Some great observations in this post. Sometimes the right thing to do is nothing.
Like you, I find writing cathartic, enabling me to grasp the thoughts that had been hiding in the back of my mind. This is amongst the reasons to write to an author about a work you have found interesting, even if you never send it to them.
All too often, in writing about something, I discover what I really think about it. Speaking somehow doesn't do this to the same degree, perhaps because we are incapable of editing what we have said, unlike what we write.
I really don't understand skimming. I don't do it. I read something because I am interested in it, and want to gain the most understanding from it I can. This makes me read every word, and sometimes more than once. Perhaps this reduces how much I read, but what I read I comprehend to the best of my ability, and I reckon that is more important.
Thanks!
I think you know what I mean very well since you are a better writer. Like what can you comment on an article that portrays so much about the author's emotion, sad experience and art, which can be quite dark sometimes? It is hard to say something.
Most people who comment just skim my posts, later on, some will just make a fool of themselves for not really reading everything lol.
I don't think I am a better writer, rather the reverse. I may be better at the mechanical tasks of grammar, but I feel pretty strongly you far better convey deeper meanings than mere grammar can.
Most people that skim your posts cost themselves the true rewards of reading them completely, which I can ill afford.
Thanks!
It is even harder when you can fluently speak 3 languages, your brain trying to translate images. Thanks for the positive criticism, and for letting me know my own flaws. It made me feel even better today. You are better and wiser, that's for sure. :)
Mais moi, je que seulement parle deux! Vouz etes la meilleur!