Paragraphs of the Week - #5

Previous week

The Paragraphs (Bit of a horror feel this week)

  1. "Something came out of the fog and tried to destroy us. In one moment, it vanished. But if this has been anything but a nightmare, and if we don't wake up to find ourselves safe in our beds, it could come again. To the ships at sea who can hear my voice: look across the water, into the darkness. Look for the fog." - The Fog (1980)

  2. “There was something in her, something that was...pure horror. Everything you were supposed to watch out for. Heights, fire, shards of glass, snakes, everything that his mom tried so hard to keep him safe from.” ― John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In

  3. "Well, I have to be able to run like a frickin’ gazelle without getting winded. Plus, there’s that whole thing about making it look like you’re walking while everybody else is running their asses off. And I gotta stay with ‘em! It’s tough, man!" - Leslie, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

  4. "I was filling entire school notebooks with stories by Grade 3. Of course, they were double-spaced, and the handwriting was huge." - Linwood Barclay

  5. "I just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting." - Saul Kripke

Do your best! :)

Posted May 26, 2014, 12:01 AM UTC · edited

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[deleted]•

I normally write in a hybrid (not print yet not cursive) style, but it's pretty illegible. I haven't written in cursive in forever, and it's way harder than I remember! You have to plan the whole word before putting it to paper...

http://imgur.com/Hzx0Jh9

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StarWalkOP•

Honestly now that I think of it, I think that's where I'm going wrong with cursive. I just write and hope I remember how to form each letter as I go. I guess you learn it as you write more, but that's probably the reason why my cursive writing is messy, haha.

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far_shooter•

I am jealous of people who can write more than two styles (print and cursive).

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Eggplantsauce•

The sloppy one kind of looks like mine :)

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far_shooter•
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StarWalkOP•

Holy neatness

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far_shooter•

very controlled. I wish I can write that on the fly. You can see some faltering at the end of the quote.

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kdactyl•

Thanks for the invitation earlier :)

During writing, I realized that I forgot how capital cursive worked... It's been so long since I've ever needed to use it! http://i.imgur.com/wlsk5JB.jpg

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4nv1•

Really like your print(ing?) Btw is this one of those twsbi minis? Looks pretty cool, I love clear foutain pens! How does it write/feel? :)

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far_shooter•

Thank you.

It is a mini, sadly, I'm quite new to the fountain pen world so I'm not really a expert to say. But personally been loving it so far.

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StarWalkOP•

Well, don't write with cold hands :)

http://i.imgur.com/TpyHpCa.jpg

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Eggplantsauce•

The last paragraph 5 times

I haven't written in print for like a day so I forgot it a bit.

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CathonBonbon•

Here's a sample of my different handwriting styles. My usual handwriting is more like number 1 and 4, but as a teacher, I have to use non-cursive because cursive is too difficult for elementary school kids. I use all caps sometimes for titles, categories, headings...

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StarWalkOP•

Your writing is beautiful! I'm a sucker for good print though, haha

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4nv1•

http://imgur.com/iURGrY9

Took my time, so naturally it looks a lot neater than my everyday notes and such.

And I accidentally wrote 'ships' with a capital 's' :'(

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far_shooter•

very nice~

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4nv1•

Thanks :)

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epeumopapisdn•

http://i.imgur.com/OhiBS8j.jpg

Not practicing anything in particular. It used to be a lot neater and I'm lacking a reason to handwrite anything regularly.

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StarWalkOP•

Nice handwriting! I feel after university I'll have no reason to write...

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