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I don't mind writing regardless of it's with a pencil or on a computer.
I do it every day, it's a daily part of life. But I am also terrible at it. I'm not a 13 year old learning leet-speak for the first time; I have a decent grasp of grammar and syntax (well, english is a secondary language for me but this applies to both french and english) ... but I'm just a bad writer.
I can't recall the last time I wrote a text more than 300-400 words that I didn't have to rework before posting or submitting. Even during exams, I look at my answers to open-ended questions when reviewing my exams and I'm like "the fuck is this?"
I write like a complete idiot. I forget words in the middle of sentences; I write a completely different word instead of the one I was going to write; I repeat the same word like 5 times in 1 paragraph.
My problem is that I don't even notice these things when I'm writing. I'm thinking of something and putting it down on paper... it makes sense.
However, when I read my text again I realize half of what I've written is incomprehensible and I have to rewrite it. It's not a huge deal on the internet because of this amazing ability to preview posts, but when it comes to exams it's a pain.
I already have :
1) Semi-illegible handwriting
2) Very unclean handwriting (my hand always leaves marks or smears my writing all over my pages)
I'm 23, almost 24. I've already given up fixing my handwriting.
So when I start writing like I have flashes of temporary Alzheimer's, it's not exactly something I want to submit to a teacher or a boss. So I erase a bunch and correct my sentences (if it's not a pen-only exam)... but oh crap, suddenly the page is even more smeared because of my erasing. Parts of the page can't be erased because I wrote too much and it's left with a permanent smear in the middle of my paragraph making a few letters undecipherable. What should I do? Try to fix it by using the eraser until it's clearer?
Oh fuck, now there's a hole in the page. Better hurry up and rewrite it before the end up the exam. Hope you brought extra pages and that you didn't have too much written on it. Oh, and make sure not to make the same type of mistakes that got you here in the first place, such as writing the wrong words again.
That's it. No real point, I just wish I could write like a normal person.
P.S : How many stupid mistakes do you think I made writing this?
  
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About 5 or 6.
I am kinda the same too. I often post and re-edit stuff that I write because I would have more often or not made a typo or two.
Then again, do you think the works of writers such as J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series were written in one go just like that? No.
They were continually refined more and more before they became worthy of the bestseller tag.
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Yeah, it's just something you have to practice at. Sounds like you need to read more as well (not sure how much you read but trust me, it helps).
And the above post has a point too: most writers go through 7-8 drafts before they're satisfied, and even more for the publisher's satisfaction.
Edit: This is coming from someone with pretty poor handwriting too. I'm a pretty average writer but I hope to get better. Important thing is to never give up!
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On September 10 2011 11:20 Clbull wrote:
About 5 or 6.
I am kinda the same too. I often post and re-edit stuff that I write because I would have more often or not made a typo or two.
Then again, do you think the works of writers such as J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series were written in one go just like that? No.
They were continually refined more and more before they became worthy of the bestseller tag.
Oh I know. I've tried to write a fantasy book before. I had so many ideas and I still think about it from time to time. Problem is, I wrote the first 10 pages and changed everything about it a dozen times before giving up.
My problem is more that I can't write a paragraph without making some ridiculous "typos", even in real life.
P.S : Happy Birthday.
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I honestly have the same problem. Apparently you write the way you speak or think. In my case I think too quickly and try to go onto new points before I'm quite done with the original point, thus achieving nothing as neither of my half-points stand up to a completely discussed point.
My handwriting's getting better slowly but still looks like crap... T.T
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Every writer has to re-write their work. I'm in several journalism classes this semester and i feel like my writing is shit too. Because it is. Just gotta keep working on it like everything else :p
Far as the hand writing skills go, i think the majority of this generation lacks them. Professors won't even let me turn in essays/papers written on paper. You have to type it. Then on tests i rarely have open answer questions >.<
Good luck bud. Just have to keep working on it. Just reread your stuff and fix mistakes. Change things you don't like. Expand ideas, etc.
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I write in all caps if it's not an English class. I find my writing is a lot more legible when writing in caps. I don't write it all obnoxiously big though, I write pretty small and it looks neat and tidy in all caps. But it does take a little longer to write in caps.
As for the erasing and smearing, try to get an art eraser, I don't know the exact technical name but they're usually white and super soft and it picks up pencil markings like a magnet. Its pretty amazing how much better it is than those regular pink erasers.
Other than that, I think most of us are conscious about what we write and submit. It really is just a matter of continuing to write constantly for practice.
