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Ahhh, BS. It is a fine and subtle art form, especially when one is writing about John Ruskin's opinions on architecture. Free of charge, here are my small pointers towards writing quality BS:
1. Adjectives and adverbs. Seriously, they are invaluable, helpful tools which enable any harried writer to subtly stretch out even the shortest ideas, while appearing to have an uncommonly praise-worthy descriptive technique.
2. Footnotes. Footnotes are great because they take up a lot of space. In most papers, they can end up filling a whole page.
3. Block-quotes. Quote long passages from your sources. They make you look really dedicated and rooted to the material, and they take up tons of space.
4. Go back and put in even more adjectives and adverbs. They are your friends.
The papers are actually going pretty well; I have about 15 more pages to write total. And since most of those are about LotR, it should be no problem. On a random note, I downloaded the theme from Schindler's List, and I've been listening to it over and over. It's so beautiful.
Ahhh, BS. It is a fine and subtle art form, especially when one is writing about John Ruskin's opinions on architecture. Free of charge, here are my small pointers towards writing quality BS:
1. Adjectives and adverbs. Seriously, they are invaluable, helpful tools which enable any harried writer to subtly stretch out even the shortest ideas, while appearing to have an uncommonly praise-worthy descriptive technique.
2. Footnotes. Footnotes are great because they take up a lot of space. In most papers, they can end up filling a whole page.
3. Block-quotes. Quote long passages from your sources. They make you look really dedicated and rooted to the material, and they take up tons of space.
4. Go back and put in even more adjectives and adverbs. They are your friends.
The papers are actually going pretty well; I have about 15 more pages to write total. And since most of those are about LotR, it should be no problem. On a random note, I downloaded the theme from Schindler's List, and I've been listening to it over and over. It's so beautiful.