Well it is.
For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
textbook for the classes I teach. I've found plenty of good Photoshop
books but none really structured for a semester-long course on
Photoshop. So after years of frustration I gave up and started working
on one of my
Good Heavens, folks, it sounds like some nerves got stomped on with that
one. It seems to me (for the comprehension impaired, that means I'm
about to state an opinion) that, like anything artistic, and many things
not, it's an individual experience. If you require a definition for the
phrase
I hear ya. Slow is not the word for the book i'm trying to do.:-)
Dave
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Mark Roberts
wrote:
> Well it is.
>
> For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
> textbook for the classes I teach. I've found plenty of good Photoshop
> books but
You have my deepest sympathies.
I go through horrible bouts of writer's block, having once gone well
over a year without writing anything more involved than an email.
I have horrible discipline and hangups galore. For the first couple of
years using a computer regularly, I still wrote everyth
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013, Walt wrote:
>
> I go through horrible bouts of writer's block, having once gone well
> over a year without writing anything more involved than an email.
>
> I have horrible discipline and hangups galore. For the first couple
> of years using a computer regularly, I still wro
From: Mark Roberts
Well it is.
For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
textbook for the classes I teach. I've found plenty of good Photoshop
books but none really structured for a semester-long course on
Photoshop. So after years of frustration I gave up and starte
John Sessoms wrote:
>From: Mark Roberts
>
>> Well it is.
>>
>> For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
>> textbook for the classes I teach. I've found plenty of good Photoshop
>> books but none really structured for a semester-long course on
>> Photoshop. So after yea
On 2/27/13 5:09 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Well it is.
For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
textbook for the classes I teach. I've found plenty of good Photoshop
books but none really structured for a semester-long course on
Photoshop. So after years of frustration
Doug Brewer wrote:
>Writing is easy. Writing well is hard.
Damn. I must be *really* good, then!
(A la Calvin and Hobbes: "You know how Einstein got terrible grades in
school? Well mine are even WORSE!")
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2013, Doug Brewer wrote:
>
> Writing is easy. Writing well is hard.
The reverse is true for me. People are different, ya know?
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2013, Mark Roberts wrote:
>
> (A la Calvin and Hobbes: "You know how Einstein got terrible grades in
> school? Well mine are even WORSE!")
Not to spoil a good joke:
http://www.einstein-website.de/z_kids/certificatekids.html
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Doug Brewer wrote:
> On 2/27/13 5:09 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>>
>> Well it is.
>>
>> For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
>> textbook for the classes I teach. I've found plenty of good Photoshop
>> books but none really structured
On 2/28/13 1:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Doug Brewer wrote:
On 2/27/13 5:09 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Well it is.
For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
textbook for the classes I teach. I've found plenty of good Photoshop
books b
On Feb 28, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Doug Brewer wrote:
>> On 2/27/13 5:09 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>>>
>>> Well it is.
>>>
>>> For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
>>> textbook for the classes I teach. I've found
Doug Brewer wrote:
>"Write drunk. Edit sober." - Hemingway
Love it!
But I'm not sure I want to apply that wisdom to a textbook...
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I know you read it already but I'll say it anyway:
MARK!!
cheers,
frank
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Writing is easy. Writing well is hard.
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Is this Hemingway fellow a list member? I hope so because that one should
definitely make to 2013 quote list.
Just in case: MARK!
cheers,
frank
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From: Doug Brewer
Sent: February 28, 2013 2/28/13
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
"Write drunk. Edit sober." - Hemingway
I do technical writing for my living these days.
Yes indeed: it is often very hard, slow work to do well. Assignments
often seem to be in a state of perpetual slow motion.
It is wise to keep in mind that the industry standard for an
experienced, professional technical writer is that they should b
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
>the industry standard for an
>experienced, professional technical writer is that they should be able
>to achieve approximately a page per work day of finished work, not
>counting review and editorial re-write cycles.
That seems to be right on the money.
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I try to average about 1000 words per day. I write in a wide variety of
journalism and marketing genres, and some of my work is highly technical.
However it isn't the kind of service manual or textbook writing commonly
characterized as technical writing. My max is about 2200 words per day, but
ching the hell out of
them. Likewise, after a while, it was very easy for me to help my lawyers to
pick apart an opponent's report.
Kenneth Waller
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From: "Paul Stenquist"
Subject: Re: Writing is h
On 2/28/13 4:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I try to average about 1000 words per day. I write in a wide variety of
journalism and marketing genres, and some of my work is highly technical.
However it isn't the kind of service manual or textbook writing commonly
characterized as technical writin
On 2/28/2013 4:07 PM, Doug Brewer wrote:
On 2/28/13 4:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I try to average about 1000 words per day. I write in a wide variety
of journalism and marketing genres, and some of my work is highly
technical. However it isn't the kind of service manual or textbook
writing c
On Feb 28, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Doug Brewer wrote:
> On 2/28/13 4:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>> I try to average about 1000 words per day. I write in a wide variety of
>> journalism and marketing genres, and some of my work is highly technical.
>> However it isn't the kind of service manual or
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts
>
> Doug Brewer wrote:
>
> >Writing is easy. Writing well is hard.
>
> Damn. I must be *really* good, then!
>
> (A la Calvin and Hobbes: "You know how Einstein got terrible grades in
> school? Well mine are even WORSE!")
>
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Doug Brewer wrote:
> On 2/28/13 1:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Doug Brewer wrote:
>>> On 2/27/13 5:09 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Well it is.
