Comments on: A to Z Challenge: U is for Understanding Our Flaws in Writing https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-u-is-for-understanding-our-flaws-in-writing/ Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:49:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-u-is-for-understanding-our-flaws-in-writing/#comment-431 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:49:42 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=675#comment-431 In reply to Melissa Sugar.

You’re welcome! I always find that having examples helps ingrain the concept into my head. Without them, concepts can be difficult to understand. Thank you for stopping by, Melissa!

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-u-is-for-understanding-our-flaws-in-writing/#comment-430 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:46:06 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=675#comment-430 In reply to Jill.

I was told I didn’t use enough exclamation points! There’s one 🙂

]]> By: Melissa Sugar https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-u-is-for-understanding-our-flaws-in-writing/#comment-429 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:06:35 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=675#comment-429 An extra pair of eyes is always the best way to find the flaws in our writing and you are so right about all of us having our own set of flaws. I have to look out for the word “was.” It creeps in far more often than I ever imagined and I never noticed it until a beta reader pointed it out to me. Now I not only see it jump out on the screen, I see it jump out, when used repetitively in other books I read. What a fabulous post. I learn best by example and you did such an outstanding job of explaining each flaw and then following it up with perfect demonstrations. Thanks for the examples.

Melissa Sugar @
Melissa Sugar Writes

]]> By: Jill https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-u-is-for-understanding-our-flaws-in-writing/#comment-428 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 04:04:55 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=675#comment-428 Very helpful post. Thanks!
Like you, I use too many commas. Too many exclamation points, not enough periods. I’m also not very good at showing, I’ve been working on that.

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-u-is-for-understanding-our-flaws-in-writing/#comment-427 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 03:40:12 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=675#comment-427 In reply to Arlee Bird.

I think we can all stand to have an extra set of eyes on our work. No doubt, we should all have more than one set. It’s nice when you finally realize what your flaws are though, so that you can try to avoid them in future writing. As always, thank you for your comments, Arlee!

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-u-is-for-understanding-our-flaws-in-writing/#comment-426 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 03:22:09 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=675#comment-426 In reply to Jackie.

Thank you, Jackie!

]]> By: Jackie https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-u-is-for-understanding-our-flaws-in-writing/#comment-425 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:16:03 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=675#comment-425 Great post, and enjoyed your writing in the examples of how to do things correctly!

]]> By: Arlee Bird https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-u-is-for-understanding-our-flaws-in-writing/#comment-424 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:35:22 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=675#comment-424 I know I have plenty of writing flaws and I try to take care to avoid them or fix them when I see them. I’m one who definitely would benefit from extra sets of eyes.

Arlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-u-is-for-understanding-our-flaws-in-writing/#comment-423 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:04:35 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=675#comment-423 In reply to Ros.

Agreed. Sometimes it can be difficult to see those flaws though until someone else points them out. Once you know what they are, they stand out like a sore thumb. It may not prevent us from doing them in the first place, but we’ll certainly notice them when we edit.

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-u-is-for-understanding-our-flaws-in-writing/#comment-422 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:03:03 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=675#comment-422 In reply to Karen.

Thank you so much, Karen! I feel like the first step in bettering ourselves as writers, is to know what our flaws are, so we can pick them out as we go. The next step will be not doing them in the first place, but that will take a bit of time to master. 🙂

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