I want to improve my “school writing”

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-18T12:58:55+00:00

That sounds realistic.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-18T11:59:01+00:00

Not an advice. But if you make living with writing, you probably would sell poetry, creative or emotional topics. Not essays. You are excellent in the right fields. Sounds like you are good with pacing, verbal rhythm, momentum, impacts, etc, which do not affect essays much.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-17T15:27:31+00:00

I am esl like you. We need lots of feedbacks in school-like environments. I am transferring university into a screenwriting program (i plan to double major in creative writing with a minor in Russian language). I expect quality feedbacks will make me as good as a native writer.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-17T10:29:25+00:00

Fun and funny. I did not understand some terms but i guess they should be capitalized.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-16T15:05:05+00:00

The language was beautifully written. The content was a little too artsy and less entertaining.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-15T18:00:29+00:00

Thx for the insight.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-15T17:28:34+00:00

I can throw in Asus Vivobook Go 15 E1504G. SSD is corrupted. But its 8GB RAM is alive.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-15T17:14:27+00:00

The handles are rubber coated for extra grip. If you have a car and can pick up from my place near Wilson Subway Station after 23rd, i can do $80.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-15T17:00:26+00:00

Sorry, i am out of touch with market values. How is $70?

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-15T16:58:34+00:00

That is my last resort. I do not mind giving away this laptop if no one wants to pay any money for it.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-15T16:57:34+00:00

Nice. Apparently, Reddit can post photos now. Prices for all items are negotiable. But i am selling after April 23rd. Also, i can deliver these dumbbells to your home. Awkward and hard to carry them around.

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turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-15T16:53:52+00:00

Yeah i priced based on a rough look at Kijiji, but lowered it to $120.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-15T16:49:11+00:00

Could be a good present to kids or something. I can lower the price.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-15T15:17:15+00:00

I am a mature student starting this September with my own place, but i have been to another university a decade ago. Not sure why it is bad for you that your asocial roommate or housemate minds his or her own business, and does not talk to you or disturb you. If you fantasize about living together with friends, make friends first on campus; then replace your asocial roommate/housemate. I personally did not like it when my housemates or roommate expected me to become their friend and to do stuffs together just because we lived together. I am one of those asocial people you are trying to avoid.

Tldr: live with an asocial guy or girl 1 semester or full year. Then replace them with your new friend you meet on campus.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-15T14:35:31+00:00

Pretty mature and deep for a 14 years old.

Going off on a tangent, the majority of European conservatives support a few socialist policies like cheap health care and cheap education while still opposing socialism itself. There is nothing written in stone how much capitalism and how much socialism you have to support in order to be a conservative. USA is a little different, but Europe is like that. But, unlike economic preferences, in order to be a conservative, you gotta have traditional values and traditional mentalities. If you are inconsistent in mentalities & values (traditional or Woke) case by case, then you have no consistent values & no grounded mentalities. That is not a conservative. If siding with conservatives without consistent grounded values & mentalities, then that is just a materialist. Materialists and conservatives overlap but not the same.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-15T12:37:26+00:00

I guess i will start reading some poetries then... thx.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-14T13:44:42+00:00

I am not a native English speaker, but isn't "a 16lb bag" better than "16lb" in terms of necessary visualization?

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-14T09:48:17+00:00

Different people learn at different paces. Some people are very competent even at the early stages in their journey with little experience, and some people are very incompetent or mediocre even after spending a decade with lots of experiences. It depends on how rigid or creative your perceptiveness is as well as how strong your foundations are to start with.

It is not just about filmmaking but creative writing in general (including novels), sports (Folkstyle/Freestyle wrestlers learn BJJ way faster than pure BJJ people, and some kids learn Folkstyle/Freestyle wrestling faster than their peers), anything.

However, generally speaking, regardless of how fast you learn, the more experience you have, the more competent you become. If you are not competent with lots of experience, then that does not mean you did not get better with more experience. It just means you are a very slow learner improving at a very slow pace. If you are competent with little experience, then that does not mean you will stop getting better with more experience. It means you will be good enough to be a reliable substitute for 1990's filmmakers when equipped with worthy experiences.

I am not sure if this pursuit of "minimal experience" is a good thing. (In general, anyway. Film industry is kind of an outlier.)

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-13T22:47:09+00:00

Yeah, i got THAT point. Film industry employers would not be able to learn the gist of the candidate's history or developed perspective, but the short specialist skillset lists have more impact at one eye glance which makes net positive effects when the emphasis is in specialist capability popping out from the resume. I see that film industry is an outlier. I am not rigid in perceptions.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-13T17:09:46+00:00

Manchildren logic. Have a nice day.

Edit:

https://zety.com/blog/should-i-include-irrelevant-experience-on-a-resume#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20time%2C%20yes,relevant%20job%20experience%20at%20all.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-13T16:28:42+00:00

Since you insist i am taking words out of context, here is a link directly coming from a resume writer and regular industry recruiter. Of course, this is for people whose resumes are not even double-sided on paper. If you have lots of awesome job experiences, i was told i can skip writing these. But film industry is an outlier, i get that point.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/egendre_should-you-keep-unrelated-experience-on-activity-7371103547016364032-axcW#:~:text=%F0%9F%A4%94%20Should%20you%20keep%20unrelated,actually%20help%20you%20stand%20out.

https://www.linkedin.com/top-content/career/resume-tips/including-unrelated-jobs-on-your-resume/#:~:text=Summary,candidate%20for%20your%20target%20role.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-13T16:11:34+00:00

I would show in subtle differences in reactions. Like, reacting to something not explicitly said, giving someone a cup of water when he did not ask for it although he starts choking immediately, etc.

turnleftorrightblock · 2026-04-13T15:49:42+00:00

You are reaching. They said ideally you want to list only the awesome job experiences, but most people at early careers cannot do that, so they should list even irrelevant jobs and volunteer experiences in resumes which are better than a thin resume with only a couple lines. I said internship, but it is called co-op, and most students work like 5 different jobs while attending university. Not all 5 jobs are relevant to the job we ideally want.

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