tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post435978492231904518..comments2023-12-05T22:37:07.987-05:00Comments on Authorized Musings: I kind of think I probably don't need that....Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-43487974025509192972014-09-01T22:33:33.325-04:002014-09-01T22:33:33.325-04:00Ooh, yeah, certain gestures are definite things to...Ooh, yeah, certain gestures are definite things to watch out for! The current MS is in third person, so I'm attempting to find the balance between character names and "he" or "she" all the time.Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-73466203374474506392014-09-01T22:32:31.978-04:002014-09-01T22:32:31.978-04:00They're good enough words to get the first dra...They're good enough words to get the first draft down, but they're words which LEAP off the page at me in the re-reading.Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-89183152127421820542014-09-01T22:32:01.602-04:002014-09-01T22:32:01.602-04:00Yup, I've been doing a lot of that! (there I g...Yup, I've been doing a lot of that! (there I go again....)<br /><br />Most of them can just be deleted, though. Or the sentence can be rewritten, better, without it.Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-83198299644846429102014-08-25T21:54:38.118-04:002014-08-25T21:54:38.118-04:00I use "I" too often in my writing, and I...I use "I" too often in my writing, and I realized that I also described my characters rolling their eyes too often. Neurotic Workaholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775298184138766683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-57261213099205713012014-08-25T18:34:50.222-04:002014-08-25T18:34:50.222-04:00Yep, I still sometimes have to go through and purg...Yep, I still sometimes have to go through and purge "that" and "probably". Actually, "sometimes" could make it onto that list. "Almost" is another frequent offender in my writing.Thea Landenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835512996045807921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-19433758611714095092014-08-25T17:16:30.409-04:002014-08-25T17:16:30.409-04:00The three things I do to replace the word that are...The three things I do to replace the word that are: 1. use "which" if referring to a thing, 2. use "who" if referring to a person, and 3. remove it if neither apply.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901684621715980573noreply@blogger.com