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- Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:05 am
- Forum: Questions About Rejections
- Topic: First Article - Rejected
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5997
Re: First Article - Rejected
I know how you feel Daisy. I'm new here too and my first article was rejected twice, mainly for mistakes with comma's. I was confident in my abilities before and felt I knew where to put commas. Not through knowing the rules inside out, but just from the sound of a sentence. I was wrong! That first ...
- Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:08 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Greetings all!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10969
Re: Greetings all!
Thanks again Antonia. I think that everything else was OK with it. In fact I'm certain the grammar is fine, it's just the punctuation that very occasionally lets me down. It would be annoying to have it come back again for a rogue comma!
- Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:16 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Greetings all!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10969
Re: Greetings all!
Thanks to Barry and VersantScribe for their welcome. I'm a little frustrated as my first submission came back after three days with a few alterations to be made. I agreed with all of them except one but decided to make all suggested changes as I'm a new writer and didn't want to make a fuss! Anyway,...
- Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:02 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Greetings all!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10969
Re: Greetings all!
Thanks Antonia. Having now read a lot more forum posts, I'm beginning to wonder if I paid enough attention to the guidelines when submitting my first article. I just sorted out the first person thing, made sure it was in the correct format and submitted. I'll wait to see what they say about that one...
- Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:35 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Greetings all!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10969
Greetings all!
Hello, I'm new to Constant Content so I thought I'd introduce myself. I've been trying to get started as a writer for a few years now, mainly due to crap jobs and a feeling that I could have some talent as a writer. I've sold the odd thing here and there but have never had the motivation to give it ...