{"id":441,"date":"2019-11-02T09:13:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T13:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jrolik.caludin.com\/?p=441"},"modified":"2019-10-15T09:15:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:15:33","slug":"nano-special-my-writing-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jrolik.caludin.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/02\/nano-special-my-writing-style\/","title":{"rendered":"NaNo Special: My Writing Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It\u2019s the second day of NaNoWriMo, and my first November blog! I figured since it\u2019s the first NaNo Special, I\u2019d talk about something unique to me: my writing style, particularly how it varies between chatting applications and story writing. You see, I write very differently depending on what<\/em> I\u2019m writing. A message to a friend will often include a lot of typed out smilies and tildes at the end of sentences. You won\u2019t find those in my fiction, however, except occasionally in author notes I include, including placeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But did you know? There\u2019s a method to my madness. I change my writing style drastically based on situations for a number of reasons. That\u2019s what I primarily want to share with you today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those of you that don\u2019t know me, I think it\u2019s best to start out by telling you this: I\u2019m an editor. I have severe OCD when it comes to writing and reading- any spelling errors I see, any awkward punctuation, it all makes me stuck when I\u2019m reading something. When I say stuck, I mean my focus is glued to it, and cannot be unglued until the issue is fixed. It\u2019s gotten me into a lot of trouble with all sorts of people: teachers, therapists, doctors offices- I\u2019d notice their errors and start correcting them just to get out of the quicksand I felt myself engulfed in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, when I chat, I started doing something therapeutic: I started purposely making spelling errors of my own, altered my grammar to be something far from perfect, and used chatting with friends as a form of shock therapy on my own side of it. I still have trouble with forms when there\u2019s errors, but I can at least hold back a little bit now. I still stop and stare, but I don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m going to miss every detail from getting glued to a page with problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s why I chat the way I do. I find the tilde endings cute for some reason, too, though. It wasn\u2019t just for therapy- it was to feel cuter, because my self-esteem sucks, and it was just getting worse with each day that I sat unable to take in anything people talked about around me because of a missing comma or the wrong use of there, their, or they\u2019re. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, there\u2019s something else that I didn\u2019t think of when I first started using this method of finding some self control: I didn\u2019t think of how it would effect others that I wrote that way with. I had an ex who absolutely hated it. He sarcastically called me his tilde princess, but I didn\u2019t realize he was demeaning me at the time. I thought it sounded sweet. It\u2019s not that surprising though- I mean, I\u2019m sure plenty of people find it irritating, but I would\u2019ve liked it if he said it plainly rather than giving me what I thought was a cute pet name in his irritation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually, it makes me worry sometimes that people may just be being nice for not calling me out for my somewhat weird writing methods. However, there are also people who do think it\u2019s cute, which encourages me to continue doing it, as I feel my best and most like myself when I do this therapeutic facade. I know better than to use it when doing work of some sort, of course. But still, there\u2019s some times where it\u2019s okay not to be perfect. That\u2019s what editors are for!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, that\u2019s all for today\u2019s ramblings. Do you find your writing methods change when you\u2019re chatting versus writing fiction? How do you find yours differ from one another? What are some similarities? I\u2019d love to hear your viewpoint and experience on the matter. Well, until next time! Take care~!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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