Literate/Semi-Literate/Illiterate VS. The Five Point Scale

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I reckon I'm a four/five, depending on the situation/if I can be bothered.
xD

~Kites

'xactly.

[Trick;]

are you sure? sure 2 is better writer, but what if they wrote a wonderful story, but didn't have enough punctuation?

But story two did use punctuation, so your argument is invalid ^^
If they didn't, then the story wouldn't have been wonderful, and just confusing.
Your question confuses me.

[Kites]

This is when I'm on form, though its not my best:

Tamesis withdrew his hand to his chest, cradling it in his other with an expression of mock shock. He grinned though, unable to keep the expression up. "I only flatter when it is true," Tamesis said with a small nod to her, the smile still etched on his face.

He laughed out loud at the mention of him being named Ben. He cut himself off after a few glares from the people around him, and he brought his hand up to his temple, the laughter now silent as his shoulders rose and fell with his staggered breathing. "Ben," Tamesis said, making sure that his voice was hushed to avoid any more glares from studying students and people alike. "It’s too short," he said after a second of thought. He brought his spare hand up to his chin, rubbing it with his forefinger and thumb, the rough lines of stubble scratching his skin slightly. "Plus Tamesis has more of a ring to it. And its far more original. I don't even know if it’s a proper name anyway," he added with a shrug.

He raised an eyebrow at the mentioning of him putting himself down. He let the comment rise over him as the rest of her sentence made him think. "Well, although I'm not a writer myself, I do know that Viking names always meant something. Unless you want a twist, it would be better to name your protagonist a name that means something good, rather than something evil," Tamesis said, "I'm pretty sure that Viking women had either blonde or red hair. You could be stereotypical and make the character red haired and with a fiery personality. Would you have the two characters fall in love? You could great a task with something to do with that. Then again, you are listening to a man with no knowledge of writing, and with basic O level knowledge about history,” Tamesis said with a low chuckle, looking somewhat sheepish.

He frowned at the thought of tasks that the Viking would take. “I can be of no help there. There may be something in the textbook about Viking culture. You could give him the task of hunting a fabled stag, or something along those lines…” His voice trailed off as his face darkened as he thought of more tasks for her.

“How long are you thinking of making it? I mean, do you want it to be classed as a short story, a novel, or go all the way with a series?” Tamesis asked, his eyes flicking back to her face to meet her eyes. The corners of his lips twitched into a small smile. “Do you plan to be a writer your whole life then?” Tamesis asked, hitching his arms onto the table, elbows sticking out sideways so he could lean forwards easier.

~Kites

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Xyris.

Sometimes all you can do is think about happy times in your life. What if wonderful things in your life don't exist? Everyday is filled with dreading hate and sarrow. What if you can't? It's just too strong with feelings to think about anything else.I've had this happen to me lots of times. Fear, pain, or love always taking over. Too deep to think about other things. Heartbroken we get on with life , thinking today is a new day? Nothing is ever new, the same life everyday. Some people deny this...but we remember the things we have for the rest of our lives. I've felt like everything is perfect and somehow all goes downhill. My life is just like that. Fate, I guess. God directs my life, making all my turns in life. He made me like I am to make right decisions. Either way, he made me a horrible person. He made all of us our own person, either drug addicts or doctors. We are us...and my Savior loves me because I'm me. If you think bad of me, some people don't. I don't give a damn what you think.

I ran as fast as I could, breathing heavily. A figure reached for my jacket , gripping it. He pulled me back and threw me into a truck that suddenly had appeared, terrified I tried to scream but no sound would come out. He taped my mouth shut even though I seemed mute , he tied my arms aand legs up. "Say a word and I kill you," He said, softly...too softly. My eyes looked even more fearful. It had overtaken me and I scrambled around trying to untie myself. He sighed and slid his gun out, "You've made a mistake m'dear," I woke up then, sitting up....my breathing was rapid. "Ugghhh," I mumbled and layed back down.

