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I recently had someone edit something the other day that I had been recently working on and editing for a while. Whilenit was only 1 page of the 8 that compete the piece I had printed it out for them to mark it up. It was filled with red marks by their pen, and instead of just fixing the issues I analyzed it.

I saw how I was using grammar wrong, and saw how how what I thought were complete sentences were fragments. It was actually easy to fix, and a dumb overlook on my part. However I used the new gain knowledge, and began to start fixing the other 7 pages bases off of what I had learned from the first page.

I knew what feedback to ask for from a precious shelf life article, and was able to get results a lot easier from the person who edited it. Not only that I learned a lot from the feedback. Enough to make me go back to begin to further edit the rest of the pages.

Though the editing and tips of shelfife I now read each sentence as a stand alone sentence, for sentence fragments are my biggest flaw right now. It use to be major flow issues and jumping back and forth in topics. I had learned how to organize the information like that of a color wheel. Letting my words to flow to the next in the same way a color wheel shift from one end of the spectrum to another. I have learned, and continueearn to look at my papers throuh new eyes. Improving my writing, amd my joy for writing. I have learned to take criticism as positive feedback and not just fix it, but to learn how to avoid those pit falls. I have learned so much from these blogs.

Thank you shelf life! Your blog posts have allowed me to find passion in writing, and learned new skills to improve my writings. You have helped me learn to enhance my writing in so many ways that would have taken years without all of this valuable knowledge.

Shelf life should totally promote Catherine! On the basis of her eternal wisdom and knowledge she is bestowing upon the readers. She is a blessing inndisguise for peope like me who's worst subject was English, and also phailed fooked on fonics.

Again, Thank you shelflife and thank you Catherine. You truly have been the greatest asset for improving my writing. Second only to my friends who help edit my work and give me the feedback I need because I am asking for what I am wanting from them. Then learning from mistakes to edit my work moreyself before sending it to friends.

I am not even sorry for the long comment. This is the condensed version of thanks, as I could write a book about how you helped me overcome my childhood reading/writing learning disadvantages of the written words. One that I had to take special education classes from 4th-8th grade.

Not to sound like a broken record, but thank you again.

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Fooked on Fonics is my new favorite band name!

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