A million words of shit...

Aug 19, 2009 08:29

There is this urban myth that goes around that you need to write a million words of shit before you can start writing friction competently. Looking at my LJ stats is interesting in this context ( Read more... )

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mireille21 August 19 2009, 13:14:14 UTC
"Friction"?

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purplecthulhu August 19 2009, 13:17:04 UTC
I clearly haven't reached a million yet as I can still typo with the best of them :-)

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mireille21 August 19 2009, 14:20:52 UTC
It was a very well placed and amusing typo though :)

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purplecthulhu August 19 2009, 14:48:38 UTC
So at least my typos are improving! Yay!

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ext_5623 August 19 2009, 22:17:32 UTC
and do bear in mind that not everything you write is shit *and therefore doesn't count towards your quota*. in fact, a lot of what you write makes sense and is highly readable, so you're really screwing this up, no?

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purplecthulhu August 19 2009, 22:31:50 UTC
You haven't read my thesis... Or my first NANOWRIMO... Or my APAzines...

But you do do good flattery, and at the moment I might not make it out of the living room door and upstairs due to the swelling head!

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