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 ===== The goal of Slapdash Reviews =====
-The '''goal''' of a ''slapdash review'' is, immediately (if possible!) upon having finished reading a book, watching a film, etc., '''to spend at least <big>5 minutes, touch-typing,</big> jotting down <big>spontaneously</big> your impressions''' from the book, movie, etc., '''in an <big>informal</big> fashion'''.
+The '''goal''' of a ''slapdash review'' is, immediately (if possible!) upon having finished (or even while) reading a book, watching a film, etc., '''to spend at least <big>5 minutes, touch-typing,</big> jotting down (or voice-recording) <big>spontaneously</big> your impressions''' from the book, movie, etc., '''in an <big>informal</big> fashion'''.
 '''Don't''' try to write perfect sentences. Do the best you can; try to be as elegant as you can; but it's unlikely for you to attain stylistic perfection within the 5 minutes typically allotted for a slapdash review. Don't '''censor''' your own impressions; don't try to be politically correct in what you jot down. '''Freely and spontaneously''' jot down whatever your impressions are from a particular book, movie, musical album, theatrical performance, art exhibition, etc.

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 <big>'''Slapdash Reviews''' <span style="font-size:0.80em">(in Slovak, '''“ledabolé recenzie”''')</span> is a '''new genre''' of ''literary, film, music, art (etc.) criticism''</big>, founded by [[User:Faterson|Faterson]] for the purposes of this site.
-This form of literary, film, etc. criticism consists in jotting down, immediately (if possible!) upon having finished (or even while!) reading a book, watching a movie, etc., one's impressions from the book, movie, etc.
+This form of literary, film, etc. criticism consists in jotting down (or voice-recording), immediately (if possible!) upon having finished (or even while!) reading a book, watching a movie, etc., one's impressions from the book, movie, etc.
 This is done ''completely informally'' by a person who can type very fast on a computer keyboard – the person should be able to '''touch-type'''; that's a basic requirement for anyone who would prefer to compose a ''slapdash review'' in 5 minutes, instead of needlessly losing increased precious time over it. <span style="font-size:0.9em">(For review writers in Slovak language, the usage of the '''[http://klavesnica.avenarius.sk alternative Slovak keyboard layout]''' developed by [[User:Faterson|Faterson]] is '''highly recommended'''.)</span>

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 <big>'''Slapdash Reviews''' <span style="font-size:0.80em">(in Slovak, '''“ledabolé recenzie”''')</span> is a '''new genre''' of ''literary, film, music, art (etc.) criticism''</big>, founded by [[User:Faterson|Faterson]] for the purposes of this site.
-This form of literary, film, etc. criticism consists in jotting down, immediately (if possible!) upon having finished reading a book, watching a movie, etc., one's impressions from the book, movie, etc.
+This form of literary, film, etc. criticism consists in jotting down, immediately (if possible!) upon having finished (or even while!) reading a book, watching a movie, etc., one's impressions from the book, movie, etc.
 This is done ''completely informally'' by a person who can type very fast on a computer keyboard – the person should be able to '''touch-type'''; that's a basic requirement for anyone who would prefer to compose a ''slapdash review'' in 5 minutes, instead of needlessly losing increased precious time over it. <span style="font-size:0.9em">(For review writers in Slovak language, the usage of the '''[http://klavesnica.avenarius.sk alternative Slovak keyboard layout]''' developed by [[User:Faterson|Faterson]] is '''highly recommended'''.)</span>

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 ===== Let's be unpolished! =====
-It's even permissible (and frequently enlightening) to jot down (or ''record'' in a voice memo app like DropVox or Netmemo Plus) your impressions ''during, in the midst of'' reading a book, watching a movie, or listening to a musical album – for example, you may easily pause the playback of a movie if you happen to be watching it on your own on a tablet. Such impromptu notes might, for instance, be captured in a plain-text file (ideally on a hand-held device) in the form of bullets and keywords, to be expanded into full sentences for the slapdash review after one has ''finished'' reading the book, watching the movie, listening to the musical album, etc.
+It's even permissible (and frequently enlightening) to jot down (or ''record'' in a '''voice memo''' app like [http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/dropvox  DropVox] or [http://netify.me  Netmemo Plus]) your impressions ''during, in the midst of'' reading a book, watching a movie, or listening to a musical album – for example, you may easily pause the playback of a movie if you happen to be watching it on your own on a tablet. Such impromptu notes might, for instance, be captured in a plain-text file (ideally on a hand-held device) in the form of bullets and keywords, to be expanded into full sentences for the slapdash review after one has ''finished'' reading the book, watching the movie, listening to the musical album, etc.
 Nevertheless, it would be a bad idea to try to write ''perfect, polished sentences'' for a slapdash review. Oh, no [[Image:Excl.gif]] There simply isn't time for that; 5 minutes is a very brief time span. So, for a slapdash review, the '''first draft''' of ''complete sentences'' must (if need be) suffice; there will perhaps (or even typically) be no time for ''revisions'' of what you write.

