tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post7140456990297752485..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Ridin' off the railsMaureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-88221085018319204202009-10-06T22:36:03.255-04:002009-10-06T22:36:03.255-04:00An author once told me (I think it was Margaret Mo...An author once told me (I think it was Margaret Moore) that she still makes the same mistakes, she simply now recognizes and corrects them before it goes out the door.<br /><br />I know I shouldn't use 'that' as every second word. I still do but I do a search and destroy before finalizing the manuscript.Kimber Chinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658012405712901099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-52134838545566693412009-10-06T16:42:22.653-04:002009-10-06T16:42:22.653-04:00Yet, strangely, I didn't feel like celebrating...Yet, strangely, I didn't feel like celebrating. I felt more like banging my head on the wall. <br /><br />You're right though. It's a gift to catch it early.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-54697286020603015072009-10-06T14:30:52.640-04:002009-10-06T14:30:52.640-04:00"When this gets easy, will it be any fun?&quo..."When this gets easy, will it be any fun?"<br /><br />EASY???? FUN????<br /><br />Sinead - easy and fun are for chumps. If it was easy and fun everyone would be doing it.<br /><br />Writers were made to suffer. It's why we drink. Just ask Hemmingway or any bartender at the RWA National conference.<br /><br />That said Eileen cathing the problem at page 40 is a bonus. It's when you're at 120 and looking at a deadline... that it's like... oh noooooooo.Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-79555902113532870392009-10-06T13:53:43.488-04:002009-10-06T13:53:43.488-04:00You're right. At least this time I know it'...You're right. At least this time I know it's a problem. Still . . . I'd like to at least be working on fixing other mistakes instead of the same one again.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-67901079954901106312009-10-06T13:46:05.210-04:002009-10-06T13:46:05.210-04:00I just sent a book to my critique group where afte...I just sent a book to my critique group where after the first hundred pages I have 40+ pages with the hero and heroine not even speaking to each other. What was I thinking? Haven't I done this before?<br /><br />I'm with you Sinead - if we had this all figured out what would be the point of DWT?Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-21986998650401244072009-10-06T12:11:11.613-04:002009-10-06T12:11:11.613-04:00I've just realized I'm making the same mis...I've just realized I'm making the same mistakes in this book I made in the last one, too. <br /><br />At least we recognize them now? That's progress, right?Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-66453220597786545432009-10-06T12:00:20.749-04:002009-10-06T12:00:20.749-04:00You caught it early this time. For every mistake I...You caught it early this time. For every mistake I catch, I seem to make whole new ones with each book. <br /><br />What can you do. When this gets easy, will it be any fun?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com