tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759951.post8639237109084821801..comments2023-10-23T08:31:00.528-07:00Comments on AcadeMama: An Up-Front Kinda WriterAcadeMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15510282285225998011noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759951.post-68463646739410807652008-10-05T11:27:00.000-07:002008-10-05T11:27:00.000-07:00A fan, definitively. Being an up-front kinda write...A fan, definitively. Being an up-front kinda writer does not mean that you sound less intellectual - it means that I'll be able (as a reader) to follow your intelligent train of thought, step by step.<BR/><BR/>Kristine (of <A HREF="http://www.earmarks.org" REL="nofollow">Serendipities</A>)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254425055406401041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759951.post-24322734238528880712008-10-04T09:15:00.000-07:002008-10-04T09:15:00.000-07:00I am terribly long-winded. I spend lots of time ex...I am terribly long-winded. I spend lots of time explaining what it is that is missing from existing criticism and how my project tries to compensate for that and in trying to prove that I know the critical history. I, too, feel that I this only makes me sound immature as a writer/scholar. I guess, though, I am learning to weed that out as my adviser always beats me about the head, figuratively speaking, with my drafts when I do it.mgmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08066196015797830711noreply@blogger.com