I have been writing for last three years; my writing exploits include movie reviews, book reviews, news articles and editorial letters. I have written about two dozen movie reviews at imdb.com and am also a regular contributor to the 'Comments' section of Hindustan Times. I have written on a wide range of topics including sports, politics, cinema, showbiz, business, etc. I have a very versatile writing style which allows me to change gears at will and as per requirements. I write because it's my passion and money-making is just a subsidiary affair for me. My above average vocabulary allows me to use the most obscure of the words with an utter sense of ease and the most subtle of the words with an ineffable element of panache. I also have a great sense of timing and often use my wit to punctuate the usual mundaneness associated with prose. I am making a debut on this website with a firm belief that people who crave for originality and who prefer quality over quantity would definitely want to try me out. Please follow the links to read some of my works: http://www.imdb.com/user/ur19117722/comments-expanded?start=0&order=date http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/122190602
@averyz The links are not hyper-linked and so you are required to cut-copy them to the address bar. Just try it out buddy!!! @omarabid I would be fine with it. In fact, I have no reservartions against writing on any topic, whatsoever!!!
@ omarabid I only write with a purpose in mind and as long as I have a purpose, I am absolutely earnest in my approach and hence my efforts don't go awry. @averyz Which link have you been trying?
I will admit that I did not look at the links. Do they contain a lot of writing in the style above? If so, it's very hard to read and seems more like you just strung together things you found in a thesaurus rather than stuff people would actually say in every day conversations. But then again I'm from Texas. Maybe we just ain't that flowery down here.
1. You need something better to sell yourself than 'I have posted comments in the comments section of a newspaper'. If you are really good at this, write your own blog. That is a much better gauge of your writing. In the rare case you want to stick with the newspaper comments, try NY Times or The Economist. Hindu is still OK. Hindustan Times? Seriously? 2. Frankly, your writing style seems way too unnatural and hard to read. I wouldn't exactly agree with Senobia - I don't think it is flowery. Flowery is OK. It is not about a disharmony in the way you write when you replace simple words with 'unnaturally occurring' ones in the wrong context with sentence structure that never supports the phrases/words used. Even if you use words people don't use in everyday conversations, there is a way to use them, and not just replaced using a thesaurus.
huh what? That wasn't even flowery enough for Texas. Perhaps you should redefine rearrangement. Or perhaps you should stop article rewriting. *sadly makes a note*
I think every one has the right to express one self in whatever way one chooses as you did in your reply. But, just because your knowledge of words is mediocre doesn't mean that you would start undermining the efforts of others. I really expected better from people like yourself, who are a part of such interactive forums. For your information, I don't refer to dictionary/thesaurus in order to make my articles appear impressive. Since I have grown up reading writers like Vladimir Nabokov and Salman Rushdie, this writing style comes naturally to me; but for some people, ignorance is truly blissful.
And just because you did not like the feedback you received does not mean that you should make blanket statements about the fortitude of someone's vocabulary, based soley on their reply. You didn't like it when it was done to you, right? You can't have it both ways, man. *yourselves What was it that you said about "mediocre"? Okay, but your style of writing reads like you do. Like some posters don't really walk around with their head up their butt, but the way they post on forums suggests that they do. No - I think you've mistaken ignorance for an ineffable element of "we don't care" punctuated by the usual "yawn" and "next" associated with these types of insinuations. We were just trying to be helpful. "Some people are so touchy" <<in my best Rizzo from Grease voice>>
@Senobia I had used 'people' in the singular sense as I was trying to present my perspective to 'ruletheworld'. @ Forum members I didn't mean to offend anyone and if I have unintentionally hurt someone's feelings, I offer my apologies. I would also like to assert the fact that forums like these are a great medium for people like us to interact and express ourselves, and we all must try our level best to keep up with this spirit.
murtaza, here in the United States there is a super smart fellow who covers political news. He writes much like you do, using his huge vocabulary in a highly academic style. While I can generally keep up with his writing and understand it, from time to time he does send me off hunting a dictionary to understand his message. When people refer to George Will's writing, they often use it as an analogy of this type of writing and often not in the form of a compliment. Whether you came by such an expansive vocabulary naturally or you over-use a thesaurus, writing of such an academic style often has a very small target audience. When most working on web-related projects mention quality writing they are referring to the correctness of the grammar, original research, ability to make a point quickly (remember most people will only scan web content and you have scant seconds to draw someone in) and often the ability to get someone to do something like buy a product or service, sign up for a newsletter or click an ad. If your pieces send people running for their dictionaries, they will probably hit the back button instead. It's great that you have such a vast vocabulary but the sad truth is that to be successful in web writing, you will need to dumb it way down unless you want to strictly limit your target audience to academia.
IMHO, accessible writing styles are much more effective for copywriting. When people read PRs, etc. they don't want to work incredibly hard to stay focused. They want to digest the most important and relevant news and move on. By using the vocabulary and language in the above examples, you alienate 90% of your readers. Good writing catches readers and draws them in.