Quote from: fillippone on Today at 09:05:54 PM

Quote from: JayJuanGee on September 10, 2023, 04:40:25 PM

....and for example, one time more than 20 years ago, I recall telling a story about eating some live squid to some family members, and I recall that I sent an e-mail on the topic, and my e-mail was only a few paragraphs, but I went over a lot of the details of how my experience had gone... and it probably took me more than three hours to write those three paragraphs.. I wrote the first draft, and then edited it, and then the next day, I edited it again, and added some more facts, and then right around the third day I sent out that e-mail and my live squid eating story..

Wait, wait, wait: what?
You just said we are not the only recipient of JJG's walls of text ^TM?
Are you telling us there are various versions of JJG's walls of text ^TM in the various alternate realities where you are living?
I thought we were special!

Since technically, the "relatively" long story that I told was within an alternate universe, it was also in another language which is not easy to describe in English, but yeah.. essentially you are describing the matter lo sufficientemente accurately. ¡Basta!

I hate to admit it.

So in the post you cited, I am largely recommending that forum members (whether newbies or otherwise) need to spend some time UPping their "wall of text" game.

And, so add some meat. Flesh it out. Give us a few personal details. Take the long route. Elaborate. Try to say what you are going to say in a descriptive kind of way. Maybe provide some references (surely optional). Tell us the color of the jacket and that it had holes in two of the pockets rather than just disclosing that there was a jacket involved.

Yes. Those kinds of suggestions.. since I am hesitant to give advice, I would like to refer to this as providing suggestions.

Hey.. I know some members are way better than me, and some of the members will format their walls of text, divide the walls of text into subplots and themes and even provide citations, and surely even though that's better, "we" do not necessarily strive to have the perfect become the enemy of the good.

Do we?

Do we?

DDDdddddddooooooooo WE?

Maybe that's "royal we?" Didn't mean to harass uie-pooie too much with that final question.. .......................

.........................or did I?