Who made a New Year's resolution to become a better writer?

[MintySocks]

Gauging interest-- Tired of watching people slaughter the English language, or being fairly certain that you're doing it on a regular basis?

How many of you would take an e-course to improve your grammar and punctuation skills (or get a gift certificate for someone you think should take it)? It would involve optional skill building exercises and require no interaction. It would take just ten minutes, twice per week, to go through 24 simple, jargon-free topics that cover one skill at a time. It would also include 5 passes for the year, to ask grammatical questions or get up to a page of proofreading help. The cost would be a flat $30. Think this is something you or somebody you know would be interested in doing?

PLEASE NOTE: This is not me trying to sell stuff. I'm just trying to get a large number of people to respond with their opinion on whether this is a good concept or not before I even try to get it off the ground. Just looking for opinions!

[kaoskat]

Sounds interesting! Good luck!

[LeighAnnApanites]

I think this sounds like a fantastic and much needed idea! That being said, I'm not sure that it would sell well. My completely-not-backed-up-by-any-actual-data impression is that, in general, the crazy-making grammar abusers across the internet don't care that they're doing it badly, so they wouldn't be interested in improving. Although, if you found the right audience it could go really well (Students? Aspiring writers? Folks who are learning English?)

I think the potential is definitely there, you've just gotta find your niche.