Comments on: The Post Where I Single-Handedly Save Copywriting http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/ Copywriting Beyond the Words :: The Freelance Writer's Life Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:46:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tom Chandler http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/comment-page-1/#comment-13656 Tom Chandler Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:09:06 +0000 http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/#comment-13656 I once developed a phobia surrounding the use of periods. Almost ruined me as a copywriter (haiku doesn't pay well) until regressive punctuation therapy cured me. A dark time for me. I once developed a phobia surrounding the use of periods. Almost ruined me as a copywriter (haiku doesn’t pay well) until regressive punctuation therapy cured me.

A dark time for me.

]]> By: Ryan Healy http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/comment-page-1/#comment-13652 Ryan Healy Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:15:40 +0000 http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/#comment-13652 If I recall correctly, All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy doesn't use quotation marks. It's weird at first, but you get used to it. P.S. Thanks for a good laugh, Tom. :-) If I recall correctly, All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy doesn’t use quotation marks. It’s weird at first, but you get used to it.

P.S. Thanks for a good laugh, Tom. :-)

]]> By: Lisa Gates http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/comment-page-1/#comment-13645 Lisa Gates Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:45:15 +0000 http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/#comment-13645 Yes, Cameron Diaz plays Scout 20 years later... Following in her father's footsteps, she becomes a renegade poet lawyer who is put on trial herself for mocking punctuation and grammar doctrine. Not only does she eliminate quotes from her poetry, she refuses to write the letter "I". Her brefs are llegble. Yes, Cameron Diaz plays Scout 20 years later…
Following in her father’s footsteps, she becomes a renegade poet lawyer who is put on trial herself for mocking punctuation and grammar doctrine. Not only does she eliminate quotes from her poetry, she refuses to write the letter “I”. Her brefs are llegble.

]]> By: Tom Chandler http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/comment-page-1/#comment-13643 Tom Chandler Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:35:59 +0000 http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/#comment-13643 Good stuff. "To Kill a Quoting Bird" sounds like a potential starring vehicle for Cameron Diaz... Good stuff. “To Kill a Quoting Bird” sounds like a potential starring vehicle for Cameron Diaz…

]]> By: Lisa Gates http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/comment-page-1/#comment-13618 Lisa Gates Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:30:00 +0000 http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/#comment-13618 Selfishly, I'm thinking of my dad's novel that's an inch away from done. In it he has decided to turn convention on its head and NOT use quotation marks. I told him I thought he was falling into the literary continental divide, but what do I know, I'm his daughter... So I'm thinking: Attack of the Killer Quotes Casaquota It Happened One Nightmare Harry Quoter To Kill A Quoting Bird My entries. Steal what you wish. Proof is in the quoting. Selfishly, I’m thinking of my dad’s novel that’s an inch away from done. In it he has decided to turn convention on its head and NOT use quotation marks. I told him I thought he was falling into the literary continental divide, but what do I know, I’m his daughter…

So I’m thinking:
Attack of the Killer Quotes
Casaquota
It Happened One Nightmare
Harry Quoter
To Kill A Quoting Bird

My entries. Steal what you wish. Proof is in the quoting.

]]> By: Carma Dutra http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/comment-page-1/#comment-13614 Carma Dutra Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:23:36 +0000 http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/#comment-13614 :) I agree that colon is not that much of a turn on for anyone so how about Parallel Syntax, I came, I saw, I conquered. Miss Period will be able to arrange her dots in parallel fashion::::: :) I agree that colon is not that much of a turn on for anyone so how about Parallel Syntax, I came, I saw, I conquered. Miss Period will be able to arrange her dots in parallel fashion:::::

]]> By: Tom Chandler http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/comment-page-1/#comment-13597 Tom Chandler Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:36:29 +0000 http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/#comment-13597 Ahh, a punctuation-based movie concept. Interesting -- and a real hit with writers everywhere. But where's the sex? And no character named "colon" is box office. That's all I'm saying here. Ahh, a punctuation-based movie concept. Interesting — and a real hit with writers everywhere.

But where’s the sex? And no character named “colon” is box office. That’s all I’m saying here.

]]> By: Carma Dutra http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/comment-page-1/#comment-13545 Carma Dutra Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:03:18 +0000 http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/#comment-13545 Your trilogy surpasses all others. I love a good mystery. What about "Periods Revolt". In her quest to form a world wide period chain, Miss Period rallies the dots and attempts to connect them to a colon. However, Commander Colon was disposed because he was recuperating from a dangling participial disease and Miss Period's dots succumbed on the dotted line. Your trilogy surpasses all others. I love a good mystery.

What about “Periods Revolt”. In her quest to form a world wide period chain, Miss Period rallies the dots and attempts to connect them to a colon. However, Commander Colon was disposed because he was recuperating from a dangling participial disease and Miss Period’s dots succumbed on the dotted line.

]]> By: WritingThoughts » Blog Archive » A Quick Peek Around The Writing Blogosphere, 6-19-2007 http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/comment-page-1/#comment-13510 WritingThoughts » Blog Archive » A Quick Peek Around The Writing Blogosphere, 6-19-2007 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:34:22 +0000 http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/#comment-13510 [...] Chandler is single-handedly saving copywriting on The Copywriter Underground. This post made me [...] [...] Chandler is single-handedly saving copywriting on The Copywriter Underground. This post made me [...]

]]> By: Tom Chandler http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/comment-page-1/#comment-13466 Tom Chandler Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:05:31 +0000 http://copywriterunderground.com/2007/06/17/the-post-where-i-single-handedly-save-copywriting/#comment-13466 The hugely successful Disney Pirates franchise is no doubt ripe for another sequel, and Johnny Depp is pure gold. The hugely successful Disney Pirates franchise is no doubt ripe for another sequel, and Johnny Depp is pure gold.

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