tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post4238399011259976357..comments2024-03-16T11:38:39.317-04:00Comments on Author Jean Davis: Racing through revisionsJean Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-14408395258678045692012-01-18T08:35:25.263-05:002012-01-18T08:35:25.263-05:00Glad to know I'm not the only one with repetit...Glad to know I'm not the only one with repetitius. :)<br /><br />Funny how we feel so accomplished by how many words we have in a story only to feel equally accomplished later by weeding them out. Writing is such twisted entertainment.Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-59494803867338850642012-01-17T21:06:33.799-05:002012-01-17T21:06:33.799-05:00I tend to repeat myself too. And in my current rou...I tend to repeat myself too. And in my current round of revisions I've spotted lots of places where I should use contractions but didn't. This is now working in my favour, because I'm on a mission to strip unnecessary words out, so every contraction contracted reduces the word count :)Botanisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098709722475364465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955548665653773708.post-39952995358916911142012-01-16T18:29:48.027-05:002012-01-16T18:29:48.027-05:00I've got the repeat thing going too. I've ...I've got the repeat thing going too. I've caught myself saying the same thing three times in the book. I guess it's something I really wanted to say, and thought I hadn't put it in yet. That's the brutal part, keeping all that straight.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07604208770698139837noreply@blogger.com