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< P > " W h o c o u l d h a v e s e n t m e t h i s t e r r i b l e e m a i l , a n d w h a t d i d t h e y w a n t ? " I t h o u g h t t o m y s e l f ! W a s t h i s p e r s o n s o m e k i n d o f j o k e s t e r o r w a s t h i s a p r a c t i c a l j o k e o f s o m e k i n d ? < / P > < P > T h e e m a i l w a s s e n t t o m e b y a f e l l o w n a m e d O r l e y ( w h o I d i d n ' t k n o w ) , a n d h e t o l d m e t h a t h e l i v e d i n t h e p a n h a n d l e o f F l o r i d a n e a r t h e A l a b a m a s t a t e l i n e . O r l e y t o l d m e i n h i s e m a i l , t h a t h e w a s c o n c e r n e d a b o u t h i s w e b s i t e , h i s s p e l l i n g a n d g r a m m a r , a n d h e w a n t e d s o m e b o d y t o g o t o h i s w e b s i t e a n d c r i t i q u e i t , a n d g i v e h i m a d v i c e a s t o h o w t o i m p r o v e i t , e t c . < / P > < P > O v e r t h e s h o r t t i m e I h a d b e e n o n l i n e , t h e r e h a v e b e e n m a n y p e o p l e w h o h a v e h e l p e d m e i n a v a r i e t y o f w a y s , s o I d e c i d e d t o g o t o O r l e y ' s w e b s i t e t o s e e h o w I c o u l d h e l p h i m . A n d , f r o m w h a t I s a w o f t h a t e m a i l . . . O r l e y N E E D E D H E L P ! H e t o l d m e h e w a n t e d t o g o i n t o b u s i n e s s f o r h i m s e l f , b u t h e w a s n o t g o i n g t o g e t v e r y f a r w i t h e m a i l s t h a t l o o k e d l i k e t h e o n e h e s e n t m e ! A t t h i s p o i n t , I s t i l l d i d n ' t k n o w i f I w a s d e a l i n g w i t h a j o k e s t e r b u t , I w e n t t o p a y a v i s i t t o h i s w e b s i t e a n y w a y . < / P > < P > T h e r e , I f o u n d a p r e t t y n i c e l o o k i n g w e b s i t e , w i t h a t h i n g o r t w o w r o n g w i t h i t , b u t n o t h i n g m a j o r . A n i c e F r o n t P a g e , w i t h l i n k s a n d b u t t o n s t o d i f f e r e n t p l a c e s , e t c . J u d g i n g f r o m t h a t f i r s t d r e a d f u l e m a i l h e s e n t m e , s o m e b o d y m u s t h a v e h e l p e d h i m p u t u p h i s w e b s i t e . T h e w e b s i t e w a s n o t b a d a t a l l . I d i d n ' t s e e m u c h o f a n y t h i n g I c o u l d r e p o r t b a c k t o h i m , w i t h r e s p e c t t o e r r o r s o n h i s w e b s i t e . < / P > < P > A n d b e s i d e s , I ' m n o t a n e d i t o r o r a g r a m m a r i a n . I n c o l l e g e , I w a s n o t a n E n g l i s h , j o u r n a l i s m , o r c o m m u n i c a t i o n s m a j o r . A n d y e s , I d i d c o m p l e t e t h r e e w r i t i n g c o u r s e s i n m y 4 0 ' s , a n d b y d o i n g s o , i t h e l p e d m e i m p r o v e m y w r i t i n g s k i l l s a n d g a v e m e t h e c o n f i d e n c e t o c o n t i n u e w i t h m y a m b i t i o n s i n w r i t i n g . I t h i n k a l l o f u s j u s t d o o u r b e s t w h e n i t c o m e s t o w r i t i n g . < / P > < P > I r e a l l y d i d n ' t k n o w h o w t o h a n d l e t h e s i t u a t i o n w i t h O r l e y , b u t I t h o u g h t h o n e s t y w o u l d b e t h e b e s t p o l i c y . B u t , I h a d t o b e e n c o u r a g i n g a n d s u p p o r t i v e o f h i m . C o n s t r u c t i v e c r i t i c i s m w a s t h e n a m e o f t h e g a m e a n d I t o l d h i m i n a r e t u r n e m a i l : < / P > < P > 1 ) W e b s i t e b u i l d i n g i s p u b l i s h i n g , a n d i f a p e r s o n i s g o i n g t o b e i n t h e p u b l i s h i n g b u s i n e s s o n t h e I n t e r n e t , w h i c h s h o w s y o u r w o r k a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d , y o u r w o r k h a s t o b e y o u r b e s t ! L i k e a r e s u m e o r j o b i n t e r v i e w , f i r s t i m p r e s s i o n i s e v e r y t h i n g ! Y o u r w e b s i t e , O r l e y , w a s a c c e p t