Kristen's Written Ramblings: My Online Journal
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Instant Expert: Just Add Quotes
If you want to be an expert, all you need to do is put quotes around things you write and follow it with a -- author tag.
Here's an example:
"Nobody's the big fish in a small pond when we all live in the ocean." --Kristen Brooke Beck
Yes, it's not all that intelligent at all. It's just a random thought that popped in my head (probably because I was watching a documentary about squids last night). But if you stick in quotes, suddenly it seems like I spent hours meditating on the meaning of life and came up with this amazing truth.
You can't just say it randomly, though. If somebody said that to you while commuting to work on the train, you'd smile politely and move to another car. But if you stuck it in some publication (or even wrote it on the sidewalk with chalk), suddenly people would think that I knew what the hell I was talking about.
"Look at that Marge! Somebody wrote it down and stuck it in quotes. It MUST be important."
Here's an example:
"Nobody's the big fish in a small pond when we all live in the ocean." --Kristen Brooke Beck
Yes, it's not all that intelligent at all. It's just a random thought that popped in my head (probably because I was watching a documentary about squids last night). But if you stick in quotes, suddenly it seems like I spent hours meditating on the meaning of life and came up with this amazing truth.
You can't just say it randomly, though. If somebody said that to you while commuting to work on the train, you'd smile politely and move to another car. But if you stuck it in some publication (or even wrote it on the sidewalk with chalk), suddenly people would think that I knew what the hell I was talking about.
"Look at that Marge! Somebody wrote it down and stuck it in quotes. It MUST be important."
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