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In the beginning there was a boy named Bob. In the middle there was a man named Robert. In the end there was a funeral for Bobert.
Keeping the beginning middle and end clear will help you in any kind of writing!
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thedeadhaji
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I rewrite my blogs about 4 or 5 times (and I mean COMPLETELY rewrite them) before submitting them for public view. A typical 6-7 paragraph blog takes me a good 4 hours to write.
Revisions are a necessary and important part of writing; this shouldn't discourage you from writing.
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This isn't as bad as I thought from the title. I thought you meant terrible writer as in you just can't write well or interesting things. Because I have that problem. I read something by Tolstoy or Hemingway, and I am absolutely floored by both how amazing it is, and the reality of my incredibly poor writing. It is incredibly depressing to read people who just craft so much better.
But the fact that your first drafts and essays during tests are poor? Like other people have said in this thread, that isn't a big deal. If you actually write every day, then perhaps your problem is that you do it too mechanically. Try slowing down and writing with more thought. This obviously isn't something you can do on a an exam, but if you have some free time try writing a few paragraphs one sentence at a time. Just re-read each sentence you write to see if it make sense, and do that for a 2 or 3 paragraphs. It might take a while, but doing it a few times may help you write more fluidly from the first try.
But yeah, editing lots of times is normal.
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Everyone's writing process is different.
Some people are perfectionists from beginning to start.
Some people are planners, and outliners, some are more free-flow.
Some people (like me) just write, as the ideas come, and change things as things change in their minds, and go back and edit later. A lot of the time when I write i will write out of order, but more in order of ideas.
For instance when I wrote a 15 page story for a creative writing class I wrote the very end, then I wrote the beginning, then I wrote the middle. Then I re-wrote the beginning. Then I re-wrote the end.
A lot of the time my initial works will have page 5 stuff on page 1, page 10 stuff on page 2, and so forth.
I like to go back after all of my ideas are written down and edit/clarify then.
I am not a planner, I have never been the guy who writes rough drafts, or outlines.
I just write with a purpose/intention and free form it from there.
Ofcourse the scenario also dictates how I write something.
Obviously in a class on an exam or something, it is more about writing clearly/concisely from the beginning, with a clear train of thought. When I am writing from home, or writing on my computer and not under a strict deadline, I can free-form it and write out of order and re-work it from there.
Nobody writes anything perfect their first couple times through.
I am not saying everybody writes drafts, but everybody who writes does go back and make changes as they go.
My only suggestion is to write with a purpose in mind. Even if your purpose is just simply "to get this shit out of my head and onto a screen/paper." Your creative process will be more focused/clear imo.
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On September 10 2011 11:17 Kurr wrote:
I don't mind writing regardless of it's with a pencil or on a computer.
I do it every day, it's a daily part of life. But I am also terrible at it. I'm not a 13 year old learning leet-speak for the first time; I have a decent grasp of grammar and syntax (well, english is a secondary language for me but this applies to both french and english) ... but I'm just a bad writer.
I can't recall the last time I wrote a text more than 300-400 words that I didn't have to rework before posting or submitting. Even during exams, I look at my answers to open-ended questions when reviewing my exams and I'm like "the fuck is this?"
I write like a complete idiot. I forget words in the middle of sentences; I write a completely different word instead of the one I was going to write; I repeat the same word like 5 times in 1 paragraph.
My problem is that I don't even notice these things when I'm writing. I'm thinking of something and putting it down on paper... it makes sense.
However, when I read my text again I realize half of what I've written is incomprehensible and I have to rewrite it. It's not a huge deal on the internet because of this amazing ability to preview posts, but when it comes to exams it's a pain.
I already have :
1) Semi-illegible handwriting
2) Very unclean handwriting (my hand always leaves marks or smears my writing all over my pages)
I'm 23, almost 24. I've already given up fixing my handwriting.
So when I start writing like I have flashes of temporary Alzheimer's, it's not exactly something I want to submit to a teacher or a boss. So I erase a bunch and correct my sentences (if it's not a pen-only exam)... but oh crap, suddenly the page is even more smeared because of my erasing. Parts of the page can't be erased because I wrote too much and it's left with a permanent smear in the middle of my paragraph making a few letters undecipherable. What should I do? Try to fix it by using the eraser until it's clearer?
Oh fuck, now there's a hole in the page. Better hurry up and rewrite it before the end up the exam. Hope you brought extra pages and that you didn't have too much written on it. Oh, and make sure not to make the same type of mistakes that got you here in the first place, such as writing the wrong words again.