a b l e , b u t y o u p r o b a b l y h a d h e l p w i t h i t . < / P > < P > 2 ) Y o u r f i r s t e m a i l t o m e w a s a w f u l a n d I a l m o s t d e l e t e d i t ! I t w a s r i d d l e d w i t h s p e l l i n g a n d g r a m m a r e r r o r s a n d w a s j u s t p l a i n u n p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d u g l y ! W h a t k i n d o f a f i r s t i m p r e s s i o n w o u l d t h i s m a k e ? U n l e s s y o u t a k e a c t i o n t o i m p r o v e t h i s , n o b o d y w i l l r e t u r n y o u r e m a i l s , a n d I ' m s o r r y t o s a y t h a t y o u w o n ' t m a k e i t i n b u s i n e s s o r a n y t h i n g e l s e ! < / P > < P > U n p r o f e s s i o n a l e m a i l s , r i d d l e d w i t h s p e l l i n g a n d g r a m m a r e r r o r s w i l l b e y o u r d o w n f a l l . . . I d o n ' t c a r e h o w n i c e y o u r w e b s i t e l o o k s . C o m m u n i c a t i n g w e l l w i t h c u s t o m e r s a n d v i s i t o r s w i l l b e a w a y o f l i f e f o r y o u , O r l e y . Y o u M U S T i m p r o v e y o u r w r i t i n g s k i l l s i f y o u a r e t o s u c c e e d ! < / P > < P > 3 ) O r l e y , y o u h a v e w o n a c o u p l e o f b i g b a t t l e s r i g h t a w a y . Y o u h a v e b e e n h o n e s t w i t h y o u r s e l f . . . a n d t h a t ' s a b i g s t e p f o r w a r d . M a n y p e o p l e a r e n o t h o n e s t w i t h t h e m s e l v e s . . . t h e y ' r e i n d e n i a l a b o u t s u c h t h i n g i n t h e i r l i v e s a s a l c o h o l ; d r u g s ; t e m p e r , e t c . A n d , y o u k n o w y o u h a v e a p r o b l e m , a n d y o u h a v e g o n e o u t t o g e t s o m e h e l p ! N o t o n l y h a v e y o u g o n e o u t a n d a s k e d f o r h e l p , b u t y o u w e n t t o a t o t a l s t r a n g e r , a n d t h a t t a k e s c o u r a g e , m y f r i e n d ! Y o u W A N T t o i m p r o v e y o u r s e l f , a n d a l l o f t h e s e t h i n g s a r e b i g p l u s e s f o r y o u . Y o u ' v e t a k e n a c o u p l e o f b i g s t e p s a n d y o u ' r e o f f t o a g o o d s t a r t ! < / P > < P > 4 ) Y o u ' l l h a v e t o p a y y o u r d u e s , O r l e y , j u s t l i k e e v e r y b o d y e l s e h a s d o n e ! T h e r e ' s n o f r e e l u n c h ! I t o o k t h r e e w r i t i n g c o u r s e s ( i n m y 4 0 ' s ) t o t r y t o i m p r o v e m y w r i t i n g s k i l l s . Y o u ' r e g o i n g t o h a v e t o g o b a c k t o t h e b o o k s . . . g o b a c k t o s q u a r e o n e , a n d t r y t o r e f r e s h y o u r m e m o r y . A s a l l o f u s g e t o l d e r , w e f o r g e t w h a t w e l e a r n e d i n s c h o o l . W r i t i n g c o u r s e s a r e e x p e n s i v e , s o I d o n ' t s u g g e s t y o u d o t h a t , u n l e s s y o u c a n a f f o r d i t . B u t , y o u c a n g o t o t h e l i b r a r y ; b u y a b o o k o n E n g l i s h ; o r t a k e a c o u r s e a t a l o c a l c o m m u n i t y c o l l e g e i f t h e r e i s o n e i n y o u r a r e a . Y o u h a v e a s p e l l - c h e c k e r . . . u s e i t ! A n d , i f y o u d o n ' t h a v e o n e , y o u ' l l h a v e t o d o w n l o a d o n e o r d o i t t h e h a r d w a y ! < / P > < P > I k n o w I ' m a l i t t l e t o u g h o n y o u , O r l e y , b u t y o u r w o r k i s o u t t h e r e i n f r o n t o f t h e w h o l e w o r l d . . . a n d , b e c a u s e o f t h i s , y o u h a v e t o b e a t y o u r b e s t . < / P > < P > * * * < / P > < P > I d i d n ' t e n j o y d o i n g t h i s s o r t o f t h i n g , b u t i t w o u l d b e w o r s e f o r m e t o i g n o r e i t . I h a d n o i d e a w h a t h i s r e s p o n s e w o u l d b e , o r i f h e w o u l d r e s p o n d a t a l l , s o I w a s a l i t t l e n e r v o u s ! M a y b e t h i s w a s a p r a c t i c a l j o k e o r m a y b e I w a s d e a l i n g w i t h a j