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 ===== Let's be unpolished! =====
-It's even permissible (and frequently enlightening) to jot down your impressions ''during, in the midst of'' reading a book, watching a movie, or listening to a musical album – for example, you may easily pause the playback of a movie if you happen to be watching it on your own on a tablet. Such impromptu notes might, for instance, be captured in a plain-text file (ideally on a hand-held device) in the form of bullets and keywords, to be expanded into full sentences for the slapdash review after one has ''finished'' reading the book, watching the movie, listening to the musical album, etc.
+It's even permissible (and frequently enlightening) to jot down (or ''record'' in a voice memo app like DropVox or Netmemo Plus) your impressions ''during, in the midst of'' reading a book, watching a movie, or listening to a musical album – for example, you may easily pause the playback of a movie if you happen to be watching it on your own on a tablet. Such impromptu notes might, for instance, be captured in a plain-text file (ideally on a hand-held device) in the form of bullets and keywords, to be expanded into full sentences for the slapdash review after one has ''finished'' reading the book, watching the movie, listening to the musical album, etc.
 Nevertheless, it would be a bad idea to try to write ''perfect, polished sentences'' for a slapdash review. Oh, no [[Image:Excl.gif]] There simply isn't time for that; 5 minutes is a very brief time span. So, for a slapdash review, the '''first draft''' of ''complete sentences'' must (if need be) suffice; there will perhaps (or even typically) be no time for ''revisions'' of what you write.

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 ===== What are Slapdash Reviews? =====
-<big>'''Slapdash Reviews''' <span style="font-size:0.80em">(in Slovak, '''“ledabolé recenzie”''')</span> is a '''new genre''' of ''literary, film, etc. (music, art) criticism''</big>, founded by [[User:Faterson|Faterson]] for the purposes of this site.
+<big>'''Slapdash Reviews''' <span style="font-size:0.80em">(in Slovak, '''“ledabolé recenzie”''')</span> is a '''new genre''' of ''literary, film, music, art (etc.) criticism''</big>, founded by [[User:Faterson|Faterson]] for the purposes of this site.
 This form of literary, film, etc. criticism consists in jotting down, immediately (if possible!) upon having finished reading a book, watching a movie, etc., one's impressions from the book, movie, etc.

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 Links to all of my slapdash reviews are summarised below on this webpage. It should be obvious to the reader which of the slapdash reviews are currently published in their '''original, unpolished''' form, and which of them are already revised, re-organised, improved versions of the original slapdash reviews. Each slapdash review has a date-stamp attached, specifying when its '''original, unpolished''' first version was written. If relevant and feasible, I'm attaching additional date-stamps to those slapdash reviews that were substantially reworked, improved or expanded at a later time (which makes them not so "slapdash" any longer). [[Image:Wink.gif]]
-In fact, it may happen that if you experience the same work of art ''twice'' (or more times) in a ''long'' time span (such as a decade, or several decades), your reaction to that same work of art may not only be slightly, but totally different each time. The work of art does not change – but you, the reviewer, definitely ''are'' changing and developing all the time (progressing rather than regressing, it must be hoped). You may have hated a book when you first read it (when you were perhaps ''forced'' to read it in school) as a young person, but you may learn to ''appreciate'' the same book once you're more mature. Or vice versa: some books and movies and music and fashion we loved as teenagers may seem silly to us later on. Perhaps, but perhaps not – this is completely unpredictable for any single individual. In cases of (self-)contradictory feedback to a particular work of art (especially after re-reading it, re-watching it, etc.), it may no longer make sense to modify or "polish" your ''original'' slapdash review; instead, just go ahead and write a completely ''new'' slapdash review, capturing your ''current'' feedback to that work of art. And so, a single work of art may not only have many contradictory slapdash reviews attached to it that are written by ''various'' reviewers... but there might even be several (self-)contradictory slapdash reviews of it written by the ''same'' reviewer.  [[Image:Smile.gif]]  Self-contradictions, especially over long time spans, are perfectly OK – the only thing that matters in composing slapdash reviews, is ''sincerity''.
+In fact, it may happen that if you experience the same work of art ''twice'' (or more times) in a ''long'' time span (such as a decade, or several decades), your reaction to that same work of art may not only be slightly, but totally different each time. The work of art does not change – but you, the reviewer, definitely ''are'' changing and developing all the time (progressing rather than regressing, it must be hoped). You may have hated a book when you first read it (when you were perhaps ''forced'' to read it in school) as a young person, but you may learn to ''appreciate'' the same book once you're more mature. Or vice versa: some books and movies and music and fashion we loved as teenagers may seem silly to us later on. Perhaps, but perhaps not – this is completely unpredictable for any single individual. In cases of (self-)contradictory feedback to a particular work of art (especially after re-reading it, re-watching it, etc.), it may no longer make sense to modify or "polish" your ''original'' slapdash review; instead, just go ahead and write a completely ''new'' slapdash review, capturing your ''current'' feedback to that work of art. And so, a single work of art may not only have many contradictory slapdash reviews attached to it that were written by ''various'' reviewers... but there might even be several (self-)contradictory slapdash reviews of it written by the ''same'' reviewer.  [[Image:Smile.gif]]  Self-contradictions, especially over long time spans, are perfectly OK – the only thing that matters in composing slapdash reviews, is ''sincerity''.
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