tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post2678525201581147410..comments2024-03-07T11:39:09.758+11:00Comments on Will Type For Food: The Ailments of StyleTimThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-47610953859987092132011-08-23T08:24:40.817+10:002011-08-23T08:24:40.817+10:00There's got to be a term for that condition Br...There's got to be a term for that condition Bruce - maybe we should invent one! Subjectivitis?TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-76968718428440202382011-08-23T08:16:33.905+10:002011-08-23T08:16:33.905+10:00Thanks Caz, I have noticed that too, but I think I...Thanks Caz, I have noticed that too, but I think I'm actually trying to pin down a mental tic or condition. Akin to 'writer's block', but more like an unconscious solipsism - inability to judge one's own writing objectively, even if one is a competent editor of other people's work. It may be rare, or perhaps not!<br /><br />Maybe it is just a lack of discipline, needing more rigorous training.brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-10942986843511028262011-08-22T16:14:03.055+10:002011-08-22T16:14:03.055+10:00Love the ailments, perfectly defined.
Bruce - b...Love the ailments, perfectly defined. <br /><br />Bruce - being successful at under or over grad work is (alas) not contingent on writing skills.<br /><br />Many a PhD has been awarded to the all but illiterate. Many more undergraduate degrees awarded to the blatantly illiterate and inarticulate. <br /><br />Let's not even get into discussion of intellectual capabilities. <br /><br />Your friend should have stuck it out. The value of the work, not the writing skills, would have been what mattered most. That he could recognise his personal deficiencies put him way ahead of the pack. Seems a pity he dropped out; the less capable no doubt continued.Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387674413840435759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-77222903399040971862011-08-21T21:25:00.307+10:002011-08-21T21:25:00.307+10:00Cruisin' for a Bruisin',Cruisin' for a Bruisin',brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-60694716099484517242011-08-21T19:15:51.197+10:002011-08-21T19:15:51.197+10:00Aww, Bruce sounds bruised!
Writing can be rough
...Aww, Bruce sounds bruised!<br /><br />Writing can be rough <br />when you never spy a muph...<br /><br />oh, got it just in time.Mitzi G Burgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251392701901609236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-28227850809429900752011-08-21T18:08:04.366+10:002011-08-21T18:08:04.366+10:00Did you write that poem? Pretty good.
What about ...Did you write that poem? Pretty good.<br /><br />What about the problem where you can see the faults in everyone else's writing, but can't improve your own to the point where you give up trying to write at all, including abandoning a postgrad degree because you know you can't improve your writing...<br /><br />Happened to...a friend of mine.brucenoreply@blogger.com