I realize that this looks like a link article, which is sort of intentional, but not really. More like, I came up with the idea and realized that Cracked may or may not have inspired me.
Anyway, I thought of writing this last night before I fell asleep, so now I feel like I need to write it. It's mainly me rambling about... you guessed it! How I suck at writing. Though, it's not really sucking, it's just more the fact that I hate writing anything from articles like this to papers for school to even the smallest comments. It's even weird for me how much I cringe when I write something and then re-read it.
Throughout this article, I will be using link article that I wrote a while back as an example. And let the rambling commence!
1. Word Repetition
I may be the only one who notices that I use a lot of words over and over because, well, I'm the one that uses them, but it still irks me nonetheless. Words like "haha," "anyway," "totally," "though," "kind of," "even," "real/really," "oh," and "way" are some examples. I sound like a valley girl. (Note: I don't use these words repetitively in school, just on the internet.)
Article examples:
- "That's kind of sad, actually."
- "Now that that's out of the way..."
- "(...)though I think some of you know the state."
*cringes*
The problem is, that no matter how much I notice and despise when I use these words over and over, I honestly can't come up with words that'll carry across what I want to like these will. When I do find another word or phrase that has the same meaning, if it's not as simple as the word I'm trying to replace, then I feel like I'll come off as some pretentious and arrogant know-it-all. And that brings me to...
2. I'm Self-Conscious
This ties into the rest of the points in the article so maybe it should have been number one, but whatever. As you may have noticed, I've said that I cringe a lot when writing. This is because I put myself too much into what y'all are going to think. In my head with every word that I put down, I have to think how it'll come across to the people reading it. Does it sound like I'm 4? Does it sound boring? Does it sound like I'm trying too hard? Will people even want to read this with a stupid title like that?
Article examples: The whole article. Even reading it now it makes me wince a little thinking about how it may sound to other people.
The problem with this is that it's very hard to anticipate how words will affect the people reading them. Even in school in the rare occurrence that I actually feel comfortable with what I'm writing, I still have no idea what the teacher will think my intentions were when writing the paper. I may think that I sounded extremely mature, using advanced vocabulary and avoiding fallacies, but the teacher will end up saying that I sounded immature because it sounded forced. I can't win, which is why I get self-conscious.
3. New Ideas
I have none. Or it seems that way. A simple comment of "Aw, how cute!" can end in me thinking "Now, I KNOW that I've said that before." Or after reading what other people have written I realize that they said it better than I ever could and, sometimes consciously and other times not, my comment or article resembles that person's. I think, "Well, that sounds right! And look at how everyone responded to it. That person must have done something right, so if I use the same tone, for example, maybe I won't sound wackadoo."
Article examples: Basically the whole idea of the article was copied from members of this spot, if that tells you anything.
The problem with this one is that most of the time I can't help it. Try as I might, I still type and write things that I could swear that I've heard somewhere else, whether from myself or another person.
4. I Get Uncomfortable and Awkward
This happens the most at the the beginning and end of a paper or article. Starting to write is difficult for me as I guess it is for everyone, but I never seem to get the hang of it. I feel like I need to say something witty in order for people to read my horrible articles and papers, and I feel like I end up falling flat. It sounds awkward and forced. The end is no better. "Okay... I just finished my article/paper and now I need to say something to make them forget the nonsense they just read and think that I'm clever!" Which I'm not and it shows.
Article examples: The beginning and the end, haha. Pretty much common sense after the above paragraph.
The problem is, like I said, I can't get the hang of writing an introduction and conclusion that doesn't sound like I'm on my hands and knees begging y'all to think that I'm clever and smart.
5. I Edit
*As an experiment, this next section is going to be plainly my train of thought. No editing. Yes, everything before this has been and will be edited until my arms fall off.*
This plays into the whole self-conscious thing and that I hate reading things that don't sound like me at all. So what do I do to solve it? Me and all my brilliance edit for it to sound like me until I don't sound like me at all. Makes sense, right? I don't know why the heck I do it, but it makes me feel better and makes me feel like I'm not coming across as someone that I don't want to. But all of it sounds like a boring robot reciting that bare minimum to get its point across dashed with some awkward seasoning. Delicious.
Article examples: I really can't remember all that I edited in the article and what it was before, so I'm going to just say that probably the whole thing was edited.
After I finish this and read the rest of the article, I'll see if this will continue to be a problem or not. If I don't sound like a lunatic right now, I may just write like this (not in school, of course). If I do sound crazy, then I'll continue to edit away! Yay!
Okay, the article's done. Rejoice! If you got through it, congratulations on your part. And if you have any tips for me (I need them), I will gladly take them! Anything to improve the uncomfortable horrorfest that is my writing experience.
I also realize that writing an article about how you suck at writing articles is kind of counterproductive. Kind of like how a kid who hates spaghetti eats spaghetti only to show his parents how he threw it up.
