<--- Is here! I'm just taking a break from my novel. Will go back to it soon with a fresh pair of eyeballs, see what's wrong and mend it.
Link, you put me to shame. I've been up an hour and a bit and I'm not yet fully functional. You're already writing, despite being about 6 hours behind me!
I just joined up with another writing forum called mythicscribes.com. So far it's rather similar to writingforums.org and I am excited to get to know the community. The forum is specifically for fantasy writing and things involving fantasy, and they have a more complex and community driven RPG sort of like what I am trying to set up on my own forum. Needless to say I will be spending a lot of time checking that out. If you all want links, just click here.
Haven't posted in the tavern in a while but I've been lurking here and there, mostly in the fitness thread. Hope everyone is well. I realize this is late, but I like the way the update looks. Took some getting used to at first but thanks to everyone who contributed. I hope Dan is happy Hey, no new smilies?
Good morning all. I won't be long to chat, since school starts in half an hour and I'm in the library on the school's computer typing. But how are you all? Jon, haven't seen you in a while!
Just writing my Western. I have an idea of starting it with my protagonist, a few civillians, and Federal soldiers gathered around a campfire in a fort. He begins to tell them his perspective of the events leading up to that point and the book tells those events. Once up to present day, the story continues from there.
I'm writing a letter to a peer (member of the House of Lords). I know they aren't lobbied frequently by members of the public, and ideally I'd like him to read my letter, rather than just throwing it away. So here's my question: would it do me better to word process it (for readability's sake), or handwrite it (for the personal touch)?
It rather depends on how legible your handwriting is. Mine is so illegible I would get more impact sending a word-processed letter, although I might add a handwritten sentence or two after my signature. I think it's what you say in your letter that will make a difference as to whether it gets read. I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting how you should write it! I frequently write to my MP - always by email. There are two sorts of emails I send him: one is a mass-produced lobbying email, as generated, for example, by 38 degrees; the other is a personal email about some specific issue. He seems to be able to distinguish the two sorts without difficulty. To the 38 Degrees type emails I get a standardised response telling me what his position is on the issue in question. To the personal emails I always get a personal reply.
Heh, my MP doesn't answer my letters anymore. That might be because she's Theresa May, Home Secretary and queen of the mainstream far right, and I'm a Labour activist. I'm leaning towards handwritten. I mock my handwriting, but it isn't illegible. And I've done a fair few of the 38 Degrees email campaigns myself- I always write it in my own words, for all the good it does. This letter is actually regarding the Health Bill. One of the unions is organising an "adopt a peer" program, assigning people a peer at random, and getting people to write to them and lobby them directly. I got Lord Cobbold.
I'd be word processing it, but then I word process everything I write these days, unless handwriting can't be avoided. I just think that from the professionalism standpoint, it's worth word processing it and then hand signing it. It's also somewhat harder to ignore a typed letter, it just demands a response that bit more. Though that might be my thought processes kicking in.
Well, I've drafted the letter. On the computer. I'm still debating whether or not to write it out by hand.
I'd go with typing as it's more professional. You could print it on fancy paper to make it stand out.
Type. No matter how good your handwriting. If you want to add a personal touch, add some kisses at the end.
Handwrite it, Banzai. Aparrently if you write to a company asking for charity and it is handwritten, they are much more likely to take the time to read it, because you have taken the time to handwrite it. This might work the same way.
Telly retuned. I can now neglect to watch any of the channels available to me after a two-day break. (The exception to this rule is Pointless).
And make sure you choose a good lipgloss color! One of my professors cancelled a major assignment we had to do. YAY! You can't see me, but I'm doing a happy dance.
Yeah, that makes sense because if you're asking for charity contributions, it's so easy to just write one copy that you print 100 times, just taking two seconds on each one to change the name in the "Dear" or "To" line (and ZERO effort if you write "To whom this is concerned.") Essentially, a person could take 15 minutes to request money from 100 different places: efficient, but not heartfelt or personal. A letter is.
And don't forget the perfume. Good God, don't forget the perfume. Sometimes I feel like writing a letter to a politician, but then I always decide to leave politics to the politicians
