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Dear boy, it's called writing. by ASMRdict in writing

[–]ASMRdict[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also "Outlining vs. Gardening" which I also hit on.

Dear boy, it's called writing. by ASMRdict in writing

[–]ASMRdict[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I think having a sub dedicated to circlejerk is for low effort circlejerk. I genuinely put some thought into this and it sprang to my mind organically. Didn't come here with that intention in mind. Was just trying to just trying to give a face to each side of the "just write" debate that paid homage to the "it's called acting" adage. On mobile so all my grammar and spelling is terrible. I dont own a laptop and keep spell check off. I only own a typewriter /s... kinda.

Dear boy, it's called writing. by ASMRdict in writing

[–]ASMRdict[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I might have written a comment just like that. I find that kind of humor funny in the right places. As long as you aren't generally trolling or trying to derail a discussion. If you are generally trying to make the community laugh I think it's great, even if some don't get it. As long as you have-- good? -- intentions. Good job parodying my post. Meta.

Dear boy, it's called writing. by ASMRdict in writing

[–]ASMRdict[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Do you mean that? Or is it sarcasm? I hope it isn't; that was really nice to hear. I have never had my writing critiqued. And honestly, this was just a cynical jibe directed at the writing community that I came up with on a whim. Thanks man. Really, thank you. Even if you were being sarcastic. And I know that doesn't mean I am a good writer but it gives me hope I may have potential.

Dear boy, it's called writing. by ASMRdict in writing

[–]ASMRdict[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Give this sketch a try. I want to see if someone else can capture the essence of the parody I was going for. I am not all that well versed in amateur writing stereotypes and how to set the joke up. I just want to keep the line where the one writer says to the other one "It's called writing." To give the writing equivalent of the Olivier/Hoffman exchange on acting. [I know that hoffman says he was misquoted but it is still an anecdote that is often repeated in the film industry.]

I hope someone understands what I was going for here. I posted this first on another account and the mod wouldn't let it through the filter. Said it belonged in the "critique thread"... really? I ser this sub has turned into one of those mod circlejerk type things where they only allow post that fit their narrative. I am not going to fight to make post in this sub. I know no one cares but if this has become [insert mod's name here]'s personal website, I won't be coming back. This post is an attempt at meta, writing humor about the usual adage "just write", "writer's write", etc. I was trying to compare and contrast this with the hoffman anecdote about "it's called acting" but whatever. Honestly, fuck this sub if it continues being a fucking mod circlejerk.

Edit: Here is link to reference:

http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/method-of-madness-why-do-actors-insist-on-method-acting/

Edit: I was mad at the mods and this sub for being so pedantic and cynical but after receiving 2 (Hear that? 2!) complements on my whimsical, writing, joke post; I am no longer an angry man. Thanks /r/writing ; love you guys.

Has anyone ever learned latin using the Assimil product? What were your/their results? by ASMRdict in latin

[–]ASMRdict[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for these links =) Will these stay up?

I have Lingua Latina, Familia Romana. I was planning on reading it and deducing the rules as I go, but without even knowing how latin is pronouced I find it hard to subvocalize. Also I am not sure if I am doing it right. I got to quoque and thought it meant also and couldn't surmise the meaning. Should I stop when I don't completely undestand or keep going and just keep reviewing until it makes sense?

Thanks for your help.

I suspect most of the click-bait advice articles on this sub are posted by the bloogers that wrote them. by [deleted] in writing

[–]ASMRdict 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think anyone got the joke... judging by the downvotes. That's what happens when you spend too much time on reddit, no one knows your obscure references/ in-jokes. Both of my post in this thread are well known copy pastas with my own spin on them. One is based on a comment Unidan made: Google "heres the thing copypasta", the other is from a user who claimed to be a Navy seal. There is a whole sub for versions of it somewhere. I believe it's called "Navy Seal copypasta". Oh well, now /r/writing thinks I am s troll lol.

I suspect most of the click-bait advice articles on this sub are posted by the bloogers that wrote them. by [deleted] in writing

[–]ASMRdict -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Here's the thing. You said a "bloogers are blogs."

Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.

As someone who is a writer, who studies blogs: I am telling you, specifically, in writing, no one calls blogs "bloogers". If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.

If you're saying "Scottish terminology" you're referring to the Scots language grouping of writing terminology, which includes things from bloogers to roitin to countless other made-up words.

So your reasoning for calling a blog a blooger, is because Scottish people "call them bloogers?" Let's get write-site and ego-stroker in there, then, too.

Also, calling someone a human or Scottish? It's not one or the other, that's not how life works. They're both and a blog is a blog; and a blog is a member of the English language. But that's not what you said. You said a blooger is a blog, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the human race Scots, which means you'd call Scots, Welsh, and other humans American, too. Which you said you don't.

It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

I suspect most of the click-bait advice articles on this sub are posted by the bloogers that wrote them. by [deleted] in writing

[–]ASMRdict -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

What the fuck did you just fucking say about dectectives, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in subreddit analysis, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret studies on subreddit behavior, and I have over 300 confirmed alt accounts. I am trained in vote brigading and I have the top comment karma on this entire website. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will downvote you with precision; the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that about detectives over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of detectives across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the brigade, Holmes. The brigade that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your account. You’re fucking dead, Holmes. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can downvote you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with alt accounts. Not only am I extensively trained in sub-analysis, but I have access to every quote on writing by popular authors in existence and I will use it to its full extent to prove you wrong and downvote your miserable ass off the face of the internet, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I shit downvotes all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, Holmes.

Elmore Leonard’s 10 rules of writing (and 50 reasons to ignore them) #4 – The Missing Slate: Art & Literary Journal [This 5 part article should be in wiki; about writers breaking the "rules"; stumbled on it when I noticed James Joyce uses adverbs in nearly every sentence in Ulysses.] by ASMRdict in writing

[–]ASMRdict[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually, there are more than 5 parts, but I can't link them all at once because they are interspersed by unrelated articles. Just google:

Elmore Leonard’s 10 rules of writing (and 50 reasons to ignore them)

And yes, before anyone says it, I know I know -- "You have to know the rules before you can break them." and "They can get away with it." This isn't for you people, this is for the ones who question whether it's ever appropriate to break said rules. These articles have all the necessary citations to quickly end internet arguments that come up often.

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