Anyway, I thought of writing this last night before I fell asleep, so now I feel like I need to write it. It's mainly me rambling about... you guessed it! How I suck at writing. Though, it's not really sucking, it's just more the fact that I hate writing anything from articles like this to papers for school to even the smallest comments. It's even weird for me how much I cringe when I write something and then re-read it.
Throughout this article, I will be using link article that I wrote a while back as an example. And let the rambling commence!
1. Word Repetition
I may be the only one who notices that I use a lot of words over and over because, well, I'm the one that uses them, but it still irks me nonetheless. Words like "haha," "anyway," "totally," "though," "kind of," "even," "real/really," "oh," and "way" are some examples. I sound like a valley girl. (Note: I don't use these words repetitively in school, just on the internet.)
Article examples:
- "That's kind of sad, actually."
- "Now that that's out of the way..."
- "(...)though I think some of you know the state."
*cringes*
The problem is, that no matter how much I notice and despise when I use these words over and over, I honestly can't come up with words that'll carry across what I want to like these will. When I do find another word or phrase that has the same meaning, if it's not as simple as the word I'm trying to replace, then I feel like I'll come off as some pretentious and arrogant know-it-all. And that brings me to...
2. I'm Self-Conscious
This ties into the rest of the points in the article so maybe it should have been number one, but whatever. As you may have noticed, I've said that I cringe a lot when writing. This is because I put myself too much into what y'all are going to think. In my head with every word that I put down, I have to think how it'll come across to the people reading it. Does it sound like I'm 4? Does it sound boring? Does it sound like I'm trying too hard? Will people even want to read this with a stupid title like that?
Article examples: The whole article. Even reading it now it makes me wince a little thinking about how it may sound to other people.
The problem with this is that it's very hard to anticipate how words will affect the people reading them. Even in school in the rare occurrence that I actually feel comfortable with what I'm writing, I still have no idea what the teacher will think my intentions were when writing the paper. I may think that I sounded extremely mature, using advanced vocabulary and avoiding fallacies, but the teacher will end up saying that I sounded immature because it sounded forced. I can't win, which is why I get self-conscious.
3. New Ideas
I have none. Or it seems that way. A simple comment of "Aw, how cute!" can end in me thinking "Now, I KNOW that I've said that before." Or after reading what other people have written I realize that they said it better than I ever could and, sometimes consciously and other times not, my comment or article resembles that person's. I think, "Well, that sounds right! And look at how everyone responded to it. That person must have done something right, so if I use the same tone, for example, maybe I won't sound wackadoo."
Article examples: Basically the whole idea of the article was copied from members of this spot, if that tells you anything.
The problem with this one is that most of the time I can't help it. Try as I might, I still type and write things that I could swear that I've heard somewhere else, whether from myself or another person.
4. I Get Uncomfortable and Awkward
This happens the most at the the beginning and end of a paper or article. Starting to write is difficult for me as I guess it is for everyone, but I never seem to get the hang of it. I feel like I need to say something witty in order for people to read my horrible articles and papers, and I feel like I end up falling flat. It sounds awkward and forced. The end is no better. "Okay... I just finished my article/paper and now I need to say something to make them forget the nonsense they just read and think that I'm clever!" Which I'm not and it shows.
Article examples: The beginning and the end, haha. Pretty much common sense after the above paragraph.
The problem is, like I said, I can't get the hang of writing an introduction and conclusion that doesn't sound like I'm on my hands and knees begging y'all to think that I'm clever and smart.
5. I Edit
*As an experiment, this next section is going to be plainly my train of thought. No editing. Yes, everything before this has been and will be edited until my arms fall off.*
This plays into the whole self-conscious thing and that I hate reading things that don't sound like me at all. So what do I do to solve it? Me and all my brilliance edit for it to sound like me until I don't sound like me at all. Makes sense, right? I don't know why the heck I do it, but it makes me feel better and makes me feel like I'm not coming across as someone that I don't want to. But all of it sounds like a boring robot reciting that bare minimum to get its point across dashed with some awkward seasoning. Delicious.
Article examples: I really can't remember all that I edited in the article and what it was before, so I'm going to just say that probably the whole thing was edited.
After I finish this and read the rest of the article, I'll see if this will continue to be a problem or not. If I don't sound like a lunatic right now, I may just write like this (not in school, of course). If I do sound crazy, then I'll continue to edit away! Yay!
Okay, the article's done. Rejoice! If you got through it, congratulations on your part. And if you have any tips for me (I need them), I will gladly take them! Anything to improve the uncomfortable horrorfest that is my writing experience.
I also realize that writing an article about how you suck at writing articles is kind of counterproductive. Kind of like how a kid who hates spaghetti eats spaghetti only to show his parents how he threw it up.
I wrote this for class :D hope you like it!
In the Arena,
Two rules,
Stay alive
No cannibalism.
In the Arena,
24 tributes,
To the death,
One survivor.
In the Arena,
They called for her,
I volunteered,
To save Prim's life.
