess what. It tastes exactly like KFC chicken! Now I'm not sure whether my taste buds are malfunctioning from all the studying, or I've cracked the eleven mystery herb spice mix. Obviously the latter, right? I'm sorry Colonel, your reign of terror is over.I'm selling this crap to McDonalds.
Hey y'all how's it going? This is going to have to be a quick post because I'm basically staying up late to study and I have to be asleep by one thirty if I'm going to get at least four hours of nature's second course. Chem doubles are hard enough to stay awake in when I'm not sleep deprived.
The Five Rules of Good Writing:
1. Avoid using the same words several times in a row. If you, like, want to, like, write really awesome stuff, you've got to, like, use, like, different awesome words and then it'll sound awesome. See how terrible that sentence was? Observe the master: in the first paragraph, I said "delicious powder that comes in little packets", because I was using "tastemaker" again later in the same sentence. If I had used it a second time, in such a short time span, you would have gotten bored. You're welcome, by the way.
Mark Twain's words of wisdom: Substitute damn every time you're inclined to write very; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
Use intelligently, and this method will work for any other word you tend to over use.
2. There ain't nothing more better than good grammar.
3. Spilling is important.
4. Be a little poetic. 'The blue house has red windows and green doors' doesn't make for good reading, whereas, 'the house is a fallen piece of the sky above the prairie, with windows that smoke like bloody execution and doors the colour of the fields in spring', creates a mental image. While it's good to leave things to the imagination of the reader, it's also important to spark off that imagination. I've never seen a prairie, let alone a sky above one, but when you say "sky above a prairie" I get a picture in my head.
5. Be yourself. I'm not saying it's a bad thing to be influenced by other, better writers, I've been influenced by several, but it's important to find your own individual voice. I'll be honest, a lot of my writing seems highly derivative to me, which is one of the reasons I started this blog. It's helped. It really has.
I started writing this yesterday. Happy today, everyone! Also, I sank my right-hand layup shot and nailed the footwork today! *self-satisfied glow*
LOOK A FOLLOW BUTTON!!!
(What did the sushi say to the bee? Wasaaaaabi!)
Hey y'all how's it going? This is going to have to be a quick post because I'm basically staying up late to study and I have to be asleep by one thirty if I'm going to get at least four hours of nature's second course. Chem doubles are hard enough to stay awake in when I'm not sleep deprived.
The Five Rules of Good Writing:
1. Avoid using the same words several times in a row. If you, like, want to, like, write really awesome stuff, you've got to, like, use, like, different awesome words and then it'll sound awesome. See how terrible that sentence was? Observe the master: in the first paragraph, I said "delicious powder that comes in little packets", because I was using "tastemaker" again later in the same sentence. If I had used it a second time, in such a short time span, you would have gotten bored. You're welcome, by the way.
Mark Twain's words of wisdom: Substitute damn every time you're inclined to write very; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
Use intelligently, and this method will work for any other word you tend to over use.
2. There ain't nothing more better than good grammar.
3. Spilling is important.
4. Be a little poetic. 'The blue house has red windows and green doors' doesn't make for good reading, whereas, 'the house is a fallen piece of the sky above the prairie, with windows that smoke like bloody execution and doors the colour of the fields in spring', creates a mental image. While it's good to leave things to the imagination of the reader, it's also important to spark off that imagination. I've never seen a prairie, let alone a sky above one, but when you say "sky above a prairie" I get a picture in my head.
5. Be yourself. I'm not saying it's a bad thing to be influenced by other, better writers, I've been influenced by several, but it's important to find your own individual voice. I'll be honest, a lot of my writing seems highly derivative to me, which is one of the reasons I started this blog. It's helped. It really has.
I started writing this yesterday. Happy today, everyone! Also, I sank my right-hand layup shot and nailed the footwork today! *self-satisfied glow*
LOOK A FOLLOW BUTTON!!!
(What did the sushi say to the bee? Wasaaaaabi!)
1 comment:
gal,i never did manage to find ur follow button!!! but i do so desperately wanna follow, so do send me the accurate coordinates
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