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I Do It Every Day

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Describe one habit that brings you joy.
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Seeing as I have issues with properly expressing myself in person, I do a lot of writing. And by a lot, I mean a lot. I primarily work with 2019 Microsoft Word because it’s literally free at this point.

For NtC, I forced myself to have a minimum of 10,000 words. Completely insane, yes.

Some of my chapters for that fiction have been 50 pages. For this story, which is currently 24 chapters, I now have over 1,000 pages written.

And as I type this, in another window, I’m working on Chapter 25. I’m fleshed out in the outline to Chapter 27, but have titles past Chapter 30.

How long will this one fanfiction be?

Who knows?

I certainly do not!

~J. Lyst

AI keeps telling me that words like “minimum” and “currently” are complex.

FRFR??

Good thing I didn’t try to be ostentatious.

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4 responses to “I Do It Every Day”

  1. Kelsie O Avatar
    Kelsie O

    The “complex words” feature is new to me, too–and so ridiculous! I don’t want to help dumb people down. I want to use the word I feel is most appropriate!

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      misslyst

      Worse still, those “revisions” break up the sentence, and then it suddenly makes no sense. I sometimes have problems with picking fitting words…. plus I hate seeing certain words in the same spot. (Such as “I need your help, and I need to know you can help.” — to — “I need your help… please tell me me you’re up for it.”) I use an online thesaurus to look up synonyms. And/or a dictionary. Sometimes need to double back though.

      Because dialogue isn’t a straight line all the time.

      Nor actions.

      Blah!

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        Kelsie O

        The words that they suggest revisions for aren’t even complex. It’s like they want everyone with access to the internet to read at a third grade level…even though they can open another tab and look anything up 🙃

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        misslyst

        It’s frustrating too. You could look at it this way, like I have. Cursive was also removed as it’s been called “antiquated,” as everyone and their grandchildren use text messages.

        Those grandparents had to use a signature with paperwork. Yet, print is now being used as a signature. Or a giant “X,” and that alone is several steps backwards.

        How you write cursive is in itself a way to identify you as a unique individual. A person can forge your signature, yes, but the way you write your name is your own and no one else’s.

        I see the loss of cursive as the loss of one’s sense of self and a way to squeeze everyone into the same boring box.

        Using “dumbed down” words will make conversations less sophisticated and harder to understand on one side. Difficult words make the brain stretch. The reverse is true too.

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