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o PS, Are we not allowed angry rebuttals here? Crap I had this all figured out wrong...
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However I don't begrudge outlier. It's not like there should be peer pressure to share ones work, LOL. Like catblue said, it's actually nice to not ask others to read ones work.
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include me if you will
that would be fun.
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okay, you 2 are added.
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For a bit I thought outlier's avatar snake was going to strike the post there.
I was a journalism guy undergrad and think of myself as a decent writer on some levels, but the journalism turned me into an ultrapicky editor and has also tainted my ability and mode of thought towards writing. It really turned me into a straight-facts-some-flavor writer. Nouns, verbs, then maybe some adjectives and adverbs. I took a few creative writing courses and detested the ultra-detailed, fluffy style a lot of people bring. If you want concise writing , that's what I can give you and that's what I can edit your work down to. Of course, maybe the fluffy details are just the offspring of poor writing? Whenever we had free-reign assignments, I tended towards plays/scripts because it let me avoid paragraph upon paragraph of description. Not that I was great at that either. I think that if I wrote much, I'd tend towards the style of Hemingway in lacking tons of details. But I'm not a fan of his writing either. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I'd rather be associated with him than Henry James. I'll start looking for a noose before I read HJ again. I need strong, intelligent, thoughtful writing... like Grisham or Danielle Steel! If there's still room in the pen & sword inn, I'd be happy to contribute -- especially if there's a little contention! |
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Too bad voyeurism doens't qualify; Given how well
Outlier took Catblue's comments about first publication rights, I can only imagine how amusing it might be when they started to critique each other's work. The truth is, however, that I spend far too much of my day editing legal writing to really want to edit or review more writing, even good creative writing, in the evening. Moreover, I think the law has beaten any real creativity out of my writing, although I suppose I feel like I could still offer "big picture" ideas and comments on analytical writing. Besdies, I certainly wouldn't want the fact that my eyes were added to the forum to casue Outlier to lose any lucrative publishing opportunities.
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