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Author Topic: How long do you spend on posting? Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-13-2003 08:15 PM                     This came up from another thread regarding the time it takes to compose and make a post. So how about it? Do you just rattle off a response and you're done a minute later, or do you spend 10 minutes going over it...20...30? Personally, I just rattle my responses off, then I read them live on the forum. If something doesn't read right, then I do an edit or two. Generally I spend about 2 minutes per post on average since I am a fast typist.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 02-13-2003 08:19 PM                    Maybe 30 seconds to 4 minutes with several edits not uncommon.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-13-2003 08:23 PM                     ASAP and let Joe worry about the spelling  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-13-2003 08:46 PM                     Type it quick before I forget what I was going to say, then edit a couple of times.  |  IP: Logged Sam Hunter Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 779 From: West Monroe, LA, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-13-2003 09:09 PM                     I should spend more time thinking of my postings or replies. I get to looking at some of my replies and wonder what the hell I was thinking or why wasn't I thinking.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-13-2003 09:23 PM                     Sometimes I spend a long time writing posts, especially if I am the topic starter. Replies usually take about a minute or two, to get info out as quickly as possible. Then I make as many edits as it takes to clarify things or perhaps convey just the right tone. A brand new topic could take me quite a while to post. I've seen so many questions that only lead to more questions due to lack of information. As much as possible, I try to avoid that. By the way, THIS response took me 4 minutes to type.  |  IP: Logged Dino Panagiotopoulos Expert Film Handler Posts: 139 From: Windor, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-13-2003 10:28 PM                     Sometimes if its a question thats a bit of a stumper, Ill read it and think about it for the rest of the day until I figure out the right answer.....then I come back and share the wealth!  |  IP: Logged Nate Lehrke Master Film Handler Posts: 396 From: Denver, CO Registered: Oct 2002 posted 02-13-2003 11:28 PM                     I always write my posts in Microsoft Word so I don't have to worry about spelling & grammatical errors. I am really bad at making a point, so I take a while making sure that it makes some sense! Than a day or two after I post I re-read it, just in case, what I said makes no sense!  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-13-2003 11:32 PM                     It takes me sometimes up to ten minutes if I have to look up something to put in a new topic. I type with one finger.  |  IP: Logged Mathew Molloy Master Film Handler Posts: 357 From: The Santa Cruz Mountains Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-14-2003 12:49 AM                     I've rarely ever been able to adequatly get my point across. Either I ramble off too much or I don't say enough. Either way I don't make much sense so I take quite awhile to compose my posts just to make sure I'm not doing either. (See? That made no sense at all!)  |  IP: Logged Brad Haven Master Film Handler Posts: 300 From: fremantle, West Australia Registered: Aug 2001 posted 02-14-2003 01:01 AM                     I usually take up to 10 mins to write a post, i must of missed the day they taught writing at school, so i have to learn as i go. I HOPE my writing has improved since i first joined film-tech? I still have along way to go though. I've really enjoyed learning from GRACIA'S posts, who i feel is a very expressive writer i think it took about 7-8mins to write this < has cinematour stolen my picture, it wont seem to load  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-14-2003 01:05 AM                  Gosh Brad, I really don't know. It's sorta like sex.... sometimes it takes 3 minutes and other times it takes all night. >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 02-14-2003 01:42 AM                        I'm like Phil, sometimes fast but most of the time slower, like 20+ minutes or so. I'm a fast keyboardist, but a slow composer.  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 02-14-2003 03:49 AM                        I like to just shoot my mouth off bad spelign and all (and who needs any punctuation)  |  IP: Logged Gracia L. Babbidge Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 709 From: Bowdoin, Maine Registered: Aug 2000 posted 02-14-2003 05:01 AM                        Brad Haven said: quote: I've really enjoyed learning from GRACIA'S posts, who i feel is a very expressive writer awww... thanks! ^_^ I've found that I generally have an easier time expressing myself through writing than by speaking. ...yet my favorite form of written expression is fiction / story-telling. Mayhaps I ought to be an author instead of a projectionist? ...or maybe I could do both? As for my 'time spent posting' ... er, I can't say that I've ever bothered to clock myself, and as the lengths of my posts vary, so the the amounts of time I spend typing them. My 'method of attack' tends to be to just type what comes to mind, then read it, checking for coherence & typos (spelling is not a stumbling block for me), then post it.  |  IP: Logged

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