Multiple creative writing classes and years of hobby writing means I will absolutely look at a toot and think, "jfc that sentence is SHIT," and then have to edit some words. Not so much grammar n*zi stuff but the flow & balance or if I used "that" when I didn't need to. Things literally no one else cares about 🎉
@ElizabethLeeCo where I grew up and went to school is literally famous for terrible English education through high school.
(An example: I was in 12th grade when a substitute teacher mentioned the concept of agreement of number: "every guest should bring their* own hat", e.g.)
I took two semesters of Journalism classes in college so that I could learn basic stuff like how to use an apostrophe properly.
@jasonp oof, I was lucky & went to a small school in the suburbs. And then took creative writing classes later in college. No one is more brutal than a failed author who now teaches poetry writing.
@ElizabethLeeCo I don't know, my journalism professor was so didactic that to this day, nearly 30 years later, I cannot hear the word "infamous" in any context without mentally checking if it is being used to mean "famous for the wrong reasons" or "vile, abhorrent or disgusting"
@jasonp ok, but a poetry writing professor will tell you that you'll never be artistic enough to be worth shit & will die alone, regardless of if you're following all of the rules 😂