That's it. No real point, I just wish I could write like a normal person.
P.S : How many stupid mistakes do you think I made writing this?
Are you left handed? Oh and I bet some of the best writers in history probably did not have the best hand writing, and were probably slobs, its more about the content and being able to read it.
I smear with my hand if I'm not paying attention because I'm left handed and we start writing on the left hand side of the page and move across to the right, its really easy to smudge with the side of your hand that way.
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On September 10 2011 13:23 Wrongspeedy wrote:Show nested quote +On September 10 2011 11:17 Kurr wrote:
I don't mind writing regardless of it's with a pencil or on a computer.
I do it every day, it's a daily part of life. But I am also terrible at it. I'm not a 13 year old learning leet-speak for the first time; I have a decent grasp of grammar and syntax (well, english is a secondary language for me but this applies to both french and english) ... but I'm just a bad writer.
I can't recall the last time I wrote a text more than 300-400 words that I didn't have to rework before posting or submitting. Even during exams, I look at my answers to open-ended questions when reviewing my exams and I'm like "the fuck is this?"
I write like a complete idiot. I forget words in the middle of sentences; I write a completely different word instead of the one I was going to write; I repeat the same word like 5 times in 1 paragraph.
My problem is that I don't even notice these things when I'm writing. I'm thinking of something and putting it down on paper... it makes sense.
However, when I read my text again I realize half of what I've written is incomprehensible and I have to rewrite it. It's not a huge deal on the internet because of this amazing ability to preview posts, but when it comes to exams it's a pain.
I already have :
1) Semi-illegible handwriting
2) Very unclean handwriting (my hand always leaves marks or smears my writing all over my pages)
I'm 23, almost 24. I've already given up fixing my handwriting.
So when I start writing like I have flashes of temporary Alzheimer's, it's not exactly something I want to submit to a teacher or a boss. So I erase a bunch and correct my sentences (if it's not a pen-only exam)... but oh crap, suddenly the page is even more smeared because of my erasing. Parts of the page can't be erased because I wrote too much and it's left with a permanent smear in the middle of my paragraph making a few letters undecipherable. What should I do? Try to fix it by using the eraser until it's clearer?
Oh fuck, now there's a hole in the page. Better hurry up and rewrite it before the end up the exam. Hope you brought extra pages and that you didn't have too much written on it. Oh, and make sure not to make the same type of mistakes that got you here in the first place, such as writing the wrong words again.
That's it. No real point, I just wish I could write like a normal person.
P.S : How many stupid mistakes do you think I made writing this?
Are you left handed? Oh and I bet some of the best writers in history probably did not have the best hand writing, and were probably slobs, its more about the content and being able to read it. I smear with my hand if I'm not paying attention because I'm left handed and we start writing on the left hand side of the page and move across to the right, its really easy to smudge with the side of your hand that way.
I'm right handed... I just write with my hand on the table and keeping the pencil in an angle... a bit different than most people and it causes me to smear my writing.
I think a lot of people are missing the point. It's not about my handwriting or my content. It's about how I can write a paragraph, mean to write 1 thing, and have it come out with 2-3 words missing, a few other words being different than intended (like "both" instead of "truck"), etc.
It's perplexing.
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On September 10 2011 11:17 Kurr wrote:
I already have :
1) Semi-illegible handwriting
2) Very unclean handwriting (my hand always leaves marks or smears my writing all over my pages)
I'm 23, almost 24. I've already given up fixing my handwriting.
So when I start writing like I have flashes of temporary Alzheimer's, it's not exactly something I want to submit to a teacher or a boss. So I erase a bunch and correct my sentences (if it's not a pen-only exam)... but oh crap, suddenly the page is even more smeared because of my erasing. Parts of the page can't be erased because I wrote too much and it's left with a permanent smear in the middle of my paragraph making a few letters undecipherable. What should I do? Try to fix it by using the eraser until it's clearer?
Dude, sounds like the easiest and most clear-cut improvement you could possibly make is to simply fix your handwriting. A big (I'd go so far as to say massive problem) with the current education system (In every country as far as I know, at the very least North America, probably less so in Asian countries), is that not enough stress is put on raw mechanics. I highly doubt you were ever taught by any of your teachers on how hold a pencil properly (Beyond not holding it like a caveman with a stick olololol). Many people hold it with the wrong fingers, use a death grip, or simply have too sloppy a stroke (Unrelated to speed), which would not be problems if teachers ever put an emphasis on correcting these problems all the way up to the University level (Yes, in my opinion Grade 12 teachers should be correcting these things that most people would consider to be ridiculous). So many people I meet who have written stuff down will have nothing to show for their work other than this pathetic chicken scratch, and then when I ask them to read what they have written their response all too frequently is "Lol dude sorry I can't read my writing either, its pretty messy huh?" You shouldn't have to decipher handwriting by analyzing 3 inches away from your face like hieroglyphics, it just pisses me off.
