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- Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:59 am
- Forum: Suggestions or Requests
- Topic: Private Section of Forums
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9208
I think it is a wonderful idea as well. It is amazing to see how helpful someone elses opinion can be especially when you have been staring at a blank page for hours trying to figure out how to put your thoughts into the right words...(sometimes my thoughts get ahead of my typing fingers). Have a Gr...
- Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:51 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Postcard from India
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4357
- Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:12 am
- Forum: Updates for Authors
- Topic: Hello and Goodbye - A message from the New Owners
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16564
- Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:07 am
- Forum: Updates for Authors
- Topic: Good News and Bad News!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 34304
- Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:22 am
- Forum: Author Exchange
- Topic: April Aspirations: Half Way Mark
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10280
- Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:10 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: New Writer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5409
Hi and Welcome!
First of all welcome to Constant Content! I have much trouble with proofreading my own work. I downloaded ReadPlease and have been doing much better. It has help me sell several articles at several sites as well as helped with article submissions here. When I hear someone else say the words wrong it...
- Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:01 am
- Forum: Author Exchange
- Topic: The Unexpected
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6367
- Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:04 am
- Forum: Author Exchange
- Topic: Any Helpful Ideas On Editing?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12127
Lenin
I am using readplease and enlarging the font, which ya know dummy me I never thought of. I have been catching way more errors by listening to another voice read it out loud to me WRONG. I think editing will always be difficult for me, but I love writing. I am not ready by any means to give up. I bel...
- Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:45 pm
- Forum: Author Exchange
- Topic: No grommets today
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4882
I had to laugh at your story Celeste! My sister recently wrote a short story about the Bahamas and instead of a coconut craving, the charater in her story only wanted a banana split. She had seen the banana's hanging from the trees and could not get anyone on the island to make a banana split. They ...
- Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:45 am
- Forum: Author Exchange
- Topic: Any Helpful Ideas On Editing?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12127
I downloaded readplease and caught WAY more errors. Thanks for that suggestion! When I heard someone else reading the words, I could hear what I was doing wrong easier. After *polishing* my articles, ED you are definatly right. After waiting and looking at them again, I feel better about the quality...
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:02 pm
- Forum: Author Exchange
- Topic: Any Helpful Ideas On Editing?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12127
Reply
I am going to download readplease as soon as I get home and try it out. My biggest problem is my eyes see what my brain is thinking. Though I consistantly go over and over the articles I read what I want them to say. I do not mean to submit articles with errors, I honestly think they read like I hav...
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:30 am
- Forum: Suggestions or Requests
- Topic: Any editing suggestions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15812
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:16 am
- Forum: Author Exchange
- Topic: Any Helpful Ideas On Editing?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12127
Any Helpful Ideas On Editing?
Hi, I am having a diffucult time editing my own articles. For some reason I am reading exactly what I am thinking in my head instead of what is on the paper or screen. I have tried printing out the article and reading it outloud. Sometimes I can catch the mistakes and sometimes not. I would apprecia...
- Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:24 pm
- Forum: Author Exchange
- Topic: Thanks to editors and fellow authors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3146
Thanks for reading! I personaly hope to develop my writing even further. Often time I leave a lot to be desired, but I am improving, I think. I believe it depends on the topics as well. I have tried stretching the limits of my knowledge and have found I am better at some topics more than others, but...
- Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:46 am
- Forum: Author Exchange
- Topic: Thanks to editors and fellow authors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3146
Thanks to editors and fellow authors
:D Hi, First of all I would like to say thanks to the editors for patiences and assistance with submissions. I have an extremely diffucult time catching my own errors and after reading helpful advice from the forums and such, by printing articles out I seem to catch more errors. I tend to proof read...