A lot of the times I feel like my mastery of the English language in it's written form is simply lacking. I do a lot of work as a writer and most of my pieces seem consistently flawed. I have troubles gathering my thoughts sometimes. Also, the first sentence of this paragraph was extremely pretentious, but I wanted to make sure people knew I could write. Like, I wanted to say "I don't write good," but if I just say that people will go "No shit, you don't write well. Then the whole thing would break down into me saying "No that's not what I'm having issues with," and people going "Yeah, it's your grammar it's fucked."

I just have problems with word choice and my mind moves like a mile a minute and it seems like I can't pay attention to anything for too long. If I try to just write something, I'll end up not being able to put it down properly.

In fact the only times I'm able to write well is when I pre-occupy large chunks of my attention to other things. Right now I'm talking to Drago, Seba, the spam skype group, watching Soul Eater and a Let's Play. It's the only way I can actually focus on what I'm doing and at this point the process of writing is starting to become nearly autonomous. Maybe it's because I type so fast, that's why my words come out all jumbled, I'm not actually thinking about what I'm writing because I can type faster then I can talk / think.

Angst, whine, I'll never be a writer, qq

Aren't you getting paid to write stuff?

idlehands said
Aren't you getting paid to write stuff?

Just because some asshole will give me $7 for an article doesn't make the article good. It makes the asshole stupid.

You get paid to write, then you're a writer. How good or bad you are is besides the point.

Turn off skype. Get to work, slacker.

Write more and don't be a baby, baby.

I see no real problem with your writing... only big thing I noticed is that there are a few times where you should have reread what you said before posting... I'm sure once preview post comes back all will be fine. :)

idlehands said
You get paid to write, then you're a writer. How good or bad you are is besides the point.

Turn off skype. Get to work, slacker.

I need to finish this article on backpacks. Only 150 words to go!

about backpacks.

yaaaay

If you're talking about writing articles and such, don't be so hard on yourself. That shit sucks. Really what is generally considered "good" in non-fiction writing is following common practices. You just need to get all the common practices down for the types of articles you are trying to write and find a way to display personality in them (which there are even more common practices for).

If you're talking about fictional writing, Then it is likely more a problem with your creativity, try and allow yourself to get more immersed in fictional environments. Work to become inspired more easily, utilize it, and hold it longer.

Nah mostly commiserating article writing, because clients are dumb and I hate them.

Fucking backpacks.

A little pompous of me to give that level of advice, considering I don't really put that much effort into developing my writing style, but w/e.

Turtlicious said
Nah mostly commiserating article writing, because clients are dumb and I hate them.Fucking backpacks.

How large of an article did they request?

mbl said
How large of an article did they request?

375-400 words

must have seven paragraphs

First paragraph must have 140 characters

The other six had to start with the keyword, also no keyword stuffing. Use metaphors and humor as well.

There wasn't enough space to give them everything they wanted, and I didn't notice the six paragraph thing until I started writing.

Sounds like a high school writing exercise.

It was frustrating enough that if the guy sends the article back I'll just take the ding.

Fuck you and your weird terrible standards, either pay more or don't pay at all.

Soul Eater's a great anime. Good choice.

Kaga said
Soul Eater's a great anime. Good choice.

I watched like one episode whats it's about?

natsumehack said
I watched like one episode whats it's about?

It's about Excalibur.

BrobyDDark said
It's about Excalibur.

Hmm so that explain why Merlin was in it.

natsumehack said
Hmm so that explain why Merlin was in it.

...You have no idea...

natsumehack said
I watched like one episode whats it's about?

I feel like the first episode sets up the premise pretty well, but I'd recommend watching at least the first three before deciding whether or not to continue since Soul Eater's strength lies in its characters, if you ask me, and the first three episodes are essentially there to introduce the main cast.

But yeah, the basic plot's already been established; people who turn into weapons that hunt Kishin and witches. A lot of the bigger antagonists turn out to be pretty badass, though, and there's a lot of emphasis on insanity and some great sequences of what goes through people's heads as they lose themselves in it. Seems like something you'd be into. I can actually pretty easily picture gifs of quite a few scenes from the series making their way into your sig.