Teachers with poor writing technique should also be outlawed, or at least be required to provide handouts printed from a computer to anything they write on the board -_-
In my opinion, you should just bite the bullet and relearn everything (Properly) with your left hand, the right way. Learn to hold your pencil properly, use those little alphabet outline sheets you see in grade 1-4, and write slower, and with more purpose. Learn to position your hand so as to not make any smudges, even if you are using a pen with shitty ink that never dries (Try hoverhand, hold the paper still with your free hand.). I say left hand because if you try to relearn with your current writing hand you will probably relapse into shitty writing the day after you stop consciously thinking about it, unless you are very strict with yourself. Judging from your current handwriting I am guessing you are not/will not be strict enough on yourself 
This process should take ~3 months if you work at it hard enough, at which point you will be more proficient at writing with your non-dominant hand then you ever were, probably faster too. If you happen to be left-handed, this process will be even more beneficial for you, as it is easier to avoid smudging the paper with your right hand if you write from left to right, as your hand only goes over the blank paper, instead of any ink/graphite. Even if you used your right hand hoverhand would be better IMO.
Remember, if you do not take steps to improve a clearly improvable situation, you do not deserve to complain about it, that is simply lazy and pathetic (Not saying you are actually lazy and pathetic, just making a point). If a typist uses a chicken pecker 2 finger approach to typing on a keyboard, and then they complain about not being able to type fast enough, you should laugh at them. If a Starcraft player uses a very poor hotkey approach, and has completely awful hand-mechanics in general, he should relearn everything completely if he wishes to improve. If a musician is holding his instrument wrong and has done so for years, it would still be beneficial for him to suck it up and relearn the right way.
Who knows, maybe being able to physically put your thoughts on paper more legibly will help out your compositional skills themselves. If you can see your words more clearly you may very well catch your mistakes much faster until you reach a point where you simply do not make those mistakes. 
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+ Show Spoiler +On September 10 2011 13:37 Kurr wrote:Show nested quote +On September 10 2011 13:23 Wrongspeedy wrote:On September 10 2011 11:17 Kurr wrote:
I don't mind writing regardless of it's with a pencil or on a computer.
I do it every day, it's a daily part of life. But I am also terrible at it. I'm not a 13 year old learning leet-speak for the first time; I have a decent grasp of grammar and syntax (well, english is a secondary language for me but this applies to both french and english) ... but I'm just a bad writer.
I can't recall the last time I wrote a text more than 300-400 words that I didn't have to rework before posting or submitting. Even during exams, I look at my answers to open-ended questions when reviewing my exams and I'm like "the fuck is this?"
I write like a complete idiot. I forget words in the middle of sentences; I write a completely different word instead of the one I was going to write; I repeat the same word like 5 times in 1 paragraph.
My problem is that I don't even notice these things when I'm writing. I'm thinking of something and putting it down on paper... it makes sense.
However, when I read my text again I realize half of what I've written is incomprehensible and I have to rewrite it. It's not a huge deal on the internet because of this amazing ability to preview posts, but when it comes to exams it's a pain.
I already have :
1) Semi-illegible handwriting
2) Very unclean handwriting (my hand always leaves marks or smears my writing all over my pages)
I'm 23, almost 24. I've already given up fixing my handwriting.
So when I start writing like I have flashes of temporary Alzheimer's, it's not exactly something I want to submit to a teacher or a boss. So I erase a bunch and correct my sentences (if it's not a pen-only exam)... but oh crap, suddenly the page is even more smeared because of my erasing. Parts of the page can't be erased because I wrote too much and it's left with a permanent smear in the middle of my paragraph making a few letters undecipherable. What should I do? Try to fix it by using the eraser until it's clearer?
Oh fuck, now there's a hole in the page. Better hurry up and rewrite it before the end up the exam. Hope you brought extra pages and that you didn't have too much written on it. Oh, and make sure not to make the same type of mistakes that got you here in the first place, such as writing the wrong words again.
That's it. No real point, I just wish I could write like a normal person.
P.S : How many stupid mistakes do you think I made writing this?
