Something I'm becoming very frustrated with recently is seeing how some people come to chrons to self-promote their newly self-published work - and it's clear they haven't got a clue how to write.
Here's a personal mantra: my writing is flawed.
Specifically, there's something that sucks about it. I have to find these errors, consider solutions, and then correct them in proceeding drafts.
I really wish some of the people trying to gate-crash chronicles with their self promo spittle would apply that to themselves, because it's clear from the most recent examples I've seen, that these are people who haven't the vaguest idea of how to write to a basic competent standard.
Yes, I've been there myself - but these days the internet delivers information as we request it, it's easy to find resources and references that can help make our writing stronger. What we need is out there and only a few clicks away.
The hardest part seems to be willingness to accept there are flaws, and therefore to look for them.
Here's a personal mantra: my writing is flawed.
Specifically, there's something that sucks about it. I have to find these errors, consider solutions, and then correct them in proceeding drafts.
I really wish some of the people trying to gate-crash chronicles with their self promo spittle would apply that to themselves, because it's clear from the most recent examples I've seen, that these are people who haven't the vaguest idea of how to write to a basic competent standard.
Yes, I've been there myself - but these days the internet delivers information as we request it, it's easy to find resources and references that can help make our writing stronger. What we need is out there and only a few clicks away.
The hardest part seems to be willingness to accept there are flaws, and therefore to look for them.