Comments on: What does your writing reveal about you? http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2010/03/02/what-does-your-writing-reveal-about-you/ From the Desk of WriteShop Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:32:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kim http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2010/03/02/what-does-your-writing-reveal-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1610 Kim Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:01:53 +0000 http://www.writeshop.com/blog/?p=3388#comment-1610 Amy: You allude to the importance of aiming high without expecting perfection from every piece of writing. Sometimes we really mean to use sentence fragments, emoticons, and lots of "flair" punctuation. Besides that, we're only human, and when we do make mistakes, it can be hard to spot them all. Goodness knows how many times I've wished I could hit "unsubmit"! Amy: You allude to the importance of aiming high without expecting perfection from every piece of writing. Sometimes we really mean to use sentence fragments, emoticons, and lots of “flair” punctuation.

Besides that, we’re only human, and when we do make mistakes, it can be hard to spot them all. Goodness knows how many times I’ve wished I could hit “unsubmit”!

]]> By: Amy http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2010/03/02/what-does-your-writing-reveal-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 Amy Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:10:54 +0000 http://www.writeshop.com/blog/?p=3388#comment-1607 I'm sure that I do make occasional mistakes, but I cringe to think that I would ever let my comments be seen in such a state! I feel sorry for whoever left that... I'm embarrassed for her. I'm not even a writer of any curriculum and I can't help rereading and revising even my blog comments several times, let alone weightier correspondence. More often than not, I want to make sure I've communicated the 'feeling' I intended, but I'd also be ashamed for my words to be left to themselves or even naked without their appropriate punctuation... That's not to say, that I always use punctuation properly (I'm rather liberal with my ...'s and periods for emphasis. precisely.) I do think spelling is SO important for the same reasons that you've already mentioned above. I am adamant that my kids at least be subjected to constant instruction in this area. They may persist in bad spelling their whole lives (may it not be so), but they will not be able to say that it was neglect on the part of their mother :) Writing really does reflect on who you are. That said, I'm really afraid that this comment may have serious mistakes... you may be sure, I'll go over it numerous times before hitting send ;) and still, there will be errors. surely. :) amy in peru I’m sure that I do make occasional mistakes, but I cringe to think that I would ever let my comments be seen in such a state! I feel sorry for whoever left that… I’m embarrassed for her. I’m not even a writer of any curriculum and I can’t help rereading and revising even my blog comments several times, let alone weightier correspondence. More often than not, I want to make sure I’ve communicated the ‘feeling’ I intended, but I’d also be ashamed for my words to be left to themselves or even naked without their appropriate punctuation… That’s not to say, that I always use punctuation properly (I’m rather liberal with my …’s and periods for emphasis. precisely.)

I do think spelling is SO important for the same reasons that you’ve already mentioned above. I am adamant that my kids at least be subjected to constant instruction in this area. They may persist in bad spelling their whole lives (may it not be so), but they will not be able to say that it was neglect on the part of their mother :) Writing really does reflect on who you are.

That said, I’m really afraid that this comment may have serious mistakes… you may be sure, I’ll go over it numerous times before hitting send ;) and still, there will be errors. surely.

:)

amy in peru

]]> By: Kim http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2010/03/02/what-does-your-writing-reveal-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 Kim Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:55:47 +0000 http://www.writeshop.com/blog/?p=3388#comment-1606 JoJo: Thanks for weighing in. I couldn't agree more. JoJo: Thanks for weighing in. I couldn’t agree more.

]]> By: JoJo Tabares http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2010/03/02/what-does-your-writing-reveal-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1605 JoJo Tabares Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:06:29 +0000 http://www.writeshop.com/blog/?p=3388#comment-1605 Far too many feel that how they communication on social networking sites and over email is of no consequence. I've even seen business professionals communicate this way on Facebook and Twitter. They are severely limiting their success. Far too many feel that how they communication on social networking sites and over email is of no consequence. I’ve even seen business professionals communicate this way on Facebook and Twitter. They are severely limiting their success.

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