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The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 24, 2012 12:04:40 GMT -5

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Jul 24, 2012 11:50:44 GMT -5 Kaez said:

Jul 24, 2012 11:42:38 GMT -5 Injin said:

Yeah, my sentence structure could use work. It occasionally feels really awkward. Thanks for the criticism.

It couldn't. You've put too much work into it already.

You are trying so hard at everything in life when most things don't require a ton of self-conscious effort. They just require casually rolling on instinct.

I don't think about my sentence structure at all. Because of this, my sentence structure is just fine.

That's because you have great sentence structure. When I do it naturally without checking, I look at it again after I posted and something looks wrong so I change it. It's probably a self-confidence issue, but nothing I can really do too much about until I get more confident with my writing.

Nope.

Matteo ((Taed)) Admin Mostly Harmless Oh, I say! Posts: 23,339	The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 24, 2012 12:09:26 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Jul 24, 2012 12:09:26 GMT -5 ... Incidentally, it should also be "more clever than." Not "then."
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The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 24, 2012 12:13:30 GMT -5

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Jul 24, 2012 12:09:26 GMT -5 Matteo ((Taed)) said:

... Incidentally, it should also be "more clever than." Not "then."

I actually realized that after he bracketed it. Didn't change it cause I'd likely be hammered for that too. Either way, despite what I said earlier, I'll try to get an entry in today.

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The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 24, 2012 12:15:52 GMT -5

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Jul 24, 2012 12:04:40 GMT -5 Injin said:

Jul 24, 2012 11:50:44 GMT -5 Kaez said:

It couldn't. You've put too much work into it already.

You are trying so hard at everything in life when most things don't require a ton of self-conscious effort. They just require casually rolling on instinct.

I don't think about my sentence structure at all. Because of this, my sentence structure is just fine.

That's because you have great sentence structure. When I do it naturally without checking, I look at it again after I posted and something looks wrong so I change it. It's probably a self-confidence issue, but nothing I can really do too much about until I get more confident with my writing.

Confidence comes most easily from just not giving many shits. That's why I'm recommending it.

Jul 24, 2012 12:09:26 GMT -5 Matteo ((Taed)) said:

... Incidentally, it should also be "more clever than." Not "then."

That was actually why I initially quoted it. The sentence structure was kind of secondary.

Better luck next time; don't worry so much.

Matteo ((Taed)) Admin Mostly Harmless Oh, I say! Posts: 23,339	The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 24, 2012 12:16:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Jul 24, 2012 12:16:07 GMT -5 Jul 24, 2012 12:10:29 GMT -5 Jenny (Reffy) said: Hai peeps. You know today is closing deadline day, right? :] Say whaaaaaaaaat!? Why did I think it wasn't until Thursday?
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The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 24, 2012 14:30:22 GMT -5

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Jul 24, 2012 12:16:07 GMT -5 Matteo ((Taed)) said:

Jul 24, 2012 12:10:29 GMT -5 Jenny (Reffy) said:

Hai peeps. You know today is closing deadline day, right? :]

Say whaaaaaaaaat!? Why did I think it wasn't until Thursday?

I thought it was yesterday.

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The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 24, 2012 21:08:40 GMT -5

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Post by James on Jul 24, 2012 21:08:40 GMT -5

Note: I am going to extend this round out till the 26th July, 11:59pm. So you get an extra two days. And by then, my Mooting Assignment will be done and I can get back to judging.

So.

DEADLINE: 26TH JULY, 11:59PM

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Injin Author He Who Sucks at Comedy All is Forgiven Posts: 5,838	The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 24, 2012 22:05:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Injin on Jul 24, 2012 22:05:40 GMT -5 And I posted despite what I said to start off a fire storm. Happy days for all.
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Inkdrinker Scribe Sepulcher: a stage enlived by ghosts. Posts: 908	The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 25, 2012 17:39:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Inkdrinker on Jul 25, 2012 17:39:38 GMT -5 Posted a chunk of the beginning of a story I aim to continue. I tried to take some of the grammar advice I've received into account, hope it's an improvement, but I know I missed something.
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The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 26, 2012 22:27:24 GMT -5

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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Jul 26, 2012 22:27:24 GMT -5

Hey James, can you make sure you get the next topic up in, oh, the next 12 hours or so? I'm driving up to my cottage tomorrow morning, and I want to get it before I leave so I can write when I'm up there.

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"He floated like a butterfly, and stung like a bee. I float like an eagle, and sting like an eagle with a scorpion in its mouth."
-Stephen Colbert

"My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes."
-Ford Prefect

"That which holds the image of Graham Norton becomes itself Graham Norton."

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The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 26, 2012 22:35:32 GMT -5

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Post by James on Jul 26, 2012 22:35:32 GMT -5

Jul 26, 2012 22:27:24 GMT -5 Matteo ((Taed)) said:

Hey James, can you make sure you get the next topic up in, oh, the next 12 hours or so? I'm driving up to my cottage tomorrow morning, and I want to get it before I leave so I can write when I'm up there.

It will be up in under two hours. Promise.

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The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 26, 2012 22:39:06 GMT -5

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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Jul 26, 2012 22:39:06 GMT -5

You know that you've got EST wrong, right? It's 11:38 here right now. You've been cutting the deadline at 1 AM, not midnight. I didn't say anything before because I thought I might need the extra hour

"He floated like a butterfly, and stung like a bee. I float like an eagle, and sting like an eagle with a scorpion in its mouth."
-Stephen Colbert

"My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes."
-Ford Prefect

"That which holds the image of Graham Norton becomes itself Graham Norton."

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The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 26, 2012 22:44:44 GMT -5

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Jul 26, 2012 22:39:06 GMT -5 Matteo ((Taed)) said:

You know that you've got EST wrong, right? It's 11:38 here right now. You've been cutting the deadline at 1 AM, not midnight. I didn't say anything before because I thought I might need the extra hour

Nuh-uh! Isn't it EDT at the moment there?

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Matteo ((Taed)) Admin Mostly Harmless Oh, I say! Posts: 23,339	The July Challenge ((Discussion Thread)) Jul 26, 2012 22:50:41 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Jul 26, 2012 22:50:41 GMT -5 I don't frigging know, man. But I can read a clock.
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