Wendy S.

I just found out that he never learned to spell correctly, nor to
write "properly" so he wrote in more of a conversational style. I
guess bad spelling really won't hold you back. :-) http://www.answers.com/topic/hans-christian-andersen

Wendy S. in GA
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Melissa Dietrick

--- In [email protected], "Wendy S." <winksst@...> wrote:
>
> I just found out that he never learned to spell correctly, nor to
> write "properly" so he wrote in more of a conversational style. I
> guess bad spelling really won't hold you back. :-) http://www.answers.com/topic/
hans-christian-andersen


this makes me happy to know! thank you for sharing it...when I was in a creative writing
class in college, I wrote in "anderson mode" alot, as i really liked his story telling flair...and
each time I wrote that way, my pieces were cut apart ruthlessly by the prof who was a
poet...I was always so disappointed! I enjoyed writing that way yet never could figure out
why it wasnt appreciated, though he did like other pieces that were more of an ursula le
guin style...

maybe thats why!

or maybe my writing sucks, lol...melissa

Sandra Dodd

-=-I just found out that he never learned to spell correctly, nor to
> write "properly" so he wrote in more of a conversational style.-=-



To write in a conversational style isn't as easy as it sounds. There
are people who cannot write in their own real voices, nor in anyone
else's. They write in a stilted, formal book-style that's not fun to
read.

Learning to spell correctly doesn't matter so much. Learning to
write "properly," depends what "properly" means. If it means
"stilted," I'm against it! <g>



Sandra

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Wendy S.

On Feb 21, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Sandra Dodd wrote:
>
> To write in a conversational style isn't as easy as it sounds. There
> are people who cannot write in their own real voices, nor in anyone
> else's. They write in a stilted, formal book-style that's not fun to
> read.
>
> Learning to spell correctly doesn't matter so much. Learning to
> write "properly," depends what "properly" means. If it means
> "stilted," I'm against it! <g>


My mother and I have a debate about this type of stuff a lot...she
will constantly correct my or dh's grammar--and it's "outdated"
grammar. I end up explaining that language evolves and changes. We
don't speak Elizabethan English anymore, because the language has
changed. It would be unrealistic to hold onto the same exact
grammatical styles that were used 50 and 60 years ago.

I just read _Tim Gunn's Guide to Style_ because I really like his
show. (It's pretty silly, I know. :-) But I loved reading it
because I could hear his voice the entire time. He does use
incredibly proper grammar, but it's *completely* him. My hubby just
finished writing his first book, and I've enjoyed it so because, again
I could hear him in it.

I wonder if Hans's friends felt the same way about his writing. :-)

Wendy S. in GA
Mom to Shelby, Age 9
http://ourjourneyfantastic.blogspot.com/

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