This Is How You Can Smash Grammarly Into Pieces.
This is my personal project. I want to write better without the use of software aid. This story is a pursuit of personal vanity.
I am blind to my writing mistakes. I realized them when I submitted stories to publications. Story rejections taught me life lessons.
Every rejection is a gem if I pay attention to them.
I decided to when Liam Ireland and Maria Rattray from Illumination said I wrote well.
I was embarrassed. I felt the heat from my cheeks. I know the truth. My improvement came from using one software known as Grammarly. That was it.
It was not a genuine improvement. I am where I was. And I was screaming in quiet desperation.
How can I get better? How to write without errors?
This story is my reflection.
I reviewed the free Grammarly reports this morning. Honestly, it irks me. I have been repeating the same mistakes since Day 1. I have to say that annoyance is the best source of improvement.
I decided to write one error-free story. I wanted Grammarly to acknowledge me.
How do I achieve that?
My conclusion was to write short sentences. I figured that writing fewer words meant committing fewer mistakes.
Writing shorter sentences is tough for me. I can be rather expressive. Conciseness does not come naturally to me.
Indeed, shorter sentences require longer thinking time. It took me 30 minutes to reach this point. I might need to visit a shrink after submitting this story.
Grammarly was my mental target all this while.
I wondered what the score might be. Is the effort worthy of the time commitment?
I headed for coffee before checking the final draft of this story on Grammarly. I needed a break from the self-induced mental stress.
In truth, I was excited. So, I rushed through my cup of coffee and headed back to my desk.
I submitted this story for a Grammarly audit.
This is my score.
Okay, I admit. I was too ambitious. While I managed to eradicate all simple errors, I committed advanced ones.
I was annoyed at first. Then I had my moment of epiphany.
One thing for sure; Good writing is possible with effort.
Next; Grammarly is necessary because I am blind. I will not be able to observe a blind spot when I am blind. This software aid is necessary until I can work without life support.
Have you installed your software aid?
It does not have to be Grammarly.
That aid can be humility. If we can accept that we have more to learn, we will get better over time.
And I look forward to destroying Grammarly again in 2021.
We Need Tools To Cover Our Blind Spots.
Aldric
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