In the Arena,
She took my arrows,
Arrows are life,
My arrows.
In the Arena,
He said he'd kill me,
Would Peeta do that
To me?
In the Arena,
A cannon,
More kills,
My kills?
In the Arena,
I find him,
Dying,
Next to me.
In the Arena,
I saved him,
Together,
We'll survive.
I the Arena,
He told me,
I love you,
I lied.
In the Arena,
No one really
Comes out
Alive.
In the Arena,
They came
to tear us
to pieces.
In the Arena,
The berries
Saved us,
In the end.
In the Arena,
We lived,
But what
was the cost?
Reviews, please?
In the Arena,
Two rules,
Stay alive
No cannibalism.
In the Arena,
24 tributes,
To the death,
One survivor.
In the Arena,
They called for her,
I volunteered,
To save Prim's life.
In the Arena,
She took my arrows,
Arrows are life,
My arrows.
In the Arena,
He said he'd kill me,
Would Peeta do that
To me?
In the Arena,
A cannon,
More kills,
My kills?
In the Arena,
I find him,
Dying,
Next to me.
In the Arena,
I saved him,
Together,
We'll survive.
I the Arena,
He told me,
I love you,
I lied.
In the Arena,
No one really
Comes out
Alive.
In the Arena,
They came
to tear us
to pieces.
In the Arena,
The berries
Saved us,
In the end.
In the Arena,
We lived,
But what
was the cost?
Reviews, please?
You can’t write a poem about Sirius Black
Sirius Black is…A rebel without a cause
He defied his family name
When the Sorting hat shouted GRYFFINDOR!
He was blasted off his family tree
When he ran away from home
He Became an animagus along with his best friends
He took the form of a dog
And joined the Order of the Phoenix
To defy Lord Voldemort
Sirius Black…Lost his best friend James
On the night of Halloween
Then Sirius was blamed
For selling out James and his wife Lily
An innocent man sent to Azkaban
For a crime he didn’t do
Framed by a rat
Who was once a friend
How could a friend do this to you?
He was locked away for twelve years or so
When he finally escaped
He found his godson Harry
And tried his best to keep him safe
The, at the Department of Mysteries
While trying to keep young Harry safe
He died at the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange
With the ghost of a laugh on his face
:’(
“Come on, you can do better than that!”
Yes, it sucks. Do I care? Nah.
Sirius Black is…A rebel without a cause
He defied his family name
When the Sorting hat shouted GRYFFINDOR!
He was blasted off his family tree
When he ran away from home
He Became an animagus along with his best friends
He took the form of a dog
And joined the Order of the Phoenix
To defy Lord Voldemort
Sirius Black…Lost his best friend James
On the night of Halloween
Then Sirius was blamed
For selling out James and his wife Lily
An innocent man sent to Azkaban
For a crime he didn’t do
Framed by a rat
Who was once a friend
How could a friend do this to you?
He was locked away for twelve years or so
When he finally escaped
He found his godson Harry
And tried his best to keep him safe
The, at the Department of Mysteries
While trying to keep young Harry safe
He died at the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange
With the ghost of a laugh on his face
:’(
“Come on, you can do better than that!”
Yes, it sucks. Do I care? Nah.
;]]]]]] I was bored. And please, no Femonk/Travtina comments.
1. Helena by MCR
Because 2 people already covered it and it's full of win.
2. Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne
I always find it funny when guys sing it. xD Especially the "Hell yeah, I'm the motherfucking princess!"
3. 17 by Jet
Coz he is... 17, I mean. :p
4. NYAN CAT song
He knows all the lyrics. ;]]]
5. Waiting by Green Day (or any of the songs off Warning)
Because I am currently addicted to the song.
6. Destroya by MCR
I am a perv ;]
7. Baby by Justin Bieber
Coz he lied to us all about doing it.
8. Addicted by Simple Plan
Becauseeeee... I dunno. lol
9. I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones
Because... it rocks.
10. Sing by MCR
Appropriate, isn't it?
11. a redneck country song
lol I dunno any, but it'll be funneh if he does.
12. Time to Dance by Panic!
Because I said so.
1. Helena by MCR
Because 2 people already covered it and it's full of win.
2. Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne
I always find it funny when guys sing it. xD Especially the "Hell yeah, I'm the motherfucking princess!"
3. 17 by Jet
Coz he is... 17, I mean. :p
4. NYAN CAT song
He knows all the lyrics. ;]]]
5. Waiting by Green Day (or any of the songs off Warning)
Because I am currently addicted to the song.
6. Destroya by MCR
I am a perv ;]
7. Baby by Justin Bieber
Coz he lied to us all about doing it.
8. Addicted by Simple Plan
Becauseeeee... I dunno. lol
9. I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones
Because... it rocks.
10. Sing by MCR
Appropriate, isn't it?
11. a redneck country song
lol I dunno any, but it'll be funneh if he does.
12. Time to Dance by Panic!
Because I said so.