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Do you know what it was?
Thanks! Beth Graham
I attended a Writing Workshop last year (as I am a would-be novelist) and I believe I still have some of the materials, including info on critiquing the work of others. I will look around for it as it might be helpful.
As for spelling and grammar, this is always going to be a problem as long as blogger doesn't allow the use of accents or other special characters, unless you change the language of your blog. A rose is just a rose without them--but it isn't exactly the blogger's ignorance or bad writing that leads to the problem. There are technical problems that confront the blogger, too.
There is a great blog, Storytellers Unplugged, that is written by 30 authors that has some good stuff not only on giving constructive criticism but on the even harder part: taking it. Here's a link to their story, in case you're interested: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2fsbca ">http://tinyurl.com/2fsbca
As for spelling and grammar, this is always going to be a problem as long as blogger doesn't allow the use of accents or other special characters, unless you change the language of your blog. A rose is just a rose without them--but it isn't exactly the blogger's ignorance or bad writing that leads to the problem. There are technical problems that confront the blogger, too.
There is a great blog, Storytellers Unplugged, that is written by 30 authors that has some good stuff not only on giving constructive criticism but on the even harder part: taking it. Here's a link to their story, in case you're interested: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2fsbca ">http://tinyurl.com/2fsbca
As for spelling and grammar, this is always going to be a problem as long as blogger doesn't allow the use of accents or other special characters, unless you change the language of your blog. A rose is just a rose without them--but it isn't exactly the blogger's ignorance or bad writing that leads to the problem. There are technical problems that confront the blogger, too.
There is a great blog, Storytellers Unplugged, that is written by 30 authors that has some good stuff not only on giving constructive criticism but on the even harder part: taking it. Here's a link to their story, in case you're interested: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2fsbca ">http://tinyurl.com/2fsbca
When I was in art school, our professors, many of whom were professional artists in gallery's around the nation, would make us critique their work, just to show us that you never are finished. In the end I think we hope that people might use this to address not only grammar concerns, but article style choices. One for us, is a what makes a compelling, not encyclopedic, grape profile post?
Also this might be a good place to better make Tasting notes more descriptive and useful...I guess we'll see what happens....Cheers,
Plus, look at the plethora of wonderful people we have to offer insight. I would assume that being in the educational system, you have an array of tools you could offer us that we would never consider ourselves. This is equally true of our resident novelist, Richard. Therefore, if we combine our talents, maybe, just maybe, we could better our blog in ways we never even considered.
Sometimes we churn things out in an effort to get new content up, and haven't paid as much attention to detail as we would like. Sometimes we speak off the cuff. Sign us up. We have our own personal style, which sometimes goes against the Elements of Style and other accepted grammatical standards.
Mostly these "style" deviations are intentional, sometimes they are not. After all, as a blog, domaine547 is trying to establish a voice of its own, lest it be too similar to other blogs covering similar topics. But we are certainly open to the idea of improvement, and open to anything that encourages that.
Do you know what it was?
Thanks! Beth Graham
I was thinking on our walk this afternoon how fabulous this would have been for our videos! Simple feedback like "You might want to look in the camera more" or "Fabulous sunset, but I think it would have been more successful if you poured the wines before the sunset so that we could see the color of the wines more clearly" would have been great.
I would never want to suggest making our posts molds of one another, but I would suggest that once in a blue moon, you might discover something about a post you never even thought of.
I attended a Writing Workshop last year (as I am a would-be novelist) and I believe I still have some of the materials, including info on critiquing the work of others. I will look around for it as it might be helpful.
As for spelling and grammar, this is always going to be a problem as long as blogger doesn't allow the use of accents or other special characters, unless you change the language of your blog. A rose is just a rose without them--but it isn't exactly the blogger's ignorance or bad writing that leads to the problem. There are technical problems that confront the blogger, too.
There is a great blog, Storytellers Unplugged, that is written by 30+ authors that has some good stuff not only on giving constructive criticism but on the even harder part: taking it. Here's a link to their story, in case you're interested: http://tinyurl.com/2fsbca
When I was in art school, our professors, many of whom were professional artists in gallery's around the nation, would make us critique their work, just to show us that you never are finished. In the end I think we hope that people might use this to address not only grammar concerns, but article style choices. One for us, is a what makes a compelling, not encyclopedic, grape profile post?
Also this might be a good place to better make Tasting notes more descriptive and useful...I guess we'll see what happens....Cheers,
Plus, look at the plethora of wonderful people we have to offer insight. I would assume that being in the educational system, you have an array of tools you could offer us that we would never consider ourselves. This is equally true of our resident novelist, Richard. Therefore, if we combine our talents, maybe, just maybe, we could better our blog in ways we never even considered.
Sometimes we churn things out in an effort to get new content up, and haven't paid as much attention to detail as we would like. Sometimes we speak off the cuff. Sign us up. We have our own personal style, which sometimes goes against the Elements of Style and other accepted grammatical standards.
Mostly these "style" deviations are intentional, sometimes they are not. After all, as a blog, domaine547 is trying to establish a voice of its own, lest it be too similar to other blogs covering similar topics. But we are certainly open to the idea of improvement, and open to anything that encourages that.
I was thinking on our walk this afternoon how fabulous this would have been for our videos! Simple feedback like "You might want to look in the camera more" or "Fabulous sunset, but I think it would have been more successful if you poured the wines before the sunset so that we could see the color of the wines more clearly" would have been great.
I would never want to suggest making our posts molds of one another, but I would suggest that once in a blue moon, you might discover something about a post you never even thought of.
Erika - I am really happy you like the idea! As I mentioned to Richard, if you feel up to being a guinea pig and getting a piece of your work out there, letting us know exactly what you want us to look for, we can see what works and what doesn't work in good critiquing :-)
Erika - I am really happy you like the idea! As I mentioned to Richard, if you feel up to being a guinea pig and getting a piece of your work out there, letting us know exactly what you want us to look for, we can see what works and what doesn't work in good critiquing :-)
That said, I think we all can improve how we present our content. Heck, I know my posts are bulging from too many words!
That said, I think we all can improve how we present our content. Heck, I know my posts are bulging from too many words!
Great leadership here. I think that wine bloggers are a key part of the future of the wine industry and your comments about professionalism and taking ourselves (even business wine bloggers) seriously hits home. I look forward to seeing this raise the bar for wine bloggers and I think also by having PR companies (like Wark et al) interweave you into their PR plans is key. I am excited to see the results.
Inertia - Powering the Wine Revolution
---Paul Mabray - CEO
Great leadership here. I think that wine bloggers are a key part of the future of the wine industry and your comments about professionalism and taking ourselves (even business wine bloggers) seriously hits home. I look forward to seeing this raise the bar for wine bloggers and I think also by having PR companies (like Wark et al) interweave you into their PR plans is key. I am excited to see the results.
Inertia - Powering the Wine Revolution
---Paul Mabray - CEO
Web2 is the future
Web2 is the future
If there is an "info@catavino.net" or something like that, please let me know.
If there is an "info@catavino.net" or something like that, please let me know.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Cheers!