For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
>
From: Doug Brewer
On 2/28/13 4:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I try to average about 1000 words per day. I write in a wide
variety of journalism and marketing genres, and some of my work is
highly technical. However it isn't the kind of service manual or
textbook writing commonly characterized as
On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
> John Sessoms wrote:
>
>> From: Mark Roberts
>>
>>> Well it is.
>>>
>>> For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
>>> textbook for the classes I teach. I've found plenty of good Photoshop
>>> books but none really s
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013, John Sessoms wrote:
>
> The big problem with writing on a computer is the ease with which you
> can re-write and edit while writing. For every step forward, it's two
> steps back-space.
What about people who disagree that it's a big problem, or even a problem
at all? In othe
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Aahz Maruch
>
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2013, John Sessoms wrote:
> >
> > The big problem with writing on a computer is the ease with which you
> > can re-write and edit while writing. For every step forward, it's two
> > steps back-space.
>
> What
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Bob W wrote:
>> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Aahz Maruch
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 01, 2013, John Sessoms wrote:
>> >
>> > The big problem with writing on a computer is the ease with which you
>> > can re-write and edit while writing. For every ste
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013, Bob W wrote:
>> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Aahz Maruch
>> On Fri, Mar 01, 2013, John Sessoms wrote:
>>>
>>> The big problem with writing on a computer is the ease with which you
>>> can re-write and edit while writing. For every step forward, it's t
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Aahz Maruch
> >>>
> >>> The big problem with writing on a computer is the ease with which
> >>> you can re-write and edit while writing. For every step forward,
> >>> it's two steps back-space.
> >>
> >> What about people who disagree that it
From: Aahz Maruch
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013, John Sessoms wrote:
The big problem with writing on a computer is the ease with which you
can re-write and edit while writing. For every step forward, it's two
steps back-space.
What about people who disagree that it's a big problem, or even a problem
a
http://amandaonwriting.tumblr.com/post/43655373467
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LOL!
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http://amandaonwriting.tumblr.com/post/43655373467
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From: Mark Roberts
For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
textbook for the classes I teach.
Oh, crap. Please don't be "one of /those/ guys". We used to call any
class in which the instructor wrote the text a "Read along with Larry"
class, for reasons that shou
Doug Franklin wrote:
From: Mark Roberts
> For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
> textbook for the classes I teach.
>
>Oh, crap. Please don't be "one of /those/ guys". We used to call any
>class in which the instructor wrote the text a "Read along wi
On 2013-03-01 23:11, Mark Roberts wrote:
In fact, I'm writing the book to cover the things I *don't* want to
have to talk about in class. So we can get on with the other stuff.
That's great to hear. That's not typical of my experiences, though, as
you might imagine from my earlier post. :-)
On Mar 1, 2013, at 7:46 PM, Doug Franklin wrote:
From: Mark Roberts
> For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop
> textbook for the classes I teach.
>
> Oh, crap. Please don't be "one of /those/ guys". We used to call any class
> in which the instructor
On Mar 1, 2013, at 19:50 , Doug Franklin wrote:
> Good Heavens, folks, it sounds like some nerves got stomped on with that one.
> It seems to me (for the comprehension impaired, that means I'm about to
> state an opinion) that, like anything artistic, and many things not, it's an
> individual
On Mar 1, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2013, Bob W wrote:
>>> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Aahz Maruch
>>> On Fri, Mar 01, 2013, John Sessoms wrote:
The big problem with writing on a computer is the ease with which you
can re-wr
On 1/3/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
>it's obviously a matter of opinion, so there is no need to state that. This
>is a mailing list, not a courtroom.
I move for a recess.
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On 2 March 2013 18:24, Steve Cottrell wrote:
> On 1/3/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>it's obviously a matter of opinion, so there is no need to state that. This
>>is a mailing list, not a courtroom.
>
> I move for a recess.
>
I object.
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On Mar 2, 2013, at 23:46 , Chris Mitchell wrote:
> On 2 March 2013 18:24, Steve Cottrell wrote:
>> On 1/3/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>
>>> it's obviously a matter of opinion, so there is no need to state that. This
>>> is a mailing list, not a courtroom.
>>
>> I move for a recess.
On Mar 3, 2013, at 10:29 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
>
> On Mar 2, 2013, at 23:46 , Chris Mitchell wrote:
>
>> On 2 March 2013 18:24, Steve Cottrell wrote:
>>> On 1/3/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>>
it's obviously a matter of opinion, so there is no need to state that. This
>
On Mar 3, 2013, at 19:37 , Stan Halpin wrote:
>
> On Mar 3, 2013, at 10:29 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mar 2, 2013, at 23:46 , Chris Mitchell wrote:
>>
>>> On 2 March 2013 18:24, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 1/3/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
> it's obviously a
From: Joseph McAllister
On Mar 2, 2013, at 23:46 , Chris Mitchell wrote:
On 2 March 2013 18:24, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 1/3/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
it's obviously a matter of opinion, so there is no need to state that. This
is a mailing list, not a courtroom.
I move for a
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>
> That's one way to work -- edit as you write. Some writers just fire
> away and then edit five to ten thousand words at a time. I wrote a
> novel a while back. I did most of my editing in spurts -- usually
> when I thought things were going askew:-). F
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>>
>> That's one way to work -- edit as you write. Some writers just fire
>> away and then edit five to ten thousand words at a time. I wrote a
>> novel a while back. I did most of my editing in spurt
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