Are you left handed? Oh and I bet some of the best writers in history probably did not have the best hand writing, and were probably slobs, its more about the content and being able to read it. I smear with my hand if I'm not paying attention because I'm left handed and we start writing on the left hand side of the page and move across to the right, its really easy to smudge with the side of your hand that way. I'm right handed... I just write with my hand on the table and keeping the pencil in an angle... a bit different than most people and it causes me to smear my writing. I think a lot of people are missing the point. It's not about my handwriting or my content. It's about how I can write a paragraph, mean to write 1 thing, and have it come out with 2-3 words missing, a few other words being different than intended (like "both" instead of "truck"), etc. It's perplexing.
That sounds like dyslexia to me. Something is getting lost in translation from your brain to your pencil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia
I like the list of people with Dyslexia. Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, and Cher.
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On September 10 2011 14:11 Wrongspeedy wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On September 10 2011 13:37 Kurr wrote:Show nested quote +On September 10 2011 13:23 Wrongspeedy wrote:On September 10 2011 11:17 Kurr wrote:
I don't mind writing regardless of it's with a pencil or on a computer.
I do it every day, it's a daily part of life. But I am also terrible at it. I'm not a 13 year old learning leet-speak for the first time; I have a decent grasp of grammar and syntax (well, english is a secondary language for me but this applies to both french and english) ... but I'm just a bad writer.
I can't recall the last time I wrote a text more than 300-400 words that I didn't have to rework before posting or submitting. Even during exams, I look at my answers to open-ended questions when reviewing my exams and I'm like "the fuck is this?"
I write like a complete idiot. I forget words in the middle of sentences; I write a completely different word instead of the one I was going to write; I repeat the same word like 5 times in 1 paragraph.
My problem is that I don't even notice these things when I'm writing. I'm thinking of something and putting it down on paper... it makes sense.
However, when I read my text again I realize half of what I've written is incomprehensible and I have to rewrite it. It's not a huge deal on the internet because of this amazing ability to preview posts, but when it comes to exams it's a pain.
I already have :
1) Semi-illegible handwriting
2) Very unclean handwriting (my hand always leaves marks or smears my writing all over my pages)
I'm 23, almost 24. I've already given up fixing my handwriting.
So when I start writing like I have flashes of temporary Alzheimer's, it's not exactly something I want to submit to a teacher or a boss. So I erase a bunch and correct my sentences (if it's not a pen-only exam)... but oh crap, suddenly the page is even more smeared because of my erasing. Parts of the page can't be erased because I wrote too much and it's left with a permanent smear in the middle of my paragraph making a few letters undecipherable. What should I do? Try to fix it by using the eraser until it's clearer?
Oh fuck, now there's a hole in the page. Better hurry up and rewrite it before the end up the exam. Hope you brought extra pages and that you didn't have too much written on it. Oh, and make sure not to make the same type of mistakes that got you here in the first place, such as writing the wrong words again.
That's it. No real point, I just wish I could write like a normal person.
P.S : How many stupid mistakes do you think I made writing this?
Are you left handed? Oh and I bet some of the best writers in history probably did not have the best hand writing, and were probably slobs, its more about the content and being able to read it. I smear with my hand if I'm not paying attention because I'm left handed and we start writing on the left hand side of the page and move across to the right, its really easy to smudge with the side of your hand that way. I'm right handed... I just write with my hand on the table and keeping the pencil in an angle... a bit different than most people and it causes me to smear my writing. I think a lot of people are missing the point. It's not about my handwriting or my content. It's about how I can write a paragraph, mean to write 1 thing, and have it come out with 2-3 words missing, a few other words being different than intended (like "both" instead of "truck"), etc. It's perplexing. That sounds like dyslexia to me. Something is getting lost in translation from your brain to your pencil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DyslexiaI like the list of people with Dyslexia. Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, and Cher.
I'm fairly certain I'm just stupid and don't have Dyslexia. I read at a normal pace and have no problem decoding information. I'm in my 7th year in university and I've never had a problem with such a thing.
I mean, I guess it's possible but I find it hard to believe because I imagine Dyslexia to be a much bigger hassle than having shitty writing skills.
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+ Show Spoiler +On September 10 2011 14:25 Kurr wrote:Show nested quote +On September 10 2011 14:11 Wrongspeedy wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On September 10 2011 13:37 Kurr wrote:Show nested quote +On September 10 2011 13:23 Wrongspeedy wrote:On September 10 2011 11:17 Kurr wrote:
I don't mind writing regardless of it's with a pencil or on a computer.
