I once knew a girl who was in Mensa, but for the life of me, I swear, she was the biggest air-head I knew. I had to check the official Mensa website to make sure she wasn't lying. No cruelty intended, sometimes we're not as smart as we think we are... like pigeons, do you think they realize how dumb they are when they try to eat that big wad of tinfoil left of your Chronic Taco remains?? That's a no, ask the pigeon that tried to steal my lunch at the beach this afternoon. No one would ask a pigeon anything, don't be stupid.
Anyway, recently I had this very kind of shock. In my shock I sought to do something about it and spent a good hour in Barnes and Noble seeking out the cheapest/most instructive book on "good writing." While I've always felt this was a debatable subject, good grammar and sentence structure are not arguable, and the truth is I really needed a refresh with all that technical business... what with being hired for a few new content writing gigs, I need to be good. I can't embarrass myself. Aside from the title, which makes me want to write an "ly" at the end of "Bad," Ben Yagoda's book has been very informative, but not worth $15. I should have stuck to the web as a resource, but I have to stare at a computer screen all-day anyway, so my eyes needed a frickin' break. Sometimes we all need that smack to remind us we're human, and in my case, sloppy.
To all the sloppy writers out there I wish you well and few run-ins with pigeons.
TGIF.
-Ama
p.s. I've been addicted to the trippy, hypnotic beats of Gramatik. Read some Edgar Allen Poe to this...
Anyway, recently I had this very kind of shock. In my shock I sought to do something about it and spent a good hour in Barnes and Noble seeking out the cheapest/most instructive book on "good writing." While I've always felt this was a debatable subject, good grammar and sentence structure are not arguable, and the truth is I really needed a refresh with all that technical business... what with being hired for a few new content writing gigs, I need to be good. I can't embarrass myself. Aside from the title, which makes me want to write an "ly" at the end of "Bad," Ben Yagoda's book has been very informative, but not worth $15. I should have stuck to the web as a resource, but I have to stare at a computer screen all-day anyway, so my eyes needed a frickin' break. Sometimes we all need that smack to remind us we're human, and in my case, sloppy.
To all the sloppy writers out there I wish you well and few run-ins with pigeons.
TGIF.
-Ama
p.s. I've been addicted to the trippy, hypnotic beats of Gramatik. Read some Edgar Allen Poe to this...