I RP on a few different forums, and one of the great banes of the average forum-goer is the imaginative RP’er without the writing ability to back them up. 

Don’t get me wrong, I am all for all-inclusive, all levels accepted RP’ing. How else will those who have sub-par writing ability get better than to write with people who have a higher writing ability. 

In one of my many attempts at reading over an character application and biography, I became truly, truly horrified at the imagination one writer had, but their appalling lack of structure that made the entire thing laughable… When I didn’t want to cry. 

So, in an effort to help others in a similar situation- parents trying to help with homework, teachers struggling to find the right way to explain, college students trying to figure out what in the world their English 101 professor just said to them- I give you this series:

The Writers’ Painting

Paragraphs and Sentences Broken Down 

Writing, especially in English, is a challenge. The English language is known to be one of the more difficult to grasp as our rules constantly contradict one another.

“I before E except after C or when sounding like “A” as in “weigh” or in “neigh” 

Does that ring a bell anyone? Or maybe even,

“The vowels are A, E, I, O, U and only sometimes Y.”

The wonderful thing about English, however, is that once you get a handle on its little tricks and ticks you’ve got it. Practice will ingrain it into you and soon you’ll be following the convoluted rules of structure without a second thought. 

This first segment is meant to simply be an introduction into how I plan to approach the varying structure issues that can be found in the simple everyday paragraph. 

I try to come at a paper as an art gallery. Each paragraph found inside is a unique work of art, all pieces created by one artist. And just as a painting can be broken down into brush strokes, so can the paragraph be broken into sentences. 

A well written paper or Rp or anything that is original or creative does not have to be a frightening obstacle to overcome. The page is your canvas and the words the colors to pick up with the paintbrush (or pen) and apply in ways that are as unique as the individual writing them. 

This essay is short, but think back and reflect. Maybe write up something brief and have it ready to go over when the next segment comes up.