So C-WE #7 ended up appearing even later than I'd thought. This was partly because I didn't (or couldn't) take enough time to finish it up, but more pertinently because (despite what I said in my last non-WE post) I edited the crap out of it. I know; I'm sorry. But I can't leave it at that, oh no. I can't let it go without explaining my choice and conventions in excruciating detail. Please bear with me (again) as I indulge myself.
C-WE #7 was intended as a classwork writing exercise like C-WE #6, but as I wrote, it became clear to me that I wanted to make this a definitive list, not a sketch, and that this would require a bit of research and, of course, editing. So I left the written version unedited, but for the blog "edition" added, reorganized, and corrected extensively. I think it was worth it, but at the same time I don't want to make that the standard for the supposedly informal, unedited WE's.
So I adopted a convention for my use: any editing after the first version of any WE that should(?) have remained unedited will be underlined. In this way you can see that I left only about half my original material untouched for C-WE #7--an unacceptable ratio for the usual WE. If there is no underline in a WE post, the only changes I will ever make to it are correcting typos introduced between the original and the web copy, adding informational headings and notes (easily distinguishable from the WE proper) and (my favorite) changing the formatting and style. In addition, I solemnly promise to keep underlined sections to a minimum and authentic, unedited text to a maximum.
There, I'm done. I got it over with. I hope you're happy now, because I certainly am.
C-WE #7 was intended as a classwork writing exercise like C-WE #6, but as I wrote, it became clear to me that I wanted to make this a definitive list, not a sketch, and that this would require a bit of research and, of course, editing. So I left the written version unedited, but for the blog "edition" added, reorganized, and corrected extensively. I think it was worth it, but at the same time I don't want to make that the standard for the supposedly informal, unedited WE's.
So I adopted a convention for my use: any editing after the first version of any WE that should(?) have remained unedited will be underlined. In this way you can see that I left only about half my original material untouched for C-WE #7--an unacceptable ratio for the usual WE. If there is no underline in a WE post, the only changes I will ever make to it are correcting typos introduced between the original and the web copy, adding informational headings and notes (easily distinguishable from the WE proper) and (my favorite) changing the formatting and style. In addition, I solemnly promise to keep underlined sections to a minimum and authentic, unedited text to a maximum.
There, I'm done. I got it over with. I hope you're happy now, because I certainly am.
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