I agree. I've seen some of the old yearbooks and there is just buttloads of white space. If the same thing is true for this year then people deserve to throw fits.
Fifteen Linesmoonsliver86July 31 2007, 01:06:56 UTC
I would have to agree that fifteen lines is too short to capture the essence of a person - and I wouldn't like to see tons of white space on the yearbook either
doubleshotplease says,
anonymous
July 31 2007, 12:36:03 UTC
as someone who had to write quite a number of write-ups last year - and some of those for my bestest friends in the world - i feel your pain. at 20 lines (with 1-inch margins) last year, to say i felt constricted would be an understatement; but somehow, i did manage. and looking back, it was, in the end, an understandable limit: enough could be said, if you practiced a little restraint. it kept you focused, succinct.
but i have to say that focus can also be lost if you're given too little space. 15 lines with 2-inch margins affords the writer (and by extension, the individual whom the write-up is about) just about nothing - 15 lines is barely a caricature; one is reduced to almost platitudes, and tempted to write "friends forever", "TCCIC" out of frustration or spite.
with 15 lines, what you have is a write up that may aspire to flight; but never quite reaches lift-off. aegis team, forgive us - the runway is just too short. :|
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but i have to say that focus can also be lost if you're given too little space. 15 lines with 2-inch margins affords the writer (and by extension, the individual whom the write-up is about) just about nothing - 15 lines is barely a caricature; one is reduced to almost platitudes, and tempted to write "friends forever", "TCCIC" out of frustration or spite.
with 15 lines, what you have is a write up that may aspire to flight; but never quite reaches lift-off. aegis team, forgive us - the runway is just too short. :|
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