New Depths: The Art of Writing Quicksand Stories

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Re: New Depths: The Art of Writing Quicksand Stories

Postby schlamm » Sun Apr 13, 2014 2:18 pm

The use of an incorrect variation of a word is also a huge irritant....at least to me, anyways.

"She could here the sound of branches braking in the distance, she had failed to loose her pursuers despite the lose, sandy trail " :roll:

Obviously spell check finds nothing wrong with the above ridiculous statement, sadly, I do not believe there is an "intelligence check" as of yet.
Commonly misapplied words:
to ~ two ~ too
their ~ there ~ they're
loose ~ lose
brake ~ break
affect ~ effect
complement ~ compliment
stationary ~ stationery
insure ~ ensure ~ assure
then ~ than
weather ~ whether
Its ~ It's
accept ~ except
farther ~ further
lightening ~ lightning
alright ~ all right....alright is not even a recognized word
and finally, the one that just makes my skin crawl......prolly ~ probably

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Re: New Depths: The Art of Writing Quicksand Stories

Postby Fred588 » Sun Apr 13, 2014 2:39 pm

Hmmm, the lose trail must lead to a casino. Her pursuers were left tied up? The branches were simply going too fast and had to stop really fast, and I can visualize her turning one ear and then the other to localize where they were. I can also visualize a very large poison ivy plant.LOL

schlamm wrote:The use of an incorrect variation of a word is also a huge irritant....at least to me, anyways.

"She could here the sound of branches braking in the distance, she had failed to loose her pursuers despite the lose, sandy trail " :roll:

Obviously spell check finds nothing wrong with the above ridiculous statement, sadly, I do not believe there is an "intelligence check" as of yet.
Commonly misapplied words:
to ~ two ~ too
their ~ there ~ they're
loose ~ lose
brake ~ break
affect ~ effect
complement ~ compliment
stationary ~ stationery
insure ~ ensure ~ assure
then ~ than
weather ~ whether
Its ~ It's
accept ~ except
farther ~ further
lightening ~ lightning
alright ~ all right....alright is not even a recognized word
and finally, the one that just makes my skin crawl......prolly ~ probably
Last edited by Fred588 on Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: New Depths: The Art of Writing Quicksand Stories

Postby PM2K » Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:29 pm

schlamm wrote:The use of an incorrect variation of a word is also a huge irritant....at least to me, anyways.

"She could here the sound of branches braking in the distance, she had failed to loose her pursuers despite the lose, sandy trail " :roll:

Obviously spell check finds nothing wrong with the above ridiculous statement, sadly, I do not believe there is an "intelligence check" as of yet.
Commonly misapplied words:
to ~ two ~ too
their ~ there ~ they're
loose ~ lose
brake ~ break
affect ~ effect
complement ~ compliment
stationary ~ stationery
insure ~ ensure ~ assure
then ~ than
weather ~ whether
Its ~ It's
accept ~ except
farther ~ further
lightening ~ lightning
alright ~ all right....alright is not even a recognized word
and finally, the one that just makes my skin crawl......prolly ~ probably


Agreed!

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Re: New Depths: The Art of Writing Quicksand Stories

Postby Lomax » Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:53 pm

schlamm wrote:The use of an incorrect variation of a word is also a huge irritant....at least to me, anyways.

"She could here the sound of branches braking in the distance, she had failed to loose her pursuers despite the lose, sandy trail " :roll:

Obviously spell check finds nothing wrong with the above ridiculous statement, sadly, I do not believe there is an "intelligence check" as of yet.
Commonly misapplied words:
to ~ two ~ too
their ~ there ~ they're
loose ~ lose
brake ~ break
affect ~ effect
complement ~ compliment
stationary ~ stationery
insure ~ ensure ~ assure
then ~ than
weather ~ whether
Its ~ It's
accept ~ except
farther ~ further
lightening ~ lightning
alright ~ all right....alright is not even a recognized word
and finally, the one that just makes my skin crawl......prolly ~ probably


You omit people who write "Could of" instead of "Could have." Frankly, I think that one should carry the death penalty.
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Re: New Depths: The Art of Writing Quicksand Stories

Postby Fred588 » Sun Apr 13, 2014 9:04 pm

Mistakes of this type have a lot of causes, of which lack of knowledge of language and/or spelling is probably prime. There are others though. I know I make more mistakes now than I used to and an important reason is that my vision has become rather poor and it has become very hard to read what I have written on a computer screen.
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Re: New Depths: The Art of Writing Quicksand Stories

Postby schlamm » Sun Apr 13, 2014 11:26 pm

You omit people who write "Could of" instead of "Could have." Frankly, I think that one should carry the death penalty.

You are absolutely correct, Lomax,
"Alright, prolly could of included that two" ;)

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Re: New Depths: The Art of Writing Quicksand Stories

Postby Boggy Man » Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:03 am

Another annoying writing "faux pas" is the use of texting abbreviations/shorthand/acronyms.
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Re: New Depths: The Art of Writing Quicksand Stories

Postby Lomax » Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:53 am

Fred588 wrote:My vision has become rather poor and it has become very hard to read what I have written on a computer screen.


Sorry to hear that, Fred.

Me, I was born functionally blind in one eye, meaning that I have very limited depth perception (when I was a kid, learning to catch a ball was a trial, and my efforts exposed me to much mockery) - and 3D cinema is a closed world to me.

In later life, my other eye (possibly over-burdened) has deteriorated - though in the opposite way to yours. I can see this screen fine; but without glasses I have difficulty working out what's across the street.

Worse; I have passed some dodgy DNA to my sons (why couldn't they have inherited their mother's eyesight, dammit?), all of whom have needed glasses from a young age.
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Re: New Depths: The Art of Writing Quicksand Stories

Postby Lomax » Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:03 am

schlamm wrote:Obviously spell check finds nothing wrong with the above ridiculous statement...



I have a spelling chequer
It reeds righting four me
And indicates for my revue
Mistakes I can knot sea.

I've run this poem threw it
Sow that I'm shore to no:
It's letter perfect all the weigh -
My chequer tolled me sew.
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Re: New Depths: The Art of Writing Quicksand Stories

Postby Fred588 » Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:03 pm

Lomax wrote:
Fred588 wrote:My vision has become rather poor and it has become very hard to read what I have written on a computer screen.


Sorry to hear that, Fred.

Me, I was born functionally blind in one eye, meaning that I have very limited depth perception (when I was a kid, learning to catch a ball was a trial, and my efforts exposed me to much mockery) - and 3D cinema is a closed world to me.

In later life, my other eye (possibly over-burdened) has deteriorated - though in the opposite way to yours. I can see this screen fine; but without glasses I have difficulty working out what's across the street.

Worse; I have passed some dodgy DNA to my sons (why couldn't they have inherited their mother's eyesight, dammit?), all of whom have needed glasses from a young age.


Your issue sounds a lot more serious than mine. What I seem to have is a developing cataract (or two). Oddly, when filming a scene I can see what is going on better through the viewfinder than by observing directly. Actually that is good, I think, for that one task.
Studio 588 currently offers more than 2200 different HD and QD quicksand videos and has supported production of well over 2400 video scenes and other projects by 13 different producers. Info may be found at:
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