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Yeah. I once did a survey. A number of people in the South chose "Raise the ghost of General Sherman to burn Atlanta again" over "grow Kudzu on purpose".
BTW, the Jungle book (the Kipling version, not the Disney things) includes a chapter Mowgli destroys a village for revenge. The chapter includes poem (I think sung by Mowgli in mocking triumph) which repeatedly includes the line "Kudzu, bitter Kudzu shall cover you all".
As dcp says, It's "For the Karela, the bitter Karela,/ Shall fruit where ye slept!" I had an intense Mowgli period in my youth. Heaven knows it would work for kudzu.
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I'm trying to find a diplomatic way to say, "Some writers today feel the need to build their portfolios by writing for low-paying content sites. My problem is sifting through the hundreds of articles I've written to find the ones that best represent my talents."
I hate writing about myself.
What about something like this:
Sorting through the hundreds of magazine articles I've written to find the ones that best represent my talents is a daunting task. In a career including newspaper reporting; writing and editing articles for internal and external corporate audiences; writing for The Nuclear Professional; and freelance magazine writing, I've written about everything from meter readers who dodge alligators and attack geese to licensing nuclear power plants. I've ridden in experimental aircraft and visited 25 U.S. nuclear power plants and one Canadian plant. I have offered a myriad of ways to save energy and uses technology. It's never stopped being fun.
Love that, Ginger!
I've offered myriad ways, please.
Also, "The Nuclear Professional; and freelance magazine work, I've written", etc. I know the piece is about writing, but too many can cause the reader to glaze over, and having writing and written separated by one word isn't enough.
Otherwise, it gets your point across beautifully and articulately. What more could anyone ask of a writer?
Looks good! In the last sentence, shouldn't it be "use energy"?
Bev, myriad actually can be used as noun as well as an adjective. I learned this last year after having corrected students (incorrectly) for years: [link] Read the noun note. I was stunned!