by the idea that the thoughts that I set down here have to be in some state of perfection. I find myself putting into practice the editing examples from the grammar workbook.....blurting something out, backspacing, rewording, moving forward a few more words, backspacing, etc. Since Blogger has a strike through option for text I could as well just blurt it out and show my revisions before producing the final product. This might be educational for all.....though I'm not sure if I have the courage to show my first attempts.
In my crafts blog I think I have, over the past few years, established a kind of chatty style. Since much of my writing is intended as a reference for the techniques that I used to get a particular digital effect, I have to fight off the tendency towards a plodding account of steps and stages. Most recently I have started to post detailed explanations for more basic techniques. I am interested in how well I am actually conveying information to outsiders; it is as much a learning experience for me as for my hypothetical GIMP graphics students. In fact, I'm not at all sure that I have any students, as nobody has left a comment or attempted to follow my instructions as far as I can tell. Well, it's a lonely world out there, no surprise......I honestly can't tell when I am being creative and when I am rambling and boring the socks off of people. :-) But as long as it serves some personal purpose I expect to continue.
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