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03-16-2008, 06:39 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Springfield, Oregon.
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I'm ready to learn, sensei!
Hello! I'm Chris, and i've been writing even since i was ten, and up untill today, i thought i was moderatly good. That is, untill i read a few paragraphs of some REAL writting. Mine did not compare. more so as of late, i've been in a crunch of sorts. I'm only 19 so i don't know much. But i'm willing to try my hardest to learn, and I'd love to make as many friends as possible along the way.
My problem with writing right now seems that i keep using excessivly short sentances, and i can't think of a way to make them longer, without mispelling a larger word. (no spell check on my computer)
So, im hoping that by joining this forum, i can get tips from the masters! one day i hope to have a carrer in writing, but before that, i just write for fun.
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03-16-2008, 08:52 AM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Bandit Country
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Hello, Chris and welcome to the forum. Writing long sentences is all well and good, but it doesn't make you a good writer. A good writer knows when to use short and long sentences to best suit the moment. But, if you stick around here, you'll soon learn very much.
Sam.
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03-16-2008, 09:08 AM
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Ink Slinger
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Double post.
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03-16-2008, 11:11 AM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Belgium
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Hello to you, Chris, and welcome to the forum!
Nickie
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03-16-2008, 01:45 PM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Connecticut
Gender: Male
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Welcome to the forums!
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03-16-2008, 02:11 PM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Anstead, North London (...or New Zealand)
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Hi there Chris and welcome
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03-16-2008, 02:45 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Welcome to the forum. My advice, stop watching TV and texting your friends and sit down with a couple of classics - that should cure you of your short sentence problem.
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03-16-2008, 06:34 PM
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Adept Writer
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Brooklyn
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Hi and welcome to the forums.
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03-17-2008, 10:30 PM
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Writer
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Southern Indiana
Gender: Male
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Welcome and good luck!
What really is encouraging to me is that just when I was at the brink of giving up on writing, I found a mentor / tutor / instructor who has helped me so much that I can never repay him. His name is Rob Parnell. If you will visit the following website below, you will see wonderful ebooks and tools to help you hone your writing skills. Yes, I also get a commission from sales of those who make purchases, but I am convinced that I am doing you a favor after seeing what it has done for me. I hope you will visit so that you will see what I mean. His ebooks are DIRT CHEAP. But the wisdom and instruction that they contain is worth more than gold.
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03-18-2008, 03:24 AM
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Springfield, Oregon.
Gender: Male
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Wow, so many responses...
yeaaah, thank you all for such a warm welcome! And, i acutly do read alot of classics, im currently working my through the sherlock holmes stories (my idol) so it may take me awhile. And, is it okay to post your work on this site to be judged and shot dow- i mean, judged? lol i don't expect to get good reviews.
Last edited by ChrisBaird : 03-18-2008 at 05:30 AM.
Reason: it...didn't sound very nice...
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