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Not Sure What To Write About? Make Sure It Stings.

Started by goodwordediting · 9 months ago

You read that right. Good writing sometimes sings, but it always stings. In addition to being a bad pun, that’s a reminder that we can’t forget to take risks in our writing. In fact, if we aren’t taking risks as writers, we might as well just stop.
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  • L.L. Barkat

    2 years ago

    I wonder if there is such a thing as writing that doesn't take risks. What I mean is, no matter what we write, someone's going to say something about it. That right there is threatening. Risky. What if it destroys what we think about ourselves? Risky, risky.
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  • andre

    2 years ago

    Very thought provoking!

    I agree with LL as well - everytime we write, we are taking the "risk" everytime we "expose" our writing to readers. We run the risk that someone will think it's subpar or disagree with the content.

    Properly viewed, that can be a very good thing for us - it keeps us humble.
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  • andre

    2 years ago

    Per my last comment- when I comment hastily, I run the risk of putting down a string of words masquerading as a sentence.

    Sorry about that, Mr. Editor. :-)
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  • Marcus

    2 years ago

    Andre, you make me laugh. I don't worry about grammatical correctness in blog comments. In fact, I don't worry about prescriptive grammar at all. For me grammar is a tool for rhetoric. That's all. Sometimes I want sentences to read like I'm too excited to punctuate them. If the reader isn't slowed down or confused, I'm not sure it matters.

    L.L. you're right of course. You always are. Writing is just risky. That's why I've been in a funk lately. Too much to do, too much to risk, too little time, too few resources.
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  • L.L. Barkat

    2 years ago

    Can I quote you? You know, like in the next domestic "discussion" over here on the East Coast? (the part about always being right)
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  • Marcus

    2 years ago

    You can quote me. But I have no authority whatsoever.
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