things I don't like about my writing.

[claudacity]

1. excessive use of the passive tense.
2. long sentences with little variation in structure.
3. repetitive adjectives/jargon-y nouns.
4. unclear/indefinite use of 'this'

(oh, I'm back in singapore! say hi!)

Comments

[gekokujyo]

exactly all the things that i am guilty of! how have you been? (:

[claudacity]

I'm alright, just waiting for NIE to start in january. so things are fairly boring and ho hum at the moment. you?

[aduvingion]

Ever read Orwell's essay?

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm

[claudacity]

I was given this in secondary school! I shall reread it again - forgot about it. thank you!

[schizophoenix]

hi!

oh, was i supposed to be surprised when i saw you last week? ^^ i never know where anyone is anymore.

[claudacity]

when I ran into you I'd already met sarah for dinner. you need to keep better tabs on who she sees. :p we should have food sometime!

[undoing_]

haha brings back memories of dissertation-reading :p

[claudacity]

gee, you don't say. I get my results around GMT 5pm tomorrow :s