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Thanks, Cynthea. I’m off to chop some adjectives.
Rock on, Barb!
Interesting about the reading out loud. Someone in my writing group suggested a text reader for those who found it hard to do so, there’s one on http://www.naturalreaders.com/ that can be used for free. Thought I’d pass it on for any other readers who are scared of reading to themselves like I am!
Neato! When I get some time I will play around with this. Maybe it could save my voice!
Who’d have known participial phrases could kill! Thanks, Cynthea. I’m guilty.
You’re welcome!
Thank you so much for reiterating the things we’ve all been trying to tell writers all along. And it’s so true. If we don’t think the author can revise, it doesn’t matter how great the plot (or character, etc) is — we just don’t have the resources to work with it. I’m glad to have found your site, and I shall reccommend.
Thank you! So flattering to hear these words from an editor! Whooboy.
I feel *proud*.
A couple years ago, I wouldn’t have been ready for this advice or understood it very well. THANK YOU for your attention to detail, solutions, and assistance. I’ve read all the books and I have reached the final stages of my manuscript; your instructions are helping put some polish on those (hopefully!) final rough edges of my work. Blessings.
Thanks for the praise! So happy this article was helpful to you. Good luck with your manuscript!
When I was doing a round of editing I found concurrent actions. Crazy but easy to eliminate. I really enjoyed this post. It made me think about how I can improve my writing and then improve it more and more. It’s all about editing in the end.
The term “bum words” helps group these offenders and is easy to remember when I am deep in editing. How about “so?” Any other bums you would add to the list?
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Thanks, Cynthea. I’m off to chop some adjectives.
Rock on, Barb!
Interesting about the reading out loud. Someone in my writing group suggested a text reader for those who found it hard to do so, there’s one on http://www.naturalreaders.com/ that can be used for free. Thought I’d pass it on for any other readers who are scared of reading to themselves like I am!
Neato! When I get some time I will play around with this. Maybe it could save my voice!
Who’d have known participial phrases could kill! Thanks, Cynthea. I’m guilty.
You’re welcome!
Thank you so much for reiterating the things we’ve all been trying to tell writers all along. And it’s so true. If we don’t think the author can revise, it doesn’t matter how great the plot (or character, etc) is — we just don’t have the resources to work with it. I’m glad to have found your site, and I shall reccommend.
Thank you! So flattering to hear these words from an editor! Whooboy.
I feel *proud*.
A couple years ago, I wouldn’t have been ready for this advice or understood it very well. THANK YOU for your attention to detail, solutions, and assistance. I’ve read all the books and I have reached the final stages of my manuscript; your instructions are helping put some polish on those (hopefully!) final rough edges of my work. Blessings.
Thanks for the praise! So happy this article was helpful to you. Good luck with your manuscript!
When I was doing a round of editing I found concurrent actions. Crazy but easy to eliminate. I really enjoyed this post. It made me think about how I can improve my writing and then improve it more and more. It’s all about editing in the end.
The term “bum words” helps group these offenders and is easy to remember when I am deep in editing. How about “so?” Any other bums you would add to the list?