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The creative writing class that I attended for six weeks finished on 10 March but a second series of six began last Friday. Our task was to choose ten random fiction titles from the shelves and use them to create a piece of prose or a poem.
One of the titles that I chose had been prominently displayed on the end of a series of shelves. The cover was plainly visible and I was taken with both that and the title. So, as a challenge to myself, I deliberately picked "Derek the Sheep" to be one of my ten.
Here is what I came up with on the day. Although I have made a few alterations and subsequent additions today.
https://themoustachioedreader.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/derek-the-sheep-and-the-deeds-of-darkness/
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I will attend to the typo
Grammar was never my strong point. Please accept my apologies.
This will keep any grammatical worries in perspective:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/15/steven-pinker-10-grammar-rules-break
There are a few typos but they don't detract from the writing. All writing is a work in progress. It's better to share it during the honeymoon phase than when you're so fed up with the familiarity of it you want a divorce.
I have often been called ridiculous in the past. Although, the word is usually preceded by something along the lines of "stop being so bleeding". I shall take your use of the word to be much more positive!
Heck, that seems wrong. Is Books better? Or, perhaps, simply BB? Although we do have a hen called BB, so that may confuse me a tad!
Thank you for the link - I shall take a mosey on over and peruse it.
I am usually very good at spotting typos. Especially in my "day job"; I have never in 30+ years done a van or sign with errors in the wording. Or, if I have, it was always the clients fault. Honest.
I shall attend to them when/if I use it elsewhere.
The link's to reassure you that you're doing nowt wrong. Which I suspect you already know.
I have broad shoulders and the comments, to date, I feel have been constructive and very useful.
It, at any time, it alls gets too much for me, I will simply post emojis of a crying face!
For me, the only time conjunctions should be used this way is when speech is being quoted because it can be an accurate reflection of how people say things. For instance "But I thought..." or "And another thing...".
P.S. What's a maven?
It's a nice word, not heard it before, and I like it. Though, if asked, I would have assumed it was a type of bird.
Probably just me though.