Malcontent
content that is never quite satisfied.
The way we talk about content online — particularly on medium — has become a dry paint by numbers husk of what content/writing/word magic can be. Be the malcontent.
In this article I hope to introduce people to a content/writing/word magic that is never satisfied with itself. Symbolic arrays that always ask what else? How can I experiment? How could I be creative? What other ways are there? How can I present an article while still using the fundamentals of useful English that still preserves my voice and style?
I recommend you read/experience this paradigm shift on story https://www.thedigitalreview.com/issue00/written-landscapes/0_intro.html before we go any further.
Then ditch your grammar checker.
They’re really nasty anyway.
Now hold on now I'm not advocating for poor grammar. Just a working knowledge of it, not in the super line edit over the top rule book checking way, but knowing the elements of language and knowing what you want to say with them. Know your scales, then play Rachmaninoff (or something like that).
I love the ethos of programmers, I have been known to program — however, I can't stand the psuedo programmer *big voice* holder of cosmic knowledge* who plays at being the entire renaissance. It's…
