 Noticing Newbies: July 24, 2019 Issue [#9667] |
This week: Over 200 Per Day Edited by: Tornado Dodger  
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“The value of a moment is immeasurable. The power of just ONE moment can propel you to success and happiness or chain you to failure and misery.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
You have potential. How many people have told you that? How many times do you have to hear it before you start to believe it? Once? A dozen times? More than that?
Did you know Writing.com currently signs up between 200 and 250 new members every day? That is a lot of potential readers every week. That doesn't even account for the ten thousand unique sign-ins that happen each day. I didn't make up that number either, Under Writing.com tools, you can see Sitewide Stats which include new member counts, rating averages and unique sign-ins (which counts sign-ins per person, not one person signing in a hundred times). As of this writing, 11,143 people have signed in, just in the past 24hrs. That's a lot of possible readers for your work and why it's important to do your part to make it as good as it can be.
I thought I'd take a moment to remind our newest members how important it is to write a great description. In looking through new items, many times I see descriptions like "This needs work" or "Read it if you wanna" and I just cringe. That doesn't tell me anything about your work. No matter the reason you're here, you have posted something for others to read. That tells me you have something to say, so why not encourage people with telling them what you're trying to say? Hook them. Reel them in. If nothing else, take a line directly from the work and share it in the description. I do that a lot with poetry as doing so has the ability (sometimes) to capture the rhythm of the work.
Another thing that is worth mentioning is taking the time to proofread, not only your work but your title and description. I can't tell you how many times I've seen a typo in a title. What a complete turn-off to a reader. Why would I want to click your item if you can't even be bothered to accurately spell the title? Yes, I know mistakes happen. Take the time to double-check your work and show your audience that you care and are serious about writing. That small task makes your work so much more enjoyable.
Write and Review on! ~ Brooke
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I received some wonderful feedback to my last newsletter [#9570] "The Funniest Misused Phrases" and I'm proud to share it with you.
From Lucinda Lynx 
This was good! I admit, it made me smile. Keep up the good work!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
From the Wordy Jay
Good grief! There's a helluva difference between "circumcised" and "circus-sized".  
Thanks for the laughs, Brooke — I'm loving this series! 
That made me laugh out loud also! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
From Whatevz 
Well, some of these are just a case of Mondegreening in which people misheard what the saying actually is.
As an example, disguise can sound a lot like "the skies", and with the context of the saying, people can rationalize this change.
That is true and I'm sure where most of these started. :)
From Beholden 
The one that irritates me the most is the dreaded "should of" instead of "should have". Variants are "must of" instead of "must have" and "would of" instead of "would have".
Yes, there are so many that seem natural to some people but others have not learned.
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