TWEETS ABOUT EDITING WHILE I EDIT (5)
First sentence and I remove "roughly" and then, the accursed "then". Getting rid of adverbs outpaces adjectives.
A line of dialogue just made me laugh out loud. No wonder I like these guys. And-yes- Louie-the-dog raised his head.
Laff-out-loud dialogue followed by whole conversations being removed. What the . . .
Main character has a dialogue tick: “Yeah - well.” It doesn't travel well. I'm going to take all of them out.
A detailed description of the NATO complex to create atmosphere. It slows things. There are others. Pages removed.
In the course of 60pp, a pet name for Bess started with one character but is now with another. Confusing.
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About Dale
I owe my life to Hitler, though I never met the man. My father was paid to stop Hitler, so there is no conflict of interest. I was given a thunk on the back o' the head by God when I was fifteen, and within a week began to write. I haven't stopped. My first...
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Oh my, isn't editing fun!