o k e s t e r h e r e ! L a t e r , t h a t a f t e r n o o n , h i s e m a i l c a m e i n , a n d I d i d n ' t w a n t t o l o o k a t i t . < / P > < P > A s I s c a n n e d q u i c k l y o v e r O r l e y ' s e m a i l , I w a s i m p r e s s e d a t h o w m u c h i m p r o v e m e n t t h e r e w a s ! I n s t e a d o f o n e b i g F A T p a r a g r a p h , t h e r e w e r e a b o u t f i v e n i c e l y t r i m m e d p a r a g r a p h s . T h e e m a i l w a s m u c h i m p r o v e d , a n d h e m u s t h a v e t a k e n a c r a s h c o u r s e i n n e a t n e s s d u r i n g t h e d a y ! T h e r e w e r e s t i l l s p e l l i n g a n d g r a m m a r e r r o r s i n t h e e m a i l , b u t t h e e m a i l h a d i m p r o v e d o v e r t h e f i r s t d i s a s t e r h e s e n t m e , e t c . A f t e r I r e c e i v e d h i s s e c o n d e m a i l , I k n e w h e w a s s i n c e r e , a n d I w a s h a p p y t o s e e t h e i m p r o v e m e n t . < / P > < P > I t w a s a r e l i e f t o m e , w h e n O r l e y t h a n k e d m e f o r b e i n g h o n e s t w i t h h i m . H e t o l d m e t h a t ' s w h a t h e n e e d e d . . . f o r s o m e o n e t o b e h o n e s t w i t h h i m ! A n d , t h e b e s t n e w s o f a l l , i s t h a t h e t o l d m e t h a t h e w o u l d t a k e m y a d v i c e a n d h i t t h e b o o k s , t o t r y t o i m p r o v e h i s w r i t i n g s k i l l s . I b e l i e v e d h i m , a s h e h a d a l r e a d y m a d e p r o g r e s s i n h i s s e c o n d e m a i l . I w a s h a p p y t o h e a r a l l o f t h i s ! < / P > < P > * * * < / P > < P > A f t e r I d e a l t w i t h O r l e y , I r e m e m b e r e d t h a t o l d t e l e v i s i o n c o m m e r c i a l o f t h e 1 9 7 0 ' s , w h e r e t h e m e c h a n i c l o o k s s t r a i g h t i n t o t h e c a m e r a a n d s a y s , " Y o u c a n p a y m e n o w . . . o r y o u c a n p a y m e l a t e r ! " A n d , t h a t ' s t r u e o f a l m o s t e v e r y t h i n g w e d o . S o , i f i t p e r t a i n s t o w r i t i n g . . . y o u c a n d o w h a t O r l e y d i d . Y o u c a n p a y n o w b y b e i n g h o n e s t w i t h y o u r s e l f , a n d g o o u t a n d g e t t h e h e l p y o u n e e d , t o i m p r o v e y o u r w r i t i n g s k i l l s a n d r a i s e y o u r c o n f i d e n c e l e v e l . O R . . . y o u c a n p a y l a t e r , w h e n n o b o d y r e t u r n s y o u r e m a i l s a n d y o u d o n ' t h a v e m u c h t r a f f i c a t y o u r w e b s i t e a n d v i s i t o r ' s d o n ' t r e t u r n . . . T H E D E C I S I O N I S Y O U R S ! T h e r e ' s n o t h i n g t o b e e m b a r r a s s e d a b o u t ! W e a l l f o r g e t t h e l i t t l e t h i n g s t h a t a r e s o i m p o r t a n t t h a t g o o n a p a g e , e t c . < / P > < P > I t h i n k e v e r y o n e w i l l a g r e e t h a t w r i t i n g i s e a s y , a n d m o s t o f u s d o i t e v e r y d a y . B u t , w r i t i n g W E L L i s N O T s o e a s y ! A n d , m o s t o f s t r u g g l e w i t h i t , w h e n w e a r e w r i t i n g a n a r t i c l e ; b o o k ; e m a i l ; s c r e e n p l a y a n d s o f o r t h . O n m y w e b s i t e , I h a v e t h e f o l l o w i n g p o s t e d , " T h e E n g l i s h l a n g u a g e i s a l l G R E E K t o m e ! " A n d , i t i s ! H a v i n g t o d e a l w i t h t h e E n g l i s h l a n g u a g e c a n b e t u f f . . . I m e a n t o u g h ! R e m e m b e r : G o o d w r i t i n g r e q u i r s g o o d s p e l i n g a n d g r a m m e r , a n d d o n t f o g e t i t ! < / P > < P > R e m i n d e r : W r i t i n g i s e a s y ! W r i t i n g W E L L i s n o t s o e a s y ! S o , i f y o u w a n t t o d o s o m e t h i n g e a s y . . . w h y d o n ' t y o u b e c o m e a R O C K E T S C I E N T I S T ! < / P >
Author: Jerry Aragon
 
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