While I can Ayiekie's point here, I think that all it takes to accomodate it is the note that good writers aren't born, they're made, or more precisely grow from bad writers who keep practising and improving their skills as wordsmiths. Nor, for that matter, is there some magic point that one passes to go from "bad" to "good;" if you can *type* then there's always someone worse, and unless you're at if for a very, very long time, work very, very hard, and have outragous fortune that makes the Brothers of Serendip look like bumblers, there'll always be someone better, as well.
The point isn't to make anyone feel they have to slave away in secret, hiding away their efforts until they've acheived written perfection (Much as I wish the homosexual child pornography fans of Naruto *would* - seriously, what is up with that? - since the majority would hopefully grow out of it while they tried) but to help provide a set of clear goals to strive for.
That said... yeah, I think the style guide thing is only going to happen if someone is already pretty well devoted to writing like a pro. I have one, but the last time I looked at it was the last day of the English Comp course I only needed to take for the credits, but I hardly claim to be a perfect writer, and "I haven't finished my stories!" is one of the things on my "I can't Die yet" list. I'll even share my nexty two targets: I Griever and Nathan. That's right guys, you're next on my list of who I'm trying to surpass... too bad for me that you're a lot better at the volume thing than I am, too![[Image: happy.gif]](http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/happy.gif)
Oh well, what the hell. Hopefully I'm no less than half as good as I think I am, and somehow got the point across.
- CDSERVO: Loook *deeeeply* into my eyes... Tell me, what do you see?
CROW: (hypnotized) A twisted man who wants to inflict his pain upon others.
A kung-fu nun in a leather thong was no less extreme than anything else he had seen that day. - Rev. Dark's IST: Holy Sea World
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
The point isn't to make anyone feel they have to slave away in secret, hiding away their efforts until they've acheived written perfection (Much as I wish the homosexual child pornography fans of Naruto *would* - seriously, what is up with that? - since the majority would hopefully grow out of it while they tried) but to help provide a set of clear goals to strive for.
That said... yeah, I think the style guide thing is only going to happen if someone is already pretty well devoted to writing like a pro. I have one, but the last time I looked at it was the last day of the English Comp course I only needed to take for the credits, but I hardly claim to be a perfect writer, and "I haven't finished my stories!" is one of the things on my "I can't Die yet" list. I'll even share my nexty two targets: I Griever and Nathan. That's right guys, you're next on my list of who I'm trying to surpass... too bad for me that you're a lot better at the volume thing than I am, too
Oh well, what the hell. Hopefully I'm no less than half as good as I think I am, and somehow got the point across.
- CDSERVO: Loook *deeeeply* into my eyes... Tell me, what do you see?
CROW: (hypnotized) A twisted man who wants to inflict his pain upon others.
A kung-fu nun in a leather thong was no less extreme than anything else he had seen that day. - Rev. Dark's IST: Holy Sea World
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows