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Any writers out there who are good in mathematics?

I'm sure you heard of the stereotypes of people that love to write creatively and love English suck at math. The same goes for people who love and is intelligent in math but suck when it comes to English or writing. Do you fit this stereotype? If not then do you have any favorites in math{algebra and etc}?

Me: I strongly hate math to the point I would do anything to know deal with it. I had some terrible moments in math class that still bug me. I pretty much fit the stereotype.

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  • 8 years ago
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    I'm great at math and I'm a science major. My English profs all beg me to switch majors. Writing is fun. Manipulating DNA is funner. :P

  • 8 years ago

    I was good at math, but my skills have atrophied. I had 720 math and 580 verbal on the old SATs. My early attempts at writing were hit or miss--I'd have a story in my head, but other people wouldn't always want to hear it. It took me a few tries and a few years before I figured out some of the things that make a story worth hearing/reading.

    I think that my writing has improved (and my non-fiction writing has always been good), but I'm not exactly trying to get published. In fact, when I finish what I'm working on now, I may just smash the computer so no one can ever read it (and it would give me an excuse to get a new one). I see a slim possibility that I could fix some plot problems and develop a couple characters better, but the more I write on this story the more I hate writing it. The only thing that encourages me is that all of the things I wrote that I loved the most are the ones nobody else liked, and the stuff I thought was crap people did like--so I may get some other opinions before destroying it.

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