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I know this was posted by Dragoneer, but I liked it a lot so here you go again. I used to be a grammar nazi, a real asshole who would correct everyone and everything whenever possible. I did this to express how superior I was to the world around me. I then grew up and realized that no one is superior, and that words are not meant to be corralled by grammar or punctuation or even clarity.

I love writing, but not because I love telling someone else what something looks like, or how a situation went, or whatever. I love writing because I love words, I love punctuation, I love what you can do with a language to make it beautiful and interesting. I love reading what I write, because I write it exactly how I want it to sound, both in my head and out loud. I love melding words, hyphenating whenever possible, and above all I love inappropriate use of commas and semi-colons. Writing is not about being "right" according to the MLA or the person sitting next to you, or even to your writing professor or English teacher. Writing is about expressing what you want to express, how you want to express it. Writing should make you happy, and you should go back to your works years later and smile at them.

So guys, if you want to write, write. Don't listen to people trying to increase their own low, low self-esteem by insulting you. Most of the time they're wrong anyway, but then again, what is wrong with art? Writing is art. Nothing could be wrong with art. Art is self-expression, and in itself perfect in its very existence. Too many people get bogged down worrying about perfection, when they have it right in front of them. Have fun expressing yourself, and you have made the perfect piece of art every single time.