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  • #61
    Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

    Originally posted by Dr. Vergerus View Post
    If you are writing fiction (literature) you can do pretty much whatever you want, as long as you pull it off.
    Actually, this goes for all writing--whether one writes fiction, screenplays, poems, ransom notes, or grocery lists.

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    • #62
      Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

      If you're writing an academic paper, then there are precise guidelines to how you must handle quotations.

      If you're writing a report at work, it's probably not the best place to get creative with your prose.

      Etc.

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      • #63
        Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

        This is the most educational derailment ever.
        what the head makes cloudy the heart makes very clear

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        • #64
          Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

          Originally posted by Kwinnky View Post
          This is the most educational derailment ever.
          Move over Discovery HD!
          M.A.G.A.

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          • #65
            Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

            As I said earlier, we are really off topic (including my own posts).

            Let's just move on to other topics in other threads.

            "The fact that you have seen professionals write poorly is no reason for you to imitate them." - ComicBent.

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            • #66
              Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

              To be honest it was a s-hit thread to begin with
              It's the eye of the Tiger, it's the thrill of the fight

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              • #67
                Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

                Originally posted by Dr. Vergerus View Post
                Technically wrong? It depends on what you're writing. If you are writing fiction (literature) you can do pretty much whatever you want, as long as you pull it off.
                And let your editor clean it up?

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                • #68
                  Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

                  I guess it's a matter of finding the right editor for your work. Countless writers have published books and short stories that defy narrative conventions and conventional grammar and punctuation.

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                  • #69
                    Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

                    Originally posted by Dr. Vergerus View Post
                    Countless writers have published books and short stories that defy narrative conventions and conventional grammar and punctuation.
                    Doesn't mean people read 'em. I may be narrow-minded, but if I pick up a novel or short story in English* and the writer isn't using quotation marks for dialogue, I drop it again. I like my punctuation traditional, thank you.



                    *For obvious reasons the same phenomenon doesn't bother me in languages where quotation marks are not the tradition for dialogue.
                    "Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.-
                    ― Ray Bradbury

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                    • #70
                      Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

                      If you don't read a great writer because his style is somewhat experimental, it's your loss.

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                      • #71
                        Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

                        Originally posted by Dr. Vergerus View Post
                        If you don't read a great writer because his style is somewhat experimental, it's your loss.
                        Whoa whoa whoa. Are you saying that skilled writers break rules of grammar and format to achieve a desired effect, and not because they're sloppy idiots?

                        Shocking. And to think I'd thrown in with the pedants.

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                        • #72
                          Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

                          @JeffLowell: I get the sarcasm, but I don't know if it's directed at me because of something I may have said before in favor of sticking to the rules or if it's just a general comment. Care to clarify?

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                          • #73
                            Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

                            Not aimed at you, just that school of thought in general. I assume from your recent comments that you're not a member.

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                            • #74
                              Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

                              I think I'm not a member, but I may have slipped into its trap at some point, I don't know.

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                              • #75
                                Re: A DD'er "stole" Scriptshadow's newsletter?

                                And I think we have been way off topic for a long time.

                                "The fact that you have seen professionals write poorly is no reason for you to imitate them." - ComicBent.

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