sebando's profile

I’m not an accomplished writer, or even a very good one, but I think it’s important that people write, even if they’re not that good at it.  
I don’t have much, well, any sympathy for people who put themselves out there to be reviewed and are thin skinned about it.  I realize that one’s written work is like their baby, but if you’re going to put your baby’s picture on the internet and solicit opinions, eventually someone’s going to tell you that you have one butt ugly baby.  
I have no problem with people telling me that what I have written sucks (including this profile) because it’s just words and opinions.  Everybody has a right to let them fly.  
I am a bit of a purist about spelling and grammar because, to me, people who write to …

I’m not an accomplished writer, or even a very good one, but I think it’s important that people write, even if they’re not that good at it.  
I don’t have much, well, any sympathy for people who put themselves out there to be reviewed and are thin skinned about it.  I realize that one’s written work is like their baby, but if you’re going to put your baby’s picture on the internet and solicit opinions, eventually someone’s going to tell you that you have one butt ugly baby.  
I have no problem with people telling me that what I have written sucks (including this profile) because it’s just words and opinions.  Everybody has a right to let them fly.  
I am a bit of a purist about spelling and grammar because, to me, people who write to be read and insist they don’t care about these things are like musicians who play before audiences and insist they don’t need to know how to actually play the instrument.  If the “actual words” aren’t a big deal to you, finger paint.  Tag overpasses. Express yourself some other way.
I’m glad that there are a lot of supportive cheerleader types out here, but, the people who really want to hone their skills and get their works out there don’t want or need cheerleaders, they need a cold, hard slap in the face.  Self indulgence is the crack of unpublished writers.  And you guys, in my brief time out here, seem to be sharing your crack.  
Bottom line, one fucking comma can change the entire meaning of a sentence.  Example:  Let’s eat, Grandma!

Words have meaning.  If you don’t want to bother to learn how to spell or to learn the definition of a word, i.e., if you want to just run roughshod over the english language to viscerally express yourself to others in writing, well, basically, you’re masturbating for public consumption.  I’m not saying there should be a law against it or anything, but, on the other hand, I wouldn’t get too indignant if somebody called me on it.  It’s like, you either have respect for writing or you don’t.  You don’t have to be Shakespeare, but if you want to go straight to Id and let it fly, you really shouldn’t get too defensive about criticism.