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So Connor what caused you to take this a bit more calmly now? I don't think it will last but at least today you seem a little less angry with the world and us.
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Connor maybe you should try going to school for something like a trade. Like carpentry or plumbing or something. Those can easily lead to employment.
Then you can worry about whatever pipe dream you're thinking about when you've moved out and have your own money.
>MOLLYRINGWORM.ORG@Connor
I redid your resume for you. Mostly from an aesthetic level but I still added things you should add.
@Connor
I redid your resume for you. Mostly from an aesthetic level but I still added things you should add.
Microsoft word@Connor , what program are you using to write your resume?
Microsoft word
wow 10/10 would hireTook me less than ten minutes.
The one for "bifocals" is relatively small. Are you sure you inputted the full draft?Loaded up Connor's magnum opus on Wordle and this is what I got:
(Note: No additional words are added)
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The bifocals stuff wasn't in there as much as you might expect, the original draft only had it about a dozen times. It just sticks in your mind because it's such a weird thing to say. For comparison here's the Wordle for my thing where I actively tried to use the word as often as possible.The one for "bifocals" is relatively small. Are you sure you inputted the full draft?
I managed to write something today. It's only 409 words, but its a start. It all came off the top of my head, too.
"According to the website TV Tropes, Sturgeon’s Law (a maxim attributed to science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon) says that ninety percent of everything is crap, but that the remaining ten percent is worthwhile. Applying Sturgeon’s Law to the world of fiction writing, this means that of the one hundred percent of works published, only a small portion has a strong chance of making an impact on the hearts and minds of readers. The more pessimistic variations on Sturgeon’s Law go so far as to say that only one percent of fiction is actually good, or even outright state that the totality of fiction is terrible.
Let us look at this optimistically. Suppose a fiction writer toils for several years, churning out short stories, novels, novellas, scripts, and so on. This is what everyone with aspirations of being a fiction writer should do. They should write and write and write. Life will get in the way, obligations hovering over your shoulder with stubborn impatience. Your concentration, diligence, and confidence will face challenges. “Do I have what it takes?” you will ask yourself. “Is fiction writing really for me?” you will wonder. Let me tell you something, buddy: everyone, and I mean everyone, has some story to tell. I am about to turn twenty-one in a few days. From elementary school to today, I have written the first draft of a novel, two storybooks, and a ten-page manuscript, as well as numerous essays and articles and editorials throughout my life in public school. Do they hold up to my present standards in retrospect? No, but at the very least, they exist outside of my skull.
“Writers write,” as a man named Stephen King from Bangor, Maine, put it so tersely and so poignantly in his memoir On Writing. The man has been at it since his youth, and has been a bestselling master of horror and suspense for roughly forty years. The volume of his published work has been gargantuan, but in reality, it is probably much bigger, because for every one of Stephen King’s terrifying tales, there exists dozens that may never see the light of day. Perhaps they were beneath his standards. Perhaps they were not bankable. Perhaps some were just too disturbing. Perhaps all three could apply. Whatever the case, the fact remains that Stephen King has plenty of tenacity to persevere in his writing, knowing that the finished manuscript before him might not see the light of day..."
I managed to write something today. It's only 409 words, but its a start. It all came off the top of my head, too.
"According to the website TV Tropes, Sturgeon’s Law (a maxim attributed to science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon) says that ninety percent of everything is crap, but that the remaining ten percent is worthwhile. Applying Sturgeon’s Law to the world of fiction writing, this means that of the one hundred percent of works published, only a small portion has a strong chance of making an impact on the hearts and minds of readers. The more pessimistic variations on Sturgeon’s Law go so far as to say that only one percent of fiction is actually good, or even outright state that the totality of fiction is terrible.
Let us look at this optimistically. Suppose a fiction writer toils for several years, churning out short stories, novels, novellas, scripts, and so on. This is what everyone with aspirations of being a fiction writer should do. They should write and write and write. Life will get in the way, obligations hovering over your shoulder with stubborn impatience. Your concentration, diligence, and confidence will face challenges. “Do I have what it takes?” you will ask yourself. “Is fiction writing really for me?” you will wonder. Let me tell you something, buddy: everyone, and I mean everyone, has some story to tell. I am about to turn twenty-one in a few days. From elementary school to today, I have written the first draft of a novel, two storybooks, and a ten-page manuscript, as well as numerous essays and articles and editorials throughout my life in public school. Do they hold up to my present standards in retrospect? No, but at the very least, they exist outside of my skull.
“Writers write,” as a man named Stephen King from Bangor, Maine, put it so tersely and so poignantly in his memoir On Writing. The man has been at it since his youth, and has been a bestselling master of horror and suspense for roughly forty years. The volume of his published work has been gargantuan, but in reality, it is probably much bigger, because for every one of Stephen King’s terrifying tales, there exists dozens that may never see the light of day. Perhaps they were beneath his standards. Perhaps they were not bankable. Perhaps some were just too disturbing. Perhaps all three could apply. Whatever the case, the fact remains that Stephen King has plenty of tenacity to persevere in his writing, knowing that the finished manuscript before him might not see the light of day..."
It was just indulging myself in a little free-writing.Well, I'll give you that; 409 words of pompous, self-aggrandizing literary masturbation is, in fact, something. I'm curious as to why we should care, though. Any thoughts, @Connor?
Yeah but here's the thing, and I'm going to be a bit harsh here: Most writers who aren't big yet maintain another job so they can pay the bills until they do get published. No offense man but you've never had a job, you're not really taking many college classes, and you seem to put to much emphasis on you writing the novel than the novel itself.It was just indulging myself in a little free-writing.
As is your right. People can write whatever they like about any subject that strikes their fancy. But you didn't answer my question: why should we care? What do you expect us to take away from what you've written and shared here?It was just indulging myself in a little free-writing.
It was just indulging myself in a little free-writing.