LATE REPLY IS LATE don't blame me I was hopped up on caffeine all day to deal with work and then we FINALLY got the keys to the new house and ofc had to go and change the locks right-then-immediately, and then I was all sad because the water heater was turned off so I couldn't mark my territory by taking a shower at the new place. SO SAD.
I WILL DO MY BEST PROBABLy
grisaille is one of those things I can actually explain at some length and still not fill a whole page..... i've tried.....
and for those who want to know it's when a painting is all in grey (hence the name) to imitate sculptures, because in the early northern renaissance there was this rivalry between sculptors and painters and the painters were all "haha we can do anything you can do but BETTER" *paints tiny stone bird that floats around in picture* "CAN YOU SCULPT A FLOATING STONE BIRD? BET YOU CAN'T"
Okay okay okay you know what I would do, if I were like looking over your papers and telling you how to make them All Better and Easier To Do? I'd say write it out
exactly like you did there, caps and asterisks and jokes and everything, because that's your natural way of expressing things and so it's gonna be much easier for you that way. And then put that piece of paper (or document on your computer) to the side, and on another paper translate that into fancy-schmancy learned academic speech. In my experience fancy-schmancy speech is always
way longer than normal talking anyway. Padding your papers is A-OK.
And keep in mind that when the teachers require you to write a specific amount on a subject? They're not doing it for
you, they're doing it for the people who would otherwise just do the bare minimum to slide by. Most teachers will mark you down a bit for not writing quite enough, but a lot of them will be forgiving about it if the paper is otherwise good and you clearly know what you're talking about and put in effort on it. Especially if you've already taken the time to talk to them about improving your grades!
Hushpiper, you made my day! 
I wish I'd had your good advice when struggling with college papers. (Or even work assignments now.) I always overthink things. Now I'll be all, "one of those presenters who says the same things over and over in a monotone and moves their eyebrows too much."
Man, I used to work in the writing lab at my college, and you do not know how many people I talked to who were just ANGSTING over how dumb their paragraph transitions were or whatever, and I was like "dude, no, I know exactly what you're thinking and you are making this too complicated. I promise it does not sound as dumb as you think it sounds, and anyway you can fix it once the words are actually
on the page. Write the dumbness. Do it. Dooooo eeeeeeet."