I do it every day, it's a daily part of life. But I am also terrible at it. I'm not a 13 year old learning leet-speak for the first time; I have a decent grasp of grammar and syntax (well, english is a secondary language for me but this applies to both french and english) ... but I'm just a bad writer.
I can't recall the last time I wrote a text more than 300-400 words that I didn't have to rework before posting or submitting. Even during exams, I look at my answers to open-ended questions when reviewing my exams and I'm like "the fuck is this?"
I write like a complete idiot. I forget words in the middle of sentences; I write a completely different word instead of the one I was going to write; I repeat the same word like 5 times in 1 paragraph.
My problem is that I don't even notice these things when I'm writing. I'm thinking of something and putting it down on paper... it makes sense.
However, when I read my text again I realize half of what I've written is incomprehensible and I have to rewrite it. It's not a huge deal on the internet because of this amazing ability to preview posts, but when it comes to exams it's a pain.
I already have :
1) Semi-illegible handwriting
2) Very unclean handwriting (my hand always leaves marks or smears my writing all over my pages)
I'm 23, almost 24. I've already given up fixing my handwriting.
So when I start writing like I have flashes of temporary Alzheimer's, it's not exactly something I want to submit to a teacher or a boss. So I erase a bunch and correct my sentences (if it's not a pen-only exam)... but oh crap, suddenly the page is even more smeared because of my erasing. Parts of the page can't be erased because I wrote too much and it's left with a permanent smear in the middle of my paragraph making a few letters undecipherable. What should I do? Try to fix it by using the eraser until it's clearer?
Oh fuck, now there's a hole in the page. Better hurry up and rewrite it before the end up the exam. Hope you brought extra pages and that you didn't have too much written on it. Oh, and make sure not to make the same type of mistakes that got you here in the first place, such as writing the wrong words again.
That's it. No real point, I just wish I could write like a normal person.
P.S : How many stupid mistakes do you think I made writing this?
Are you left handed? Oh and I bet some of the best writers in history probably did not have the best hand writing, and were probably slobs, its more about the content and being able to read it. I smear with my hand if I'm not paying attention because I'm left handed and we start writing on the left hand side of the page and move across to the right, its really easy to smudge with the side of your hand that way. I'm right handed... I just write with my hand on the table and keeping the pencil in an angle... a bit different than most people and it causes me to smear my writing. I think a lot of people are missing the point. It's not about my handwriting or my content. It's about how I can write a paragraph, mean to write 1 thing, and have it come out with 2-3 words missing, a few other words being different than intended (like "both" instead of "truck"), etc. It's perplexing. That sounds like dyslexia to me. Something is getting lost in translation from your brain to your pencil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DyslexiaI like the list of people with Dyslexia. Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, and Cher. I'm fairly certain I'm just stupid and don't have Dyslexia. I read at a normal pace and have no problem decoding information. I'm in my 7th year in university and I've never had a problem with such a thing. I mean, I guess it's possible but I find it hard to believe because I imagine Dyslexia to be a much bigger hassle than having shitty writing skills.
There is a type of Dyslexia that it is listed on that wiki, that has to deal with writing and typing. I think some people with it have no problem reading. And to some extent I have read that everyone can be slightly dyslexic and it also has to do with the complexity of the language.
Here is the related article for writing impairment regardless of reading comprehension
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgraphia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dysgraphia.jpg wow...
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On September 10 2011 11:23 Kurr wrote:Show nested quote +On September 10 2011 11:20 Clbull wrote:
About 5 or 6.
I am kinda the same too. I often post and re-edit stuff that I write because I would have more often or not made a typo or two.
Then again, do you think the works of writers such as J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series were written in one go just like that? No.
They were continually refined more and more before they became worthy of the bestseller tag. Oh I know. I've tried to write a fantasy book before. I had so many ideas and I still think about it from time to time. Problem is, I wrote the first 10 pages and changed everything about it a dozen times before giving up. My problem is more that I can't write a paragraph without making some ridiculous "typos", even in real life. P.S : Happy Birthday.
refined and harry potter can't be in the same sentence
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Why don't you just write on a piece of paper first and then instead of erasing half of it, why don't you just get a second piece of paper on which you can copy the good parts of the first paper while in the same time edit the parts you don't like. Also that way you won't have to worry of doing the same mistakes you did in the first place again.
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Do yourself a favor.
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The best eraser known to man. It works like, well... magic. I bought one of these 3 years ago, and I'm still using the same one because they last forever too. No more smears or holes in your paper.
Now I'm sounding like an infomercial 
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EPT
