Michigan Arrogance

October 22nd, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^

well, I'd advice Mr WD to have very informative titles in his stories- and I hear UNC has a great writing program. Term papers almost fill up half a page and you don't even need to double space!

 

does anyone have any other advise?

 

Srsly, how many points is needed to post a board thread? Seems like people have no fucking clue what they're doing but they have enough points to post, so maybe a change is in order? I suggest MGoBlog get a blog goals board like the M football board. We can grade them every week.

1) Informative thread titles

2) OT success rate (adjusted for in-season/off-season)

3) Meta Conversion percentage

last but not least:

3) Time of Possesion

 

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ST3

October 22nd, 2014 at 11:10 PM ^

I upvoted your very first post on this blog, tripling your MGoPoint total with one keystroke. I think it's only fair that you upvote my next 10K posts to triple my point total. Fair's fair, right?

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sammylittle

October 22nd, 2014 at 10:55 PM ^

I had hoped this thread would evolved into a discussion of authorship. I would like to offer my 2 cents. If one intends to write for living, volume in early career is of the utmost importance. The two greatest hurdles you might face are fear of rejection by readers and difficulty initiating the physical process of writing. Both of these obstacles are best cleared by writing frequently for a public forum. Seek a job where writing, any kind of writing, is a daily requirement. You will find your writing improves with daily practice. Supplement your vocational writing by blogging or contributing to an existing blog. An astute poster already mentioned the diary section of this blog as one such opportunity. This will provide you with free feedback; an avenue for habituation to the rejection that invariably comes from some quarter upon publication. Good luck!

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ST3

October 22nd, 2014 at 11:13 PM ^

Find a good editor. In my case, I took a technical writing course at UofM. My TA worked at the NY Times as an editor prior to coming to UofM. She let us turn in an assignment over and over until she was satisfied. After that, my thesis advisor acted as an editor for my publications. First year, there was more red ink on my papers than original text. By year four, I was still getting comments, but 95% of my original material was getting through.

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triangle_M

October 23rd, 2014 at 12:23 AM ^

I write professionally but it's only seen by the FDA and some people in corporate quality departments.  Probably not the kind of writing you are looking to get into.

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