Start, Change, Delete And Start Again
Writing it down, ripping it up and beginning afresh.
We’ve all been there. Started a bit of writing, stopped writing. Read the damn writing. Selected text and then pressed the good old delete button. And started again. It’s a good habit to get into. No good firing it all off and not checking the flow. Repetition of the same words can get boring too.
And that leads to the biggest bugbear of all. Bad spelling. Obviously for people where English is not their first language you have to give a bit of slack and also for those who are dyslexic things can be a bit of a problem. But for those who speak it as their first language and do not have dyslexia bad spelling is the mark of Satan. There we are dear viewers, I’ve let it out now. I am a spelling Nazi and I’m not ashamed of it at all.
There’s a lot to be learned here. Paragraphs should be a bit short and punchy. Thanks be to Linda Caroll for pointing this out in one of her pieces. On a mobile phone, an endless paragraph can cross your eyes and seem like a limitless sea. If I was stuck in a sea with no land in sight I’d pretty soon be calling for a lifeguard to get me to shore.
Grammarly has been a biblical discovery. It pops up waving and tells you to stick a comma in here and there. Even if you can’t run to the paid version it’s a very good help as you tippity tap away. Its currently waving at me now but I’ve dismissed it on this occasion. It didn’t like the word tippity. Well, I do so in this instance, I’ve dismissed you from duty.
Write, read, delete, and write again. And a change of a word here and there can change a piece completely. From good to beautiful. There’s power in those words.
And finally, before you hit that submit that hallowed button called Publish use the rule of three. Reread what you have written. Three times and then press submit.
And apart from those with an exemption. Bad spelling will always remain the mark of the Beast.
And dear old Grammarly has marked me as disapproving. Bring it on.
Happy writing.
Vee