tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post4841614416166431433..comments2024-03-21T11:50:29.630-04:00Comments on Janie Junebug Righting & Editing: TIP TUESDAY: VARY YOUR SENTENCE STRUCTUREJanie Junebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-91323362027750624312016-01-14T22:19:17.752-05:002016-01-14T22:19:17.752-05:00Something cool I started doing well into my colleg...Something cool I started doing well into my college career was writing essays somewhat in the style of the author who wrote the book about which I wrote the essay. Is that convoluted enough? After I'd done that for a while, I found an article (I think in College English) that said to try doing it. It was fun, especially for A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man--my best essay ever.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-84844632670316050832016-01-14T22:16:20.103-05:002016-01-14T22:16:20.103-05:00Yeah, dude, I love ya, but you are one of my -ing ...Yeah, dude, I love ya, but you are one of my -ing authors.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-39495024558428483362016-01-14T22:15:48.585-05:002016-01-14T22:15:48.585-05:00Sometimes I get going with a sentence structure, a...Sometimes I get going with a sentence structure, and I do it over and over. I just did it. I hooked two sentences together with a coordinating conjunction. I did that repeatedly in an article I wrote for Purdue's Writing Center Journal. I'm so embarrassed by it now.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-49703258560481928432016-01-14T22:14:03.919-05:002016-01-14T22:14:03.919-05:00She's one of my favorites. Tell the truth but ...She's one of my favorites. Tell the truth but tell it slant.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-81906466132552474662016-01-14T22:13:18.010-05:002016-01-14T22:13:18.010-05:00If you need help, then I'm here.If you need help, then I'm here.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-75376183461939092462016-01-14T21:58:50.758-05:002016-01-14T21:58:50.758-05:00Great advice that I definitely need to work on! Th...Great advice that I definitely need to work on! This reminds me of this series of lectures I started watching and need to finish. It was called "Building Great Sentences" with a subtitle I can't remember at the moment. The instructor was actually fairly entertaining and he talked about different styles and challenged us to test different styles in our own writing. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165210377903518274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-11117308696321171992016-01-14T17:47:11.456-05:002016-01-14T17:47:11.456-05:00Awesome advice. I know one of my issues was over u...Awesome advice. I know one of my issues was over use of the 'ing' verb. Now I am running to check my sentences. :D Brandon Axhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027731412064014586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-30612606157987216172016-01-14T16:13:11.305-05:002016-01-14T16:13:11.305-05:00I'd like to think I vary my sentences structur...I'd like to think I vary my sentences structures. There are a few times when I edit, a sentence will make sense, but seem bulky. I will try to rewrite it a few different ways till it sounds less clumsy and flows well when I say it out loud.Jeffrey Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973104877310669196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-27840389228041445202016-01-13T19:42:51.310-05:002016-01-13T19:42:51.310-05:00The world would be a lesser place without a fishdu...The world would be a lesser place without a fishducky.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-40563302634853832632016-01-13T19:41:21.962-05:002016-01-13T19:41:21.962-05:00My #1 teacher is a college professor: Dr. C. He...My #1 teacher is a college professor: Dr. C. He's the greatest.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-30049640876686448462016-01-13T12:51:02.430-05:002016-01-13T12:51:02.430-05:00You definitely have to change it up. I get bored w...You definitely have to change it up. I get bored with sentences that use the same structure over and over and over.<br /><br />I liked Fishducky's contribution. :)Sherry Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844837212122243321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-36610092260415407482016-01-13T10:53:04.170-05:002016-01-13T10:53:04.170-05:00I write for fun but I have a publishing company th...I write for fun but I have a publishing company that prints it for me but I have to market it. It is basically an expensive hobby. Sonya Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985227040902078422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-46402906609447721572016-01-13T10:15:02.485-05:002016-01-13T10:15:02.485-05:00Oh, how true! I forgot about that! Thanks--feel ...Oh, how true! I forgot about that! Thanks--feel in such better company now. Whoohoo! You made my day. :)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-79352724796865806592016-01-13T08:28:36.984-05:002016-01-13T08:28:36.984-05:00Mr. Wallace let us write stories instead of book r...Mr. Wallace let us write stories instead of book reports, and seemed to really like what I wrote, which led me...to keep writing :)<br /><br />Thanks again Mr. Wallace. <br /><br />Aren't great teachers just the best?mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-42929455898456942222016-01-13T02:15:26.754-05:002016-01-13T02:15:26.754-05:00Emily Dickinson had a great fondness for dashes!Emily Dickinson had a great fondness for dashes!Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-67958836378328412252016-01-13T02:14:49.522-05:002016-01-13T02:14:49.522-05:00I'm glad you like it. We all need some variety...I'm glad you like it. We all need some variety.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-18480447961274065862016-01-13T00:47:55.641-05:002016-01-13T00:47:55.641-05:00I have always liked variety--so I do hope my sente...I have always liked variety--so I do hope my sentences are charmingly varied. They are definitely spattered with my own personal form of punctuation (lots of parentheses and dashes). But only a mere blogger am I. ;) Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-33163081739608262102016-01-13T00:33:25.110-05:002016-01-13T00:33:25.110-05:00I love the idea of changing it up. Your example of...I love the idea of changing it up. Your example of suddenly using a two-word sentence was very illuminating. I'll definitely use that!<br />Great tip!<br /><br />Michele at <a href="http://angelsbark.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Angels Bark</a><br />Michele at Angels Bark https://www.blogger.com/profile/15891713963440451090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-24200115835303813092016-01-12T22:10:39.341-05:002016-01-12T22:10:39.341-05:00Do you need to write for publication? Are you work...Do you need to write for publication? Are you working on a book? Then hire an editor. I'm the slut editor: cheap and fast. If you write for fun, then don't worry about all this shit.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-89418235396981842202016-01-12T22:09:16.405-05:002016-01-12T22:09:16.405-05:00God bless Mr. Wallace. My ninth grade English teac...God bless Mr. Wallace. My ninth grade English teacher allowed us to write short stories once. She read a few of the best aloud. When she got to the last one, she said, Now this one is the very best. AND IT WAS MINE. It was the first time I thought that maybe my writing was okay. Thank you, Mrs. Alderson.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-71503616933875788472016-01-12T22:06:14.140-05:002016-01-12T22:06:14.140-05:00Good!Good!Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-40067607489829153852016-01-12T22:05:59.384-05:002016-01-12T22:05:59.384-05:00I'm glad you laughed.I'm glad you laughed. Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-77455806844366427162016-01-12T22:03:58.787-05:002016-01-12T22:03:58.787-05:00Passive voice is so . . . passive-aggressive. If y...Passive voice is so . . . passive-aggressive. If you intend for your blog to be casual and not for publication, then do whatever the hell makes you happy.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-58557929536195956612016-01-12T22:02:46.588-05:002016-01-12T22:02:46.588-05:00Oh, Birgit, how you do make me smile. Would you pl...Oh, Birgit, how you do make me smile. Would you please visit my ex-husband?Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-46184770412621865192016-01-12T22:02:02.013-05:002016-01-12T22:02:02.013-05:00Agreed.Agreed.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.com