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rareability @rareability (129) • United States 8 May 09

What would you do? Where would you began?

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wildgeese177 I would give up on being a journalist, because it's not my job to change the world, only to report on it honestly.

9 May 09

wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 17 Jul 07

Some, including my staff, might say I'm very picky. But how in the heck annoying is it when the text is closer to a photo or graphic on one side, then far away on the other? I know relief space in the form of white on a...

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wildgeese177 White space is eye relief--done right, that is. Sorry I haven't been back here in a while. Deadlines suck.

13 Nov 07

wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 17 Jul 07

Has it become common practice to hyphenate a word, and on the next line leave only two letters dangling? I know the new graphics program we're using allows this, but I call my designer to task and force him to fix it. Move...

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wildgeese177 Yeah, if the word is long enough it works. Otherwise, the reader doesn't know where you're going...and they quit reading.

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misshoney @misshoney (973) • Philippines 14 Jun 07

Are you a professional writer? Is writing your full-time job? I just wanna know why you choose to write instead of pursuing other fields like law, medicine, etc. I write because I find it easy and I think this is what I do...

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wildgeese177 Straight non-fiction. It's a shame too. There's nothing better than well-crafted fiction. In fact, if you discount the imagination, it's the basis for all positive change.

7 Oct 07

wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 17 Jul 07

Some, including my staff, might say I'm very picky. But how in the heck annoying is it when the text is closer to a photo or graphic on one side, then far away on the other? I know relief space in the form of white on a...

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wildgeese177 I agree that readers need some white eye relief. But the text runaround around the outside of a graphic, when fully justified, should be even, and consistent until deliberate open space is created......don't you agree? It sure shouldn't be inadvertent.

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wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 17 Jul 07

Some, including my staff, might say I'm very picky. But how in the heck annoying is it when the text is closer to a photo or graphic on one side, then far away on the other? I know relief space in the form of white on a...

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wildgeese177 I can't imagine doing the yearbook, of all things, by yourself.

18 Jul 07

wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 17 Jul 07

Has it become common practice to hyphenate a word, and on the next line leave only two letters dangling? I know the new graphics program we're using allows this, but I call my designer to task and force him to fix it. Move...

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wildgeese177 Are you working with full justification though? There's a lot of ways around it, including modifying the text. Two letters, on the next line hyphenated hurts bad to my eyes. OK, I admit I'm an old crumudgeon.

18 Jul 07

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wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 27 Jun 07

OK, you're looking at the layout just back from the design team. One paragraph is five lines long, but the last line has only three letters in it, perhaps even a partial word that's been hyphenated from the line above. In my...

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wildgeese177 That's interesting. I always thought it was clunky.....thanks.

18 Jul 07

wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 17 Jul 07

Has it become common practice to hyphenate a word, and on the next line leave only two letters dangling? I know the new graphics program we're using allows this, but I call my designer to task and force him to fix it. Move...

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wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 17 Jul 07

Some, including my staff, might say I'm very picky. But how in the heck annoying is it when the text is closer to a photo or graphic on one side, then far away on the other? I know relief space in the form of white on a...

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wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 26 Jun 07

As an editor, how irritating is it to you when a writer doesn't understand that a company is an "it" instead of "they?" Or they give you sentences like, "The people that started the project," instead of "the people who started...

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wildgeese177 Sounds to me as if you can write in English. As a matter of fact, the language you just used is better than some of the freelance writers I've dealt with. And, if no one at your workplace has said this, thank you for correcting the errors you see....

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princeworthy @princeworthy (1909) • United States 13 Jul 07

Where I lice people do not get paid to donate blood, if you are lucky enough to donate on a special event day you MIGHT get a t-shirt. I like to help out with donating blood as often as I can. When I know it is time for me to...

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wildgeese177 I've given more than 10 gallons of blood to the American Red Cross without pay. I only stopped because I travelled to an area in Mexico they told me was malaria infected...and that I couldn't donate again for years. It's a great thing, and helps a lot of...

13 Jul 07

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MGarcia @MGarcia (330) • United States 12 Jul 07

I know a lot of people have moved to the computer to do their writing. I just wondered what do you prefer, the computer or straight up pen and paper. I ask because I remember attempting to write in a program such as notepad,...

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wildgeese177 As an editor, I always tell contributors that they have to start where they're comfortable. The writing is better there, more relaxed and from the soul. Go there and you can't go wrong.

13 Jul 07

sreevasu @sreevasu (2717) • India 13 Jul 07

The vast beautiful blue sky The great ocean of infinity The earth, sun and moon are the ducks swimmers in that ocean Millions of stars and galaxies the up and down foams in the waves In every full moon night I decorate...

ocean of infinity

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wildgeese177 Nice and thoughtful. Emotion evoking too.

13 Jul 07

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snookumsnort @snookumsnort (313) • Philippines 5 Jul 07

Any feedback on the website? Is it easy to earn money? Do you have to be a really excellent writer to earn? Any tips for a writer starting out?

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wildgeese177 Writing's never easy. However, AC is receptive to concepts and ideas that aren't necessarily crafted to AP style. I've been a member of AC for a couple of months, but the most "newsworthy-style" stories I get accepted on the site receive the least...

6 Jul 07

wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 27 Jun 07

OK, you're looking at the layout just back from the design team. One paragraph is five lines long, but the last line has only three letters in it, perhaps even a partial word that's been hyphenated from the line above. In my...

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wildgeese177 Well, I'm deal with column jumps with a hyphen, some sort of odd two-letter hyphenation that the new graphics program seems to like because it's "readable," according to it, and everything else. Trying to get the next issue out the door 10 days early...

28 Jun 07

wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 27 Jun 07

OK, you're looking at the layout just back from the design team. One paragraph is five lines long, but the last line has only three letters in it, perhaps even a partial word that's been hyphenated from the line above. In my...

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wildgeese177 Man, I forgot about that one. Didn't see it today, so it slipped my mind. But you're right. It's not only ugly, it's painful to read. In my experience it isn't really spaces they add though, they track or horizontal scale the text out. Talk about...

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wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 27 Jun 07

OK, you're looking at the layout just back from the design team. One paragraph is five lines long, but the last line has only three letters in it, perhaps even a partial word that's been hyphenated from the line above. In my...

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scarywhitegirl @scarywhitegirl (2766) • United States 24 Apr 07

I've learned that the profession of "editor" really encompasses a wide variety of jobs. What sort of editing do you do? Do you edit a newspaper, magazine, books, or something else? I currently work as a documentary editor,...

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wildgeese177 Yeah, press releases can be the worst of the entire lot. So do you even bother reading the newspaper? The folks at work think I'm nuts because I quit a few years ago, but then again, they are afraid to even let me look over their letters before they go...

27 Jun 07

wildgeese177 @wildgeese177 (30) • United States 26 Jun 07

As an editor, how irritating is it to you when a writer doesn't understand that a company is an "it" instead of "they?" Or they give you sentences like, "The people that started the project," instead of "the people who started...

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wildgeese177 No, editors wouldn't be out of a job. In fact, in the next generation, I envision an all-new breed of editor. Spell checkers are great, but most don't do anything to take care of to, too or two, its or it's, possessives, active passive, complete rambling,...

27 Jun 07

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