http://turtlehaus.com/2009/04/06/renewed-mission-part-2-and-day-1-31dbbb/ Stories and how we tell them, through words, pictures, spaces... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:36:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://turtlehaus.com/2009/04/06/renewed-mission-part-2-and-day-1-31dbbb/comment-page-1/#comment-1561 Ilaria/Swimturtle Fri, 15 May 2009 11:58:01 +0000 http://turtlehaus.com/?p=771#comment-1561 Practice, practice, practice. That's the real secret. Good luck with your blog! Practice, practice, practice. That’s the real secret. Good luck with your blog!

]]> http://turtlehaus.com/2009/04/06/renewed-mission-part-2-and-day-1-31dbbb/comment-page-1/#comment-1559 Samuel Fri, 15 May 2009 02:22:25 +0000 http://turtlehaus.com/?p=771#comment-1559 Nicely put, thanks! :) I've started reading my posts aloud before posting them now, which definitely helps with getting that natural conversation style right. Thanks, Sam Nicely put, thanks! I’ve started reading my posts aloud before posting them now, which definitely helps with getting that natural conversation style right.
Thanks,
Sam

]]> http://turtlehaus.com/2009/04/06/renewed-mission-part-2-and-day-1-31dbbb/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 Ilaria/Swimturtle Thu, 14 May 2009 03:09:37 +0000 http://turtlehaus.com/?p=771#comment-1556 Thanks for the compliment, Sam. I have reformulated my elevator pitch several times, until finally I arrived at this one. As for my writing style, I try to remember that a blog is more of a site for conversations than a platform for literary criticism. All the blogging gurus tell you to write the way you speak, so I try to keep a conversational tone. That doesn't mean that I "dumb down" my speech, but I simply pretend I'm talking to a friend in my mind. And I do use plenty of "fancy" words, just not too many of them all clumped together. This way they fly under the radar of the snob police. Thanks for the compliment, Sam. I have reformulated my elevator pitch several times, until finally I arrived at this one. As for my writing style, I try to remember that a blog is more of a site for conversations than a platform for literary criticism. All the blogging gurus tell you to write the way you speak, so I try to keep a conversational tone. That doesn’t mean that I “dumb down” my speech, but I simply pretend I’m talking to a friend in my mind. And I do use plenty of “fancy” words, just not too many of them all clumped together. This way they fly under the radar of the snob police.

]]> http://turtlehaus.com/2009/04/06/renewed-mission-part-2-and-day-1-31dbbb/comment-page-1/#comment-1552 Samuel Thu, 14 May 2009 01:48:26 +0000 http://turtlehaus.com/?p=771#comment-1552 I love your elevator pitch... I never got round to properly doing mine... Yours is really succinct! I wouldn't mind your opinion on something though... You're obviously a very literate person in the way you write and I love your writing style. I was wondering how you find the balance between sounding educated and yet not using overly-fancy words? I ask because I got an e-mail from a reader pointing out that I was often using flamboyant words (kind of like that hehe) that actually weakened my points. hmm, I think I've gone a bit off-topic here. I loved your elevator pitch though like I said, thumbs up! :) Sam I love your elevator pitch… I never got round to properly doing mine… Yours is really succinct!
I wouldn’t mind your opinion on something though… You’re obviously a very literate person in the way you write and I love your writing style. I was wondering how you find the balance between sounding educated and yet not using overly-fancy words? I ask because I got an e-mail from a reader pointing out that I was often using flamboyant words (kind of like that hehe) that actually weakened my points. hmm, I think I’ve gone a bit off-topic here. I loved your elevator pitch though like I said, thumbs up!
Sam

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