Writing Accountability Thread

[sethp]

I'm not the only one who needs this of course but...I need writing accountability. I need someone to say "HEY! Did you write anything today?" and when I answer "No, I got really busy with work and my computer wouldn't start up without a fight." that they answer "What the Fuck is wrong with you write, write write...NO excuse at least two pages or 200 words a day!"

Any one interested? PM me if you want a daily writing accountability email from to me? Or of course flame me and ignore this post and let me be the only one who posts here and I'll revive this dead thread in about 3 years or so.

LOL

eh?

 

[driphoney]

What counts as 'writing'?

 

[Selena_Kitt]

What counts as 'writing'?

Peeing in the snow doesn't count.

 

[driphoney]

Peeing in the snow doesn't count.

haha!!

I was thinking more in terms of bs as it pertains to impressing biology professors! I still don't know much about bio this summer, but I sure am getting good at crap answers.

Question:
Does the pyrolysis of this experiment approximate the temperatures and conditions of a meteorite impact? If not, what sort of experimental design might be implemented to make this simulation more accurate?

Driphoney answer: (after two hours of Wiki research, as my lab partner left me in the dust!)
BLAH, blah blah blah lahb ahlb hlba. Blah in the blah blah, the covalent bonds blah ....

3 paragraphs later, the conclusion:
In which case we should blah blah blah blahblah blah!

Somehow, I just don't think it's what's traditonally thought of as 'writing'.

 

[sr71plt]

Not me. My problem is getting away from writing to do other things. Good thing I have a "do everything" wife, or I'd starve.

 

[Xelebes]

Peeing in the snow doesn't count.

You can only do it in the winter anyways unless you have a snow machine, a daily sojourn into the mountain glaciers or the tenacity of a mule to shave ice cubes.

 

[chargergirl]

Hey seth! You write anything today?

 

[wife2hotblk]

I use an Outlook task item set for daily occurence Monday to Friday. It rings at me every hour until I tick completed. And I am too honest to lie...even to a laptop.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Yeah, right now I too have the opposite problem. I need a housework accountability thread.

You can tell I'm writing again by the lack of clean laundry and coffee mugs.

 

[chargergirl]

Well?? How about today?

 

[sethp]

Well?? How about today?

no damn you! But I promise to breakout the netbook and write at least to pages worth of something tonight! (thanks)

 

[penandpaper]

haha!!

I was thinking more in terms of bs as it pertains to impressing biology professors! I still don't know much about bio this summer, but I sure am getting good at crap answers.

Question:
Does the pyrolysis of this experiment approximate the temperatures and conditions of a meteorite impact? If not, what sort of experimental design might be implemented to make this simulation more accurate?

Driphoney answer: (after two hours of Wiki research, as my lab partner left me in the dust!)
BLAH, blah blah blah lahb ahlb hlba. Blah in the blah blah, the covalent bonds blah ....

3 paragraphs later, the conclusion:
In which case we should blah blah blah blahblah blah!

Somehow, I just don't think it's what's traditonally thought of as 'writing'.

What I ask is please don't think your professor is dumb enough to buy that crap. They see right through it, the problem is many others are doing the same and they need a comaparative basis. I love it when people think they're smarter than their professors who have spent a lifetime teaching a course. Ah, we were all brilliant once, eh?

 

[penandpaper]

Yeah, right now I too have the opposite problem. I need a housework accountability thread.

You can tell I'm writing again by the lack of clean laundry and coffee mugs.

Coffee mugs are easy. Carpet is a little more difficult. Laundry is blah. Vacuuming window screens - now that sucks!

 

[ms.read]

All of you that have posted on this thread need to report a 500 word END of a story. It's due by aug 1. at 11pm Eastern time. PM me with the results.

Reward: The beginning and middle of a story that will be posted here on this thread for you to read!

 

[driphoney]

What I ask is please don't think your professor is dumb enough to buy that crap. They see right through it, the problem is many others are doing the same and they need a comaparative basis. I love it when people think they're smarter than their professors who have spent a lifetime teaching a course. Ah, we were all brilliant once, eh?

Oops. I didn't mean to indicate that I cheated by direct quoting (without sourcing.) No, our astrobiology text has only TWO chapters of biology and the prof is NOTORIOUS for asking questions he knows you haven't a clue on in order to drive you to research. Unfortunately, the college databases are often lame and you get more information just googling. I HAVE TO research in order to be able to come up with some crap for the homework. And, by the way, the more crap you can spew the more he likes it, and I've been complimented on my crap more than once. Amazing, but true. And yes, Dr. T. is brilliant and fantastic and is probably about my favorite professor so far. (Even if I'm going to decline his recommendation that I consider studying nutritional microbiology! )

Playing the system and scamming profs is not why I'm in college and I'm sorry I gave that impression. The point was that it's the only writing I'm doing these days.

 

[penandpaper]

Oops. I didn't mean to indicate that I cheated by direct quoting (without sourcing.) No, our astrobiology text has only TWO chapters of biology and the prof is NOTORIOUS for asking questions he knows you haven't a clue on in order to drive you to research. Unfortunately, the college databases are often lame and you get more information just googling. I HAVE TO research in order to be able to come up with some crap for the homework. And, by the way, the more crap you can spew the more he likes it, and I've been complimented on my crap more than once. Amazing, but true. And yes, Dr. T. is brilliant and fantastic and is probably about my favorite professor so far. (Even if I'm going to decline his recommendation that I consider studying nutritional microbiology! )

Playing the system and scamming profs is not why I'm in college and I'm sorry I gave that impression. The point was that it's the only writing I'm doing these days.

Sorry driphoney (great name by the way),

I didn't mean to imply that. I'm just drunk. What I meant to say is, even though he may have given you positive feedback, he knows when a student is giving him superfluous information. He also knows when a student read something. That is what he looks for. (It appears you've done your research.) That is what any rubric is based on. And he grades by a rubric - gauranteed.

PS - I hope the class works out for you, and I hope you learn a lot.

 

[chargergirl]

no damn you! But I promise to breakout the netbook and write at least to pages worth of something tonight! (thanks)

love you, too, hon.

btw, write anything?