Xanados
Maester
The writing sections, believe it or not, didn't really suit this topic, so I'll just put this here.
There is a question on my mind that I have yet to ask. I should have asked it when I began writing, but I guess I just repressed it. I, like a lot of you, started writing when I was very young. It was only half a year ago I decided that I would change my "path" and become a writer.
Throughout high-school I showed only a modicum of effort as I am not an academic person by nature, and I was only good at one subject: Computing. I don't mean that I rebelled or was generally unintelligent; I mean I was uninterested in most of my studies. English class in my school focused greatly on the study of other works of literature and often neglected grammar and punctuation. The class was, quite frankly, polluted with plebian stereotypes. I left gladly uneffected.
I don't have a direct question for you because I can answer it myself. My question would be, "can one be a writer if they haven't been taught the more difficult aspects of grammar?", but I already think one could. I know that there is a plethora of information available online, and I know that the amount to which we understand grammar varies greatly in this community. I was never taught things such as the "subordinate clause", "subjunctive" and "infinitive” when I was younger. Where you?
I find myself thinking shameful thoughts that I am a native English speaker and I do not know these rules. I am only 18 years old, but is that really any justification? I think that I have a decent amount of knowledge already, but what I want is to become a scholar in the art, someone who knows the language inside out. Or is that not necessary?
Is it possible to become a writer without having the best English education?
Edit: apparently there are a few questions on my mind, not just one
Edit: another late night post that is barley coherrent. Excuse me.
There is a question on my mind that I have yet to ask. I should have asked it when I began writing, but I guess I just repressed it. I, like a lot of you, started writing when I was very young. It was only half a year ago I decided that I would change my "path" and become a writer.
Throughout high-school I showed only a modicum of effort as I am not an academic person by nature, and I was only good at one subject: Computing. I don't mean that I rebelled or was generally unintelligent; I mean I was uninterested in most of my studies. English class in my school focused greatly on the study of other works of literature and often neglected grammar and punctuation. The class was, quite frankly, polluted with plebian stereotypes. I left gladly uneffected.
I don't have a direct question for you because I can answer it myself. My question would be, "can one be a writer if they haven't been taught the more difficult aspects of grammar?", but I already think one could. I know that there is a plethora of information available online, and I know that the amount to which we understand grammar varies greatly in this community. I was never taught things such as the "subordinate clause", "subjunctive" and "infinitive” when I was younger. Where you?
I find myself thinking shameful thoughts that I am a native English speaker and I do not know these rules. I am only 18 years old, but is that really any justification? I think that I have a decent amount of knowledge already, but what I want is to become a scholar in the art, someone who knows the language inside out. Or is that not necessary?
Is it possible to become a writer without having the best English education?
Edit: apparently there are a few questions on my mind, not just one
Edit: another late night post that is barley coherrent. Excuse me.
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