"damnit," my sisters voice flooded my ears as she deliberately stomped past my doorway. I really didn't feel like waking , because this blanket was so cozy and warm. Milly, then brushed her teeth with Colgate Total , fidgeting with the tube. My eyes fixed on her , I slung my legs over the side of the bed. Milly picked up her toothbrush and scrubbed her teeth, angrily. I headed for the bathroom , passing my parent's room. " Xyris, hon. " my mother said. " Hmmm? " I asked her what she wanted, my lips pressed together. "I love you..." my mother said , softly. "Mommy," I said, slowly. My mother always knew how to bring out the child in me. Almost always , but it seemed that it didn't work on Milly, who was the same age as me. Milly had brunette hair with pretty violet eyes. "I love ya, too." I walked into the bathroom, my sister still scrubbing. "Ethan dumped me," she said, spitting into the sink. Her eyes were red, you could tell she'd been crying most of the night. "..." I wasn't sure what to say. "Sorry?" I replied. I'd known how much she'd loved him. " For this RockRidge girl," She went on. "Oh, that b*tch!" she wailed and burst into salty tears. She held me tightly, my shoulder wet from the liquid coming from her eyes. Crying had been forgein to me lately, everyone had been good. My sister had been lovestruck, me crushing on and dazzled by this boy. It was perfect, I reached my hand out...slowly and wiped away her hate and pain. That just made her grip my clothes tighter.

I walked back into my room after my crying sister of a person ran into her room. I pulled on some jean shorts and a orange tanktop. I smoothed my shirt out and grabbed my brush. The bristles ran through my hair, ripping knots out as they did. I grabbed an orange ponytail and put my hair in a bun. My head shot up as I saw my baby sister walk towards me. "I'm hungwy," Regina whined. "Errr," I said. There was a restuarant close by. "So am I, baby. We're gonna go get something to eat. " I carried her down the stairs, because she weighed very little. I left my jacket off, because it was really hot out. My eyes weren't adjusting to the sun well, as I held my sisters hand walking toward a fancy restaurant. When we arrived, we sat down and the waiter took our orders. "Waffles, with whipcream and strawberries and she wants pancakes with syrup.." I replied. Regina smiled. " Thwanks sissy," she said. " Can we go to the parrrkkk? " I knew a lot of people maybe they were there , but again I wasn't very sociable. "Sure," I grumbled. I paid and we walked to the park with the swingsets and slides. I just sat on the bench while my 3yearold sister played.

Tis be my example.

[pizzas and scream]

are you sure? sure 2 is better writer, but what if they wrote a wonderful story, but didn't have enough punctuation?

But story two did use punctuation, so your argument is invalid ^^
If they didn't, then the story wouldn't have been wonderful, and just confusing.
Your question confuses me.

I am under the impression people should use as many semi colons as possible, I don't know what they do. or gratiutious comas are better than few comas.

[Harpalyce]

I admit I don't like "literate" roleplay.

Brevity is the soul of wit, and often it seems like "literate"* way of doing things rewards purple prose. Let us be completely honest: big blocks of text describing your character aren't good writing and they aren't good roleplaying either. Good writing is short and punchy. Roleplay is all about action and reaction. This doesn't mean abandon description, this means couple description with a relevant action. In other words, you have to give the other roleplayers some reason to care about the information they are being given.

Unfortunately from what I've seen on CS, 'literate' means - more often than not - "dress up your poorly planned out character and plot with a whole bunch of words, because if everyone's eyes glaze over at huge blocks of text, they won't actually read what you've written, so they won't realize that this isn't actually interesting at all". Bonus points if said blocks of text are squished into wee tiny type with an absurd color (why people seem compelled at times to make their posts unreadable, I'll never know)...

Gripe, gripe, grumble, etc.

*Please insert a whine here about the inaccurate terms. I like your descriptions here much, much better.

[Trick;]

are you sure? sure 2 is better writer, but what if they wrote a wonderful story, but didn't have enough punctuation?

But story two did use punctuation, so your argument is invalid ^^
If they didn't, then the story wouldn't have been wonderful, and just confusing.
Your question confuses me.

I am under the impression people should use as many semi colons as possible, I don't know what they do. or gratiutious comas are better than few comas.

Semi-Colon example:

She woke up, feeling cold. Her blanket lay on the floor; sometime in the middle of the night she had thrown it.
[/terrible example]

MUAHAHAHAHA

[pizzas and scream]

so it's like a comma on steroids, cross bred with a colon, that is used for lists? maybe because I don't read a lot of books, I don't understand.

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so it's like a comma on steroids, cross bred with a colon, that is used for lists? maybe because I don't read a lot of books, I don't understand.

READ PERSON..rreeeaaaddd!

[Lunar Paradox]

This topic is awesome!

I would say I